Our MOTORING Section Carburation Experiments. Many Fallacies Exist Concerning Items Such As Air-intake Temperature, Forced Induction and Allied Carburetter Topics
Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 13
The question of providing an efficient hot-spot on which the mixture from the carburetter impinges before reaching the cylinders has always received…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Speeding Up George Street Trams. Loop Line at Hay Street
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 4
The Commissioner for Road Transport and Tromways, Mr. C. N. Neale, announced yesterday that in order to expedite the movement of trams on the George Street route…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Abuse of Motor Horns. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 4
Sir,—The "Herald" is to be commended for drawing attention to motor horn nuisance. Fa[?] too often the horn is used as a means of blasting a way through the traffic by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Horn Nuisance. British Regulations
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 8
Three or four years ago revolutionary regu[?]tions to reduce the noise nuisance caused by motor horns were put into force in Britain. These make it an offence for any…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Institute Cricket
The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 36
Arrangements are being made for a team representative of the New South Wales Railways Institute to contest the annual cricket fixtures…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →Man and a Motor Car. New Year's Eve Sequel
The Propeller · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 3
"I found defendant seated in his car on New Year's Eve with the two front wheels up on the footpath," stated Constable Burwood at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Four Persons Injured. In Motor Car Collision
The Propeller · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 1
Four persons were injured on Monday night when a motor cycle and a motor car collided at the intersection of Riley and Campbell Streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hints to Motorists. Brake Adjustments
The Propeller · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 6
Numerous cars are now equipped with hydraulic four-wheel foot brakes and cable-operated rear wheel hand brakes. Usually there is a main…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Tramway Loop Line
The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 4
The Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, Mr. Neale, announced yesterday that with a view of minimising traffic congestion and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Matters on South Coast Wollongong
The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 10
Mr. W. Davies. M.L.A., has been notified that the request of the Illawarra Trades and Labor Council for a platform at Cringils to be lengthened, was at present…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Cyclist Killed in Collision
The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 5
Jack Hewes, 23, a fitter, of Hargrave Street, Paddington, was killed shortly after 11 o'clock last night when his motor cycle crashed into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Horns for Emergencies
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 2
The N.R.M.A. is opposed to any official action which would prevent a motor driver sounding his horn in an emergency…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways Cricket
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 24
The 1938 interstate railways cricket carnival will be held at the Sydney Cricket Ground on February 24, 25, 28, and March 1…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →New Haymarket Tram Loop Line
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 7
A new tram loop from George Street, via Hay, Parker, arid Barlow Streets, to the suburbs, will be opened next Monday. The Transport Commissioner (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fighting Airways Progress Better Railways Planned
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 7
ALARMED at the growth of interstate air travel, Victoria and South Australia have agreed to co-operate on an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Motoring Glossary. Terms Explained "Simply."
Liverpool News · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 3
I have (at very great cost) composed the following 'Motorists' Dictionary": Ampere: Amusing little crea[?]ur[?]s. Sometimes you can see them jerking up and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Aerodrome. Wagga
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 9
Work will start in a few days on Wagga's new aerodrome, four miles along the Tarcutta Road from the Wagga Post Office. The Wagga Municipal Council purchased the land—220…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle Dog Train
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 23
Special carriages for dogs competing at Newcastle tonight will be attached to[?] the train which will leave Central Station at 2.5 p.m. The usual special train at…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Lights Fail at Aerodrome. for Nearly Two Hours
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 11
Consideiable inconvenience was caused at the Kingsford Smith Aeiodiomc, Mascot, yesterday, when aerodrome lights fused. The signalling device used by the control…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Contract Bridge. Teams Championship
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 16
Matches played at the Sydney Bridge Club on Wednesday night in the teams-of-four championship for the David Jones's trophy resulted as follows:—Mr. L. F. Cohen's team…
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