Improved Train Service. Auburn Council's Move
In a letter to Fairfield Council. Auburn Council sought co-operation in a request to the Railway Commissioners that the Facilties provided for travellers on the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
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Thursday Island's First Road Death
First motor road accident in the history of Thursday Island occurred on January 23. Captain W. Noak, aged 90, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rowers Leave Home To Train For Title
North Shore club oarsmen have left home for a week in an effort to retain the State eight-oar championship, which will be rowed on the Nepean River on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Big Issue Case Against Council Bridge Carpenters' Award
AN important issue that is of considerable interest to all councils, Public Works Department, and Main Roads Board came before…
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TRITELEIA: It is a long time since this chap won a race, but apparently he is improving. Appeared to have every chance when well beaten at Caulfield a fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Council Pays £17,000 for Bus Stop Buys Hotel Frontage to Widen Road and Ease Congestion
The City Council is paying £17,000 for a bus stop. Bayswater Road, King's Cross, is being widened 20 feet to allow buses to drop and pick up fares…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country Councillors For Motor Traders' Association, 1939
THE following members have been elected as Country Councillors for 1939 of the Motor Traders' Association of N.S.W. (Inc.). The first name in each…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →MOTORS and MOTORING 32 Years Ago Motor Contest from Parramatta to Bathurst
NO doubt there are still some residents of Bathurst who will recall the reliability contest held by The Automobile Club of Australia,…
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THE Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways (Mr. C. N. Neale) reports that there is now an average of one motor vehicle…
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HOW much the piloting into the city service of the N.R.M.A. is appreciated by visitors from country districts, and other States, is shown…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →MOTORS and MOTORING More New Model Cars for 1939 Locking the Car Locks the Bonnet on Hudsons for 1939 New Models and New Features
BONNETS on the new lines of Hudson cars shown in Sydney for the first time yesterday are hinged at the front and the driver controls the latch from inside the car. When he locks the car he locks the bonnet so that battery and engine parts are…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Oldsmobile Trucks N.S.W. Franchise Taken Over By Reo Motors Pty. Ltd
REO Motors Pty., Ltd., William-street, Sydney, have taken over the N.S.W. franchise for Oldsmobile and G.M.C. commercial motor vehicles from W. H…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Cycling Calculating the Gear Ratios of the Machine
To G.R.: The following simple method of calculating the gear ratios of a motor cycle machine appeared in "The Motor Cycle."…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fatal Crash Motor Cycle Accident
Raymond Hu[?] Baber, aged 19 years, youngest son of Station-officer Baber, and Mrs. Baber, of Crow's Nest fire sta[?] was killed [?] a terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Our MOTORING Section Electrical Fault Tracing
The electrical equipment of the car generally proves to be the most confusing part, of the whole assembly. In a way, this is not surprising in view of the…
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The two motorships just ordered by Messrs. Wilh. Wilhelmsen, of Oslo, from F. Sehichau G.m.b.H., Danzig, are both…
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Sir,--You recently reported a conference between Hurstville Council and the Railway Commissioners regarding congestion at Hurstville…
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TAMWORTH, Wed.--When the motor car in which he was travelling from Uralla skidded and overturned near Walcha last night, Robert Stanly Pascoe, 34, received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Men Are Needed But Railways Won't Give Jobs
THE Australian Railways Union estimates that work could be found for a thousand more men on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Liverpool-Bankstown Railway Extension Not Needed Yet, Says Department
Mr. J. J. McGirr, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Minister for Transport:— "Colonel Bruxner desires me to say…
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