Jaguar 'D-type' for 24-Hour Road Race
Shattering road speeds are certain to be set by a record-breaking "D-type" sports car during the 24-hour Le Mans style road race at Mt…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1955
500 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 25
Motors—services Crowds Thronged £200,000 Motor Display at Show
A £200,000 display of new cars at Parramatta Show caused headaches to showgoers with a good bank balance to spend on latest 1955 models. There was everything from a two-pedal automatic gear-changing Dodge to the latest model motor scooter…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motor Sports Club
Films of particular interest to motoring enthusiasts will be screened at the next…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Trammies refuse six-day week
TRAMWAY workers at the Dowling Street depot have rejected a proposal by the Department that they should work a six-day week over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Annual Meeting of Penrith Road Safety Council Address by Superintendent of Traffic
Interest in the Penrith branch of the Road Safety Council is being well maintained, as was indicated at the annual meeting of the branch held in the Council Chambers on Friday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fifty Years Ago (From "Nepean Times", March 18, 1905) Women Tramps
During the past two or three weeks a large number of tramps have been passing through in both directions (writes our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Council Provides Roads For Soldiers
The Waugoola Shire Council is to pay the cost of road work on a soldier settler estate to…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →MOTORING Stability Is Feature Of Simca Aronde
A French car in a new style, which was shown for the first lime at the Paris Motor Show in October last year, has now been introduced to New South Wales. It is the Simca Aronde 1955 saloon…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Free Railways, Say Graziers
Delegates to the 37th annual conference of the Graziers' Association decided to urge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ingezonden Nogmaals over het motorfiets rijden door L. W. Norman
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Laatste nieuws Motorrijder gedood
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Continued on Trove, page 8 →Een dwaze cocktail uit Wall Street Over de motor rijdende vrijgezellen
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Fatality
Mr. Donald Edgar Grimes, of Doonmore Street, Penrith, died in Nepean District Hospital at 2 a.m. on Sunday. He had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Penrith Road Safety Branch President's Report
At the annual meeting of Penrith branch of the Road Safety Council held on 11th inst., the retiring president, Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bright Hopes for Overbridge Conference with Railway Officers Council Adopts Scheme in Principle
As the outcome of the public meeting held in Penrith two months ago to protest to the Railway Department about delays at level crossings due to the new safety system, a delegation representing Penrith…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →After 68 Years Railway Footbridge Demolished
Railway passengers who frequent Penrith station have been witnessing the demolition of the old overhead footbridge, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MOTORING Comfort, High Clearance In New Citroen
A roomy body and comfortable sitting and driving positions are features of the Citroen Light 15 Saloon, the 1955 model of which is now available. A good clearance of…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Nederland's motorfiets productie De 35ste RAI en het motor rijwiel
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Easy Road
IT was a hot night. The dance was over. The young people and the old people and the sleepy children--in fact, all…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hanoi to Paris by Train Wilfred Burchett says you can go from
HANOI, capital of the Vietnam Democratic Republic, is now linked via Peking by rail with…
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