From Bullock Dray to Aeroplane History of Transport in New South Wales Part of the Railways in Development of the Back Country
The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 9
THE progress of New South Vales in the past 150 years has been due, in large measure, to the fact that shortly after settlement began here the world entered on the new age of mechanism. With mechanism came a revolution in transport. Even within an ordinary man's lifetime, transport has passed through the stages from horse-coach to railway train,…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 3
PARIS, Tuesday.--Five French soldiers were killed and five, seriously injured when a truck on its way to Bescancon fell over a bridge on to railway…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 17
Owing to the terrific traffic jam in the city last night, when thousands of people inspected the Anniversary decorations, four Victorian cricketers missed the Melbourne express. They…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Nation-Building Genius of the Engineer Tractor Tracks of Prosperity Agricultural Science Marches On Reo Motors' Achievement
The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 16
GENIUS THAT HAS HARNESSED THE NIAGARA FALLS AND BROUGHT INTO OPERATION THE HUGE BOULDER DAM SCHEME—THE GREATEST ENGINEERING FEATS IN THE UNITED STATES…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Romance Behind Humber-Hillman Cars Story of the Rootes Brothers World-Wide Motor Exporters Great British Firm
The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 15
The name of Rootes is automatically associated with the motor car world, a fact all the more interesting because largely due to the enthusiastic and energetic efforts of two comparatively young men. The brothers W. E. and R. C Rootes have collaborated to such good purpose that within a few years they have achieved front-rank positions in a competitive industry…
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The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 14
THOUGH there were many new faces seen at the annual dinner of the Motor Traders' Association of N.S.W. (Inc.) perhaps more than in any previous year—there were still a large number of the older men in attendance—men…
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The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 15
THE Hurtville Motor Cycle Club will hold its annual open 34 hour reliability trial on 26th and 27th February, over the following course:—Hurstville…
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The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 15
THE average motorist gives little thought to the amount of capital invested, so that he may obtain supplies of petrol, oil, tyres, spare parts, etc. The…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →MOTORS and Motoring Standard Cars for 1938 The 10, 12, 14 and 20 H.P. Models Shown this Week
The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 15
THE new flying Standards for 1938 made available this week by Standard Cars (N.S.W.) Pty., Ltd., are not radically different from their 1937 predecessors; but they incorporate improvements in detail which add to graceful appearance,…
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The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 15
THE question was recently raised in England as to what is a commercial motor vehicle. In the ordinary meaning of the term…
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Sydney Mail · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 18
Although the Sydney to Parramatta railway was the first to be begun in Australia, it was not the first to be completed. That honour was gained by a line from Melbourne to Sandridge, which was opened for traffic…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 11
Thomas Johns was critically injured yesterday afternoon, when his motor cycle and a car collided at the corner of Port Kembla Road and Burelli Street. The occupants of…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 10
Full details of the tramway and omnibus services which will be operated to-day and to-morrow which in some respects differ from those previously announced, were announed…
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The Sun · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 10
A comprehensive map of its tramway and omnibus services in the metropolitan area has been prepared by the Department of Road Transport…
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The Sun · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 20
Thrown 20 yards from his motorcycle when it ran off the Cow Pasture road, eight miles from Camden, today. Douglas Lloyd Atkins, 22, of…
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The Sun · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 4
The Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways advises that tomorrow evening tramway traffic will be suspended in Pitt, Castlereagh, and…
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The Labor Daily · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 14
The Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways advisee that to-day holiday timetables commencing and finishing at the same times as on week days will be…
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The Labor Daily · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 14
A comprehensive man of tramway and omnibus services has been prepared by the Deportment of Road Transport and Tramways. Copies…
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The Labor Daily · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 14
Stepping backwards to avoid a Glebe-bound tram in Glebe Road, near Bridge Rood, Glebe, last night, Lawrence Joseph Murphy, 50, of…
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The Labor Daily · Wednesday 26 January 1938 · page 1
Issued with a motorist's permit on the previous day, ALAN MORRIS, 24, of Cranbrook, Penrith, was fatally injured late last night when…
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