MOTORS and MOTORING. Radiator Water
UNDER heat wave conditions car cooling systems especially those of the older models, lose more water than under cooler weather running…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
4,268 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 214
Merrylands Man Killed Fatal Motor Accident
As a result of injuries sustained in a motor car accident last Saturday morning. Mr. William Rufus Reilly, used 51 years, of Auburn street, Merrylands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motorists' Corner OFFICIAL R.A.C.A. Notes by "Carbon." Sunday Petrol Ban
The topic every motorist is discussing at the moment is, of course, the proposal to dote garages on Sundays. It is by no means a new bone of contention, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Army on Wheels Motors Replace the Horse
"Mechanisation" of the Army has income a familiar pl[?]ase: but how many Australians have any appreciation of the extent to which it has been achieved in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cricket. Interstate Tramways
Some prominent grade players took part in the match between teams representing the New South Wales Road Transport and Tramway Institute Cricket Association and the Victorian Tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Nazi-soviet Railway Agreement. "Special Arrangements." LONDON, Feb. 7..(A.A.P.)
The Berlin wireless announces that a Russo-German railway frontier agreement has been concluded. The agreement. It says, provides special…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motorist Acquitted. Manslaughter Charge. Judge Criticises Crown. Newcastle
Walter Thomas Alfred Bowie, 27, barman. was acquitted at Newcastle Quarter Sessions to-day of the manslaughter of Veronica Joyce Gallagher, who was killed in July, when her…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Tramp Rescues Many. Passenger Ship Sunk. Admiralty Restricts Broadcasts. London. Feb. 7. (A.A.P.)
The British steamer Munster, 4,305 tons, sank after a violent explosion. All the passengers and crew were saved. A tramp steamer rescued the majority…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Explosion in Tram. Auckland (N. Z.)
An explosion in a Wellington tramrar partially wrecked the front portion of the tram. Boards were torn up. and windows broken, but no one was injured…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£40,000,000 INCOME Guarantee To Railways LONDON
The Government has guaranteed the payment to the four main British railway companies of annual…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Premier Favors New Motor Fines Plan Would Relieve Congestion
Stating that the suggestions made by "The Sun" for the introduction of a system of payment of fines for minor motor traffic offences by post, and the establishment of night courts were well worthy of consideration,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Where Ideas Are Worth Money Railway Inventions
Ideas are worth money in the New South Wales railway service, a fact which has resulted in 77,000 suggestions being received in the last 25 years-- a record for any railway organisation in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Tram Blast; N.Z. Alarm Wellington
A second explosion occurred to-day under a tram in Wellington causing wide alarm…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Noisy Motor Cycles. Complaints by Residents
Fifty-three residents of Dumbleton Road, Penshurst, sent a petition to the last meeting of Hurstvilie Council asking that action he taken to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Car Crashes. Man Killed--Others Injured
A man was killed arid four other persons injured, one critically, when a motor car crashed into, a post on the corner of Botany Road and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Probe Tram Explosion
AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--A mysterious explosion in a Wellington tramcar today caused extensive damage. The motorman and passengers were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram Batsman Scores 133 In 80 Minutes
W. Morris, Northern District batsman, yesterday made 133 not out in 80 minutes for New South Wales in the interstate…
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