Motor Vehicle Output
MOTOR vehicle production in the United States and Canada during 1938 was approximately 2,635,000 cars and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
6,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 250
New Motor Tanker British Sincerity Launched
Cammell Laird & Co., Ltd., Birkenhead, launched the motor tanker British Sincerity, of 12,250 tons deadweight, recently for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Becomes Manager. Motor Transport Post. Miss Phyllis Gurney
Miss Phyllis Gurney, assistant secretary of Airlines of Australia, Ltd., has been appointed manager of the New England Motor Co., which, with recent…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motor Cycle Grand Prix
The type of races to be included in the programme of events at the motor cycle Grand Prix meeting at B[?]thurst on [?] Saturday[?] April [?], and a starting time of 10 a[?]m. or 9 a.m.[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →World's Motor Cars. 42,900,000 Vehicles
According to the latest figures received from America by the N.R.M.A. it is estimated that the world registration of motor vehicles reached…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motoring. New Chevrolet Models, Suspension Changes. Many Refinements
The two Chevrolet models the Master de Luxe and the Standard this year are equipped with new coachwork, while there are also a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Will Crown Socialist Victory Third Five Year Plan Maps Mighty New Advance Wages Raised 150 Per Cent New Plants, Ships, Railways and SCHOOLS
“The U.S.S.R. occupies first place in the world as regards the race of development of its industry,” states Molotoy's report on the Third Five Year Plan to be delivered at the Eighteenth Congress of the Communist Party on March 10…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway to Long Bay
Maroubra Chamber of Commerce, with the support of Botany Council, is urging that the Sydenham to Botany railway line be extended to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Men Take to Buses
Tram drivers are being recruited by the Government to learn to drive the new buses now on order. "They receive, instruction courses at the Leichhardt depot. When proficient, the men will desert their trams for buses--and more pay…
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SHOCKINGLY injured when he fell under a tram in George Street, City, yesterday, Wilhelm Henreich…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fast Behind Motor
Victorian pace follower "Huck" Finn arrived in Sydney yesterday to test the local riders. Finn, christened John, has never been…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motor Cycle News--Every Friday Four Records Smashed Hannaford Races At 82.4 M.P.H. Race Thrills At Phillip Island, Blacktown
Four records were smashed at Phillip Island (Vic.) and Blacktown during T.T. races on Anniversary Day. At Phillip Island, George Hannaford won the senior T.T. at an…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →British Motor Racing Firm May Shut Down
LONDON, Thursday.--The famous British motor car racing firm Era (English Racing Automobiles) may have to close down…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crushed Between Two Trams Woman Gives Blood in Vain Effort to Save Father
Crushed between two trams in George Street, City, yesterday, Wm. Reichers, 71, of Tallebung, near Condobolin, was fatally injured. Reichers was holidaying in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motoring News Improved Vision in New Chevrolets
Chevrolet cars for 1939 are again offered in Master de Luxe and Standard series. Important body design and mechanical alterations have been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Speedway Riders Train
Turning the bend out of the straight at the Sydney Sports Ground, while training for to-night's World's Derby. A splendid action picture, showing the world's champion, A. G. Wilkinson (Aust.), on the left, with C. Milne (U.S.A.), J. Milne (U.S.A.), holder of the title, and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Aerodrome at Kempsey "For Emergency Only." Minister's Statement
The Minister for Works and Civil Aviation, Mr. Thorby, said yesterday that the Kempsey aerodrome, which the "Sydney Morning Herald's" aviation…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Harbour Bridge Pylon Exhibition
The exhibition at the south-eastern pylon on the Harbour Bridge is open daily from 10 a.m. till [?].20 p.m. The lens of the giant electrically-operated camera obs[?]ra enables any scene within…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lower Car Toll on Bridge Wanted
The roads and tourists' committee of the R.A.C.A. will seek the cooperation of municipal councils and kindred organisations in a campaign…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Youth Killed by Train. Muswellbrook
Leonard Barnes, 18, of Quirindi, a railway employee, was killed by a train at the Antiene railway gates last night. It is thought that after attending to the gates, he miscalculated…
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