Lessor Will Now Train Rostrim Leaves for South To Take Charge
BEHIND the brief announcement "a permit to train was granted to L. Hughes," contained in the latest report issued by the A.J.C. Committee…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 250
Driver Often to Blame R.a.c.a. View on Road Accidents
THE opinion that the average driver Is very often more to blame for road accidents than the pedestrian or the condition of the highway is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Young People Enjoy Holidays at Bowral1. Long Rides on Country Roads. Small Ponies and Their Owners
It is impossible to pass through Bowral without encountering crowds of cheery riders cantering along the roads. Everyone rides a horse at Bowral, but the passer-by is invariably impressed with the number of incredibly small ponies and their smaller riders, who…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →First Breath of a Real Cooler Hottest Jobs in Sydney Bridge Painter High on List
HOTTEST man in Sydney today probably was a painter high up on the Harbor Bridge. Heat radiated from the steel,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Died from Shock Old Man on Railway Line
That Theosolious James Austin (74) died from shock caused by the sudden appearance of a railway engine close to him, when it gently brushed him…
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A few years ago, after motoring from Sydney as far north as Ingham, which is about 80 miles north of Townsville, Mr. J. A. Crawcour, who conducts the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Cricketers
Mr. F. Hopwood popular booking clerk at the Auburn railway station, has been picked as official scorer to accompany the N.S.W. Railways cricket…
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In a letter to Parramatta Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday the Transport Department reiterated its refusal to allow renewals to be issued at the Parramatta…
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During the past budget year, 1935-36, the total Swedish State revenue from automobile taxes amounted to 96.8 million kroner (£324,500 at par), an…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motoring Memos
The Modern Pansy THE annual meetings of the Motor Traders' Association of N.S.W., with its associated gatherings, have always been regarded in the motor…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Coronation Visitors Dalgety and Co. Ltd. Special Arrangements for Motorists
NO doubt many visitors to England this year would find It convenient to dis-card their old can on leaving Australia, and pick up new ones on arrival in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Cycling Advice to the Prospect for and Buyer of a 1937 Model
"FOR myself I like a new engine to be decarbon[?]ed after the first thousand or fifteen hundred miles. This is not always possible, but if it can be…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The King Was a Keen Motor Cyclist
IT is probably not well known among Australian motor cyclists that His Majesly king George VI., and his brother, the Duke of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →For Tourists New Free Compact and Efficient Guide for Motorists
A COMPREHENSIVE and useful touring guide to the roads of New South Wales and the main interstate routes has been produced by the Shell Oil company…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Speed Limit Would Not Achieve Desired Results Motor Traders' View
"YOUR executive in common with other motoring bodies, does not consider speed limits would achieve the desired results, and the present…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →MOTORS and MOTORNING The Wolseley 14/56 Impresses on Test Thirty Years History of Stout Performance Reaches Climax . Up Bulli Pass in Third and Top
AS the writer sat last week beside the official test driver (Mr. Tyson) for Dalgety and Co., Ltd., distributors here for the Wolseley cars, his thoughts went back to many years ago, when, on 28th September, 1907, a Wolseley, one-cylinder car…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →MOTORS and Motoring a New Morris The 14/43 Model is Described in Detail After Trial
LORD NUFFIELD has sent a new model Morris-known as the "14/43"—to Australia, and it is now available in N.S.W., through York Motors Ltd., and their dealers, A short run in an Australian body Sedan, not by any means "run in": gave promise…
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"MAYFLOWER" (Deepwater).—We steer our old bus over this patchy road pretty last sometimes, and at other times pretty slow. We find some beautiful not-holes too and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"Greyhound Railways"
AS a result of many new Inventions, mechanical hare racing in England has reached a high standard of efficiency…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tramless and Trainless The Drawbacks To Cronulla AMATEURS v. PROS
AFTER one or the finals of the Cronulla Christmas tournament, one player so lost his sense of proportion that he referred to the…
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