When Motor Is Run on Charcoal Details Of Conversion
The Sun · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 3
Practical details of the conversion of a motor vehicle from petrol to charcoal fuel were explained today by Mr. L. J. Reynolds, a member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eastern Suburbs Railway Move Martin Out to Solve Big Problems
Daily News · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 2
SYDNEY'S greatest transport problem would be solved, and much-needed work would be provided for an army of men if the Eastern Suburbs railway were constructed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Probing Charcoal Gas for Motors
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 March 1939 · page 5
CANBERRA, Friday.--Considerable progress has been made by experts in investigating the possibility of producing charcoal gas for transport vehicles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Roman Way Becomes Road
The Sun · Sunday 26 March 1939 · page 10
A further section of the Roman Fosse Way is to become a modern road, Where the Way exists as a single-track road, five miles to the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Section; News and Views In Easter Monday's Big Road Race At Bathurst
The Sun · Sunday 26 March 1939 · page 10
These three cars will be in action at Bathurst: Left to right--J. Barraclough (MG), J. Saywell (Alfa Romeo), and T. Wood (MG)…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Man Falls From Express Train BRISBANE
The Sun · Sunday 26 March 1939 · page 15
When the north-bound Rockhampton express was approaching Pomona early to-day, David Benjamin Richardson, 58, of Childers, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Grim Train Journey In Coffin Slot BRISBANE
The Sun · Sunday 26 March 1939 · page 3
Three Sydney youths who jumped the rattler for Brisbane this week chose probably the most unusual and certainly the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Model Homes to Train Girls As Housewives London
The Sun · Sunday 26 March 1939 · page 2
HOME will always be "Sweet Home" for some future husbands if a Lancashire Education Committee experiment succeeds. The committee, believing that marriages are wrecked because the wife does not know her job, especially cooking, has decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →14,000,000th Car Of Line On Road
The Sun · Sunday 26 March 1939 · page 10
Just prior to the announcement of the 1939 Chevrolets in America, the 14,000,000 Chevrolet rolled off the assembly line at Flint, Michigan…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Rugby Union Roll Up to Train Union Players Eager For Selection In Team For England
The Sun · Sunday 26 March 1939 · page 8
"Official" Rugby Union trials do not st[?] until next Saturday, but most of the grade clubs had practice…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Boat's First Trophy 7 Months' Effort Rewarded
The Sun · Sunday 26 March 1939 · page 8
After seven months racing, Commodore W. D. Lawson yesterday won his first trophy for the season, when his cruiser, Sylph, secured the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Buses Oust Trams In 3-Year-Plan
The Sun · Sunday 26 March 1939 · page 10
Manchester City Council (England), having decided to abandon trams in favor of oil-engined buses and trolly-buses, has adopted a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coonamble Aerodrome. Coonamble
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 7
Mr. F. B. Martin, inspector of aerodromes, has Informed several aldermen of the Coonamble Council that unless runways are prepared immediately, the licence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Money for Aerodrome. Murwillumbah
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 10
The Murwilliumbah Municipil Council has decided not to provide money towards the cost of resuming land for an aerodrome at Murwilliumbah, because of commitments entered…
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Sydney Sportsman · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 7
OWING to an early start, the race tram for Gosford to-morrow will leave earlier than usual. The horse train will leave Alexandria at 9.10 a.m and the passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boy's Escape in Train Fall
The Sun · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 8
Falling between the platform and a moving electric train at Burwood station to-day, Douglas Everingham, 15, of Princess-street, Burwood, rose…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Be Humane," Mayor Urges Roads Chief
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The Mayor of Newcastle (Alderman Jenner) has sent a telegram to the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Neale), in which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unconscious All Night Near Train Line
The Sun · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 1
After falling from a moving train near Lindfield Station last night, a 75-year- old man lay soaked and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plots Air Course on Road Map
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 5
M. Henri Martinet, the French chemist who is piloting his own machine from New Caledonia to Paris, reached Mascot from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Week's First Mail Train From Cairns Cairns
The Sun · Monday 27 March 1939 · page 8
With the cessation of rain over the flood area last night, transport services to-day returned to normal. The first mail train for the south…
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