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  2. MOTORS AND MOTORING

    The contest decided yesterday under the Motor Yacht Club's auspices at Rose Bay," is of particular interest, as the trophy involved—the Speed Pennant—is now the oldest still being ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,053 words
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  4. MOTOR YACHT CLUB.

    The sequence of success in ocean-racing to be credited to Mr. Alvin Taylor and Rooganah has still another to be added, on Saturday, June 7, when the 25 miles event from Rose Bay to ...

    Article : 377 words
  5. A QUEENSLANDER MOTOR-CYCLIST'S TOUR.

    The difference between motor-cycling in Queensland and N.S. Wales is the difference of riding a variably geared twin to a fixed geared single. So, as a Queenslander, I appreciated the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 543 words
  6. AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AUSTRALIA.

    The speed-judging contest has been definitely fixed for June 28. on a course to be announced to competitors just before the start. A speed-judging contest is an interesting ...

    Article : 190 words
  7. GOOD ROADS.

    The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Ald. A. A. C. Cocks, has just returned from a three days motoring trip between Sydney and Goulburn. On his return to Sydney he made some pointed ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 398 words
  8. GREAT NORTHERN MOTOR CYCLE CLUB.

    This club intended holding a reliability trial in the Newcastle District on Monday, and a number of members of the Motor Cycle Club of N.S. Wales, including Messrs. J. C. Halliday ...

    Article : 137 words
  9. REAR LIGHTS FOR VEHICLES.

    A few days ago the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Ald. A. A. C. Cocks, wrote to the Police Department, suggesting that it was advisable that all vehicles driven in the public streets after ...

    Article : 269 words
  10. A NOVEL INK ERASER.

    This eraser is contained in a German-silver holder, so designed that the rubber is fed forward as desired by simply depressing the small lever. By this means the rubber always ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 45 words
  11. NO CANALS ON MARS.

    M. Antoniadi, who has been studying the physical appearance of Mars, with the aid of the most powerful telescope in Europe, denies the existence of any regular system of ...

    Article : 168 words
  12. ROAD RACING IN FRANCE.

    Another big Continental motor-cycle road race, the Circuit de L'Eure, France, took place on May 4 over a distance of about 194 miles at Vernonnet. There were several classes ...

    Article : 160 words
  13. WHAT DYSPEPTICS SHOULD EAT.

    "Indigestion and practically all forms of stomach trouble are nine times out of ten, due to acidity; therefore stomach sufferers should, whenever possible, avoid eating food ...

    Article : 366 words
  14. TEMPORARY BOOK INDEX.

    In the study or translation of a book in a foreign langauge it becomes necessary to refer constantly to the notes and vocabulary or index, which many times causes one to lose the place ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 116 words
  15. TOURIST TROPHY MOTOR-CYCLE ROAD RACE.

    The result of the annual big Tourist Trophy Road Races in the Isle of Man on June 4 and 6 has been cabled to the Dunlop Rubber Company. The junior event (for 350 c.c. machines) ...

    Article : 226 words
  16. DISELECTRIFYING SILK BY RADIUM. SALTS.

    During the process of combing silk the skeins become highly electrified, and it has been the habit to remedy this condition by maintaining a damp atmosphere in the ...

    Article : 148 words
  17. THE KOOKABURRAS' TOUR.

    A party of 18 members of the Kookaburra Club, accompanied by Mr. W. Allen, a Queensland motor cyclist, took part in the tour last week-end, the route being from Sydney, via ...

    Article : 652 words
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  19. WELDED ALUMINIUM JOINTS

    A German inventor, Otto Nicolai, of Bonn, claims to have found an excellent method for detecting the soundness of welded joints in aluminium wire or manufactured articles ...

    Article : 188 words
  20. A SUBSTITUTE PENHOLDER.

    "One evening when my wife was using the only penholder in the house," writes a correspondent, "I desired to do some writing, and being in a hurry I hastily made a substitute holder of a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 82 words
  21. MOTOR CYCLE RACING IN TASMANIA.

    A motor cycle sports meeting is a novelty in Tasmania, but one was held by the Tasmanian Motor Cycle Club on Elwick racecourse, Hobart, recently. The use of the course was permitted ...

    Article : 134 words
  22. RACING AT WAGGA.

    On Monday there was fine weather for one motor cycle function the Riverina Club's race meeting on the Wagga racecourse, under the auspices of the Autocycle Association of N.S. ...

    Article : 322 words
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