Motor Cyclists in Many Fatalities
Of the fatal accidents during January, 35.5 per cent. involved motor cyclists, the Commissioner for R. Transport, Mr. Neale, said last night…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
7,611 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 250
The Motor Bus
WE go to school by motor bus, And threepence is the fare: The bus-stop is quite close to us. And all of us wait there…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Road Safety
CABLED last week that an English motorist had been awarded £100 damages against a pedestrian who ran across the road ahead of his car, caused him to swerve, and finish in an accident that caused Injury to the driver. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Our Obsolete Highways Value of Special Motor Roads
DEFINITE evidence that cross traffic and out-of-date streets and highways are a big factor in the annual toll of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Drive for Road Safety N.Z.'s Campaign Against Unfit And Drunken Motorists AUCKLAND
Persons unfit to drive motor cars will be put off the roads. The Minister for Transport, Mr. Semple, forecasts closer supervision…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Section Thrills on Icy Roads How Cup Was Lost by Inch Story Of Sensational Monte Carlo Rally LONDON, February 2
This years Monte Carlo rally was sensational. Out of 125 cars which started out for Monte Carlo from all parts…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Girl Cyclist To Race With Train LITHGOW
Miss Jean Salton, Lithgow's champion cyclist, next week will make another attempt to race the passenger train from Lithgow to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Failure To Cover Three Causes Enormous Swing Contract Bridge
ONE of the fundamental facts in the play of cards is that, with rare exceptions, honor tricks alone do not…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →"We Are Absolutely Disgusted " "Horatius" Mark Antony "Held" the Bridge Alone a Select Committee Which Went Phut
A CHALLENGE issued to representative women to observe for themselves how much interest Parliament had in the aborigines problem attracted more than 50 prominent women to Parliament House on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Bright Outlook for Motordom
BACK in Australia from a six months' overseas tour, which embraced the United States, Great Britain and Germany, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Care at Tram Stops
THE N.R.M.A. safety department is issuing an appeal to motorists to exercise care when stopping for stationary trams. It is pointed out…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Truth About Motors and Motoring The 1938 Pontiacs Enticing "Sixes" and "Eights"
IN new and yet more attractive guise, retaining the general characteristics of last year's models, but embodying a great number of improvements both aesthetic and mechanical, the 1938 Pontiacs have just made their…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Taxes Hamper Motoring
THE wide difference between the ratio of commercial motor vehicles to the private cars registered in Australia, compared with the corresponding figures for Great Britain and the U.S.A. is remarkable. The Commonwealth ratio at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Truth About Motors Debut of "Wyvern" Vauxhall Intriguing New 10 h.p. Car
AN opportune welcome and pleasing addition to the range of economical light cars marketed in Australia is the new 10 h.p. Vauxhall which with appropriate recollection of the original Vauxhall radiator mascot has been dubbed the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Boating. Speedboat Afire Crew Jumps
AT St. George Motor Boat Club meeting yesterday R. Richards' Endeavour caught fire prior to the start of the third heat of the Sieber Trophy race. THE craft was three-quarters of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Drunken Motorists Lose Licenses
UNDER the amended Traffic Act two motorists "copped it hard" for drunken driving when they appeared before the Lismore P.M., Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →How To Trace Motor Troubles
1. Misfiring at all speeds: May be due to burnt, broken or dirty breaker points, improper adjustment of points, damaged condenser or…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Auto Biography. Charity Of Motor Men
Alfred P. Sloan Jnr., chairman of the board of General Motors' parent body in America is something of an American…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Women Were At Helm Of Speedy Motor Boats
Women took the helm yesterday at the R.M.Y.C. Excepting one six miles race, the trophies were competed for by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Nuffield Meets Motor Dealers
Viscount Nuffield addresses over 200 York Motors dealers at a banquet given by the directors of the company at the Hotel Australia. On Viscount Nuffield's left is Mr. Richard Cobden, chairman, York Motors Pty. Ltd. (See story, Page 8, Sports Section.)…
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