The Life of SYDNEY New Year Plans; Holiday-Makers; Leaving Town; Motor Trips
TO see Olga Valevska, a member of the Russian Ballet company, whose real name is Audrey Williams, was the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250
Tram Hits Horse: Crowds Delayed
Trams were blocked for half a mile both ways along Oxford Street, Paddington, and thousands of travellers were held up last night for 20 minutes…
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PERTH, Friday.--Eric Wilson. 22, of Grass Valley, was fatally injured when his motor-cycle struck the Wongan Hills goods train at a railway crossing…
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The largest motor yacht ever built in the United Kingdom will be launched in the spring this year. A vessel of 1614 tons, she is under…
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PRINCE'S HIGHWAY:. Good fo Nowra except between Gorringong end Borry, where road work is in progress (detours). Road work on…
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IT stands to reason that a defender's main object is to defeat the contract, even if only by one trick. Very often border-line contracts are made…
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Police yesterday investigated a report that a bottle thrown through the window of a train at Mortdale had injured Mrs. Helen Selan, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motors Importance of Spark Timing Adjusting Octane Selector
THE following article which has been supplied by General Motors-Holden's Ltd., contains much interesting information on the subjects of ignition timing and fuel qualities and describes how best use may be made of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motoring Marionettes Bowled Over Paying the Piper at Traffic Court for Parking
MOTORISTS are fond of recalling with great relish and amusement the early days when a man with a red flag ran ahead of a steam roller which was doing about four miles an hour to warn pedestrians of its approach. That…
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TED DOWLING, 21, Of Mc[?]wraithstreet, Prince's Hill, was seriously injured when competing in the Autocycle Union's grass track meeting…
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THE motorist is threatened with yet another slug! ANYONE who can afford a motor vehicle can afford anything—in the opinion of those to whom the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motor Boating. This Eagle a Real Flyer a Hair Raising; Finish The Blanksby Family
MALCOLM BROS, reconditioned Eagle, made her first appearance of the season at the New Year Regatta of the St. George…
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TWO air-locks will soon be in use in the construction of the Circular Quay section of the City railway, work on which is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rear Engine Stirs Motor World
The motor world has heard with interest the report that Henry Ford has patented the design of a car with the engine…
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The Stout Scarab, an American rear-engined car designed by William B. Stout, president ol the US. Society of Automotive Engineers…
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With the Transport Department threatening new traffic regulations to deal with "excessive" speed, and the attendant alteration of the law…
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Mrs. Florence Fames, 58, mother of Kenneth Fames, the Essex fast bowler, now with the M.C.C. team in Australia, was killed to-day in a…
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Further improvements costing £63,000 will be made to the New Plymouth Aerodrome, New Zealand, within the next few months, it was…
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Supermen who know something about everything as far as flying and its attendant duties are concerned, are wanted by the Air Ministry…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Toll of the Road Seven Motorcyclists Hurt Week-End Smashes
THE increasing percentage of motor cyclists involved in road accidents was added to during the week-end, when seven men were injured, three seriously. THE rider and pillion rider of a…
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