Trans. Railway Decline Air Competition Melbourne
The Commonwealth commissioner of Railways, Mr. Gahan, stated to-day that as a result of the growing competition of air services, passenger…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
7,611 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250
'Contract Bridge Both Hands Balanced
WHEN the declarer and dummy both have hands in which the suits are distributed 4-3-3-3 they usually…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Train Hits Gar; Four Are Hurt AUCKLAND
Four people were injured, two critically when a ear was smashed to pieces by a train at a level crossing at Christchurch…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five Suits in New Austrian Bridge Game Vienna
A YOUNG Austrian, Dr. walther Marseille, has invented "Five Suit" Bridge," under the rules of which a match is now in…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Stop and Read Truth About Motors Tram Stop-lights Essential Says R.A.C.A.
"I CANNOT sec eye to eye with the tram authorities when they say that the fitting of 'stop signals' at the rear of trams is not…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →With P. G. Taylor In The Air "VH-UXX. The Story of an Aeroplane," by P. G. Taylor. Published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney
IN his former book, "Pacific Flight," Captain P. G. Taylor, of Sydney, did most strongly capture the imagination of readers, especially when he…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Truth About Motors and motoring Commercial Transport
EVIDENCE of the increasing use of the motor truck in industry and agriculture in Australia is the fact that more than 20,000 new trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Boating. Bad Luck on Big Day
VICE COMMODORE A. G. PAGE did not have the best of luck for his big day at the Port Hacking branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Big Research Plan To Make Better Motors DETROIT, December 25
Important consequences in engine design and performance are expected to result from a programme of engineering and metallurgical research upon which manufacturers of aluminium cylinder heads have united…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motorboat Events In Rough Sea
Gusty winds and rough waiter gave motor yachtsmen many anxious moments in the speedboat and cruiser races…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lyons's Quip With Motor Salesmen MELBOURNE
"I sometimes wish the Government could get motor salesmen, with their irresistible methods, to sell prams to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Dragged 10 Yards By Tram
Falling under a moving tram at Bondi Junction last night, John Frederick Hawkins, 62, of Holdsworth-street, woollahra, escaped with…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →New Aerodrome Satisfactory. Orange
Captain V. Burgess, district superintendent of the Civil Aviation Board, said that he was satisfied with the 100-acre aerodrome which was constructed by the municipal council,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Train Times
Special passenger train leaves Central at 10.25 a.m. for Kembla Grange to-morrow. Horse train will leave Alexandria at 9.40 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Contract Bridge. Teams Championship
In the final session of the match played on Friday night at the Sydney Bridge Club. between teams led by Messrs. L. W. Donaldson and E. Shaw, the difference in the scores was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Building of the Harbour Bridge
SIR Henry Parkes took the first hand in the Sydney Harbour Bridge game, when in wooing the electors of St. Leonards, he dramatically paraphrased in one of his stirring electioneering speeches the call of Horatius Coccles to the citizens of Ancient Rome- "Now who will stand at either hand and build the Bridge with me?"…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Five-suit Bridge. Austrian's Invention. LONDON, Jan. 23
A young Austrian, Dr. Walther Marseille, has invented a five-suit bridge game, under the rules of which a match is progressing with Dr. Paul Stern, captain of the Austrian…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Finds Daugher And Wife Hurt On Road NAROOMA
While driving along a road from Yass to Narooma, yesterday, Mr. Roy Smith, of Brooklands, Yass, found his wife and daughter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Accidents. Car Strikes Tree. Five People Injured. Nar[?]a
The five occupants of a car driven by Mrs. Roy Smith, of Sydney, were injured this afternoon when the vehicle left the road about a mile south of Bodalla, and struck a tree…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Toll of the Road Three Cars In Mix-Up Week-End Smashes
THOUGH no fatalities occurred at the week-end, a number of the victims of car smashes were very seriously injured. THREE cars were involved in a collision yesterday afternoon at the…
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