Causes in No. 1 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Street and jury.) Motor Car and Motor Cycle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 10
In the action brought by Franklin Walden Linn, salesman, of Croydon, against Merlngton Ellis, clerk, of Lakemba, the jury found in favour of the plaintiff and awarded him…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 22
Eric Earl Haradon, 34, of Tighe's Hill, was killed when the motor cycle he was riding came into collision with a motor car in Hunter Street West, Newcastle, late this…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Used His Legs in Harbor Rescue Tram Driver's Resource
The Sun · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 3
Charles Buckley, a tramdriver, left his tram last night to rescue a man who was drowning in the Harbor, near an Erskine-street wharf. His courage and initiative probably averted a tragedy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Stop Luxuries Before Petrol" Motor Bodies' Suggestion Argue Our Claims With Britain
The Sun · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 3
Other imports from non-sterling countries should be restricted before petrol is rationed, is the opinion of motoring organisations, expressed to-day. Petrol is not the only commodity that has to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cars and a Horse Facts Importer Propagandists Hide
Smith's Weekly · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 3
A NEWSPAPER axiom is that the real story never gets into print. The story of A.C.I, and its alleged monopoly is perhaps a case in point…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cyclist Awarded £1662
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 6
A Supreme Court Jury yesterday awarded a motor cyclist £166210 damages. He is Franklin Walden Linn, 24,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →I read in the news Agents-General . . . . And Trams . . . 600 Politicians
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 February 1940 · page 8
THE proposal is now to abolish the office of Agent-General. Mr. C. H. Hay, who has been acting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Code
Truth · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 17
ACCIDENTS to pedal cyclists have become so numerous and serious in New South Wales that determined efforts arc being…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Bridge Spikes Menace Tyres
The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 6
Many country bridges are a menace to car tyres, with iron spikes protruding from the decking, advises the N.R.M.A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fingers cut off by train
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 8
When attempting to board a moving train at the Town Hall Station yesterday, a man slipped and fell between the train and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Harbor Bridge Deficit Fear Advance in Tolls
The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 7
Increases in Harbor Bridge tolls are feared following the revelation that the Bridge, for many years a paying…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Real Life Dramas of the Courts Dark road
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 14
Down the darkened country road near Ferntree Gully, Victorian trippers' paradise, the tall man and the short man…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Old Dogs for Hard Roads Among 18's Native Nabs Port Prem'ship
Truth · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 14
THE Port Jackson Championship, conducted by the Sydney Flying Squadron yesterday, was one of the finest contests in the history of the S.F.S., with Native 2min. ahead in first place…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Railway Excursions for Easter
Truth · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 43
IN this issue the Department of Railways announces the extensive arrangements made for excursion travel prior to and during Easter…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →U.S. Motor Taxes Comparison With Australia
Truth · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 16
ALTHOUGH the American motorist does not individually pay as high a petrol tax or annual registration fee as do owners of motor…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Giant "Robot Still" Which Peers Into Future Of The Car Splitting of Motor Fuel
The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 6
In an obscure laboratory of the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, U.S.A., a Federal specialist has a giant still, developed for splitting gasoline into its component parts to see what…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Feminine Touch in U.s. Garages Motor Section
The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 6
PREPARING FOR DUTY: Misses Anna Solovieff and Ellen Martin add a touch of color before commencing the day's work. SELF-DEFENCE! Ellen shows Anna how to act convincingly with a dummy pistol. However, these girls do not need a gun as they…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Law Goes Bush, by Motor Adelaide
The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 13
Standing 6ft. 4in. in his socks, and with a frame to match his height, Mounted Constable A. W. G. V…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Strikers Declare Motors "Black"
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 February 1940 · page 5
Motor transport from Ivanhoe to Broken Hill of passengers from Sydney will be declared "black" after next Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Lands in Swamp
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 February 1940 · page 10
When a trainer plane was flying upside down over Kurnell on Saturda[?] an air-lock developed in the fuel system, and the pilot was forced to land in a swa[?]p at Pelican…
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