Motor Boats
Cruiser and speedboat races started 45 minutes late at the R.M.Y.C., Rose Bay today…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
5,820 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 250
Daring leap to stop tram dash
A tram driver made a daring jump from a moving motor car to halt a runaway tram in…
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MELBOURNE, Sat.--A speeding car sent three pedestrians reeling to the road, struck a parked car on the side,…
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A tram driver made a daring jump from a moving car to half a runaway tram in Clovelly St., Randwick this morning. He was Harry Cobcroft…
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BRISBANE, Saturday.—Queensland's flood position is likely to reach catastrophic proportions in the next few days…
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N.R.M.A. road service manager Mr. E. W. T. Rowe has retired after 27 years' service…
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Six persons died in traffic accidents in various ports of N.S.W. yesterday. Eustace Jowski (about, 23). of Chuliora migrant…
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MOSS VALE, Saturday. —Frederick Lambert, 20, of Boundary Street, Roseville, was killed in a smash on the…
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A 19-year-old girl, who had been married only five hours, was killed in a truck accident on the Pacific Highway, Waitara, at 12.10 a.m. yesterday. The girl, Mrs. Mary Phyllis…
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Because of the widening of the highway leading to the village, the road to Hell, Norway, is more inviting than the road…
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A man was knocked down and seriously injured on the Hume Highway, Liverpool, last night by a…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Shape of Things to Come? First U.S. Gas Turbine Motoring Section
America's first gas turbine car, the General Motors "Firebird," has just completed tests in Arizona. PERFORMANCE figures are secret, but…
Continued on Trove, page 70 →Progressive Home Maintenance Motoring Section
Those owners who have not previously undertaken the maintenance of their cars, but who are keen to do so, can commence on the simpler tasks and gradually progress to more expert servicing as experience is gained. THE following notes…
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I agree with every word in Mr. George French's letter about the stupidity of…
Continued on Trove, page 54 →Truth on Motoring Nepean Beauty on Round Trip
An inland tour covering approximately 104 miles and embracing many historical points is provided on the accompanying Truth-N.R.M.A. map…
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A tram driver, Harry Coberoft, of Dowling St. depot, hurled himself from a car in Clovelly…
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A tram driver yesterday chased his runaway tram in a car and leaped aboard to bring it to a halt. He is Harry Cobcroft, of Dowling…
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A man was killed instantly when he fell 50 feet from the Harbor Bridge on to a lawn at…
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A man fell to his death from the Harbor Bridge yesterday. The man was Andrew…
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The body of a man was found yesterday at the foot of the Harbour Bridge approach in George Street…
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