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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1932

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Harbor Bridge—comparison with Other Bridges

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 4

Figures were issued by the Harbor Bridge Celebrations Committee in response to numerous inquiries regarding the principal features of the…

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Miscellaneous Another Cheap Train to Sydney

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 4 January 1932 · page 3

For the convenience of country residents who have been unable to avail themselves of the cheap excursion train facilities provided by the…

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Another Cheap Train to Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 1

For the convenience Of country residents who have been unable to avail themselves of the cheap excursion train facilities provided by the…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Instantly Crashes Into Bus (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 1

Lawrence Rose, 18, was killed instantly last night when a motor cycle he was riding crashed into a bus at North Parramatta…

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Motor Cyclist Crashes Injuries Prove Fatal (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 1

A Melbourne message states that James Wassall, a leading racing motor cyclist, who crashed into the top of the motordrome tack at a speed of…

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Doctor Operates On Man Under Tram

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1932 · page 3

A remarkable operation was performed in Sydney by a member of the medical team of the New South Wales Community Hospital Incorporated. On…

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Motor Notes Future of the Motor Transport in New South Wales

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 January 1932 · page 5

Drastic and, as a great many people believe, entirely inequitable legislation has been Introduced by the Lang Government in order to curtail the…

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Giant Bridge

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 4

The gigantic bridge across Sydney Harbour, now in its final stages of construction, is attracting world-wide attention. It is the largest…

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Harbour Bridge. Hammering Steel against the Sky

Western Champion · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 14

Up 430 feet, above toy-like ferry boats and birds eye views of liners that span the seven seas—with Sydney and its clustered suburbs far…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A.

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 4

The N.R.M.A's. estimate of the number of motor vehicles on the New South Wales register at the end of December was about 210,000…

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Motor Tyres. Scrap-Heap Revelations Inquests Teach Much

Western Champion · Thursday 7 January 1932 · page 16

As dissection reveals to the surgeon the root and cause of many of the ills and troubles to which the human body is liable,…

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Full City Golden Harvest Bridge Gala

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 6

Advance bookings at hotels indicate that Sydney will be packed for the gala opening of the Habor Bridge. All hotels expect to have…

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Graf. Zeppelin Proposed Flight to Sydney For Bridge Opening (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 1

A cable from London states that it is believed there that Dr. Eckener is keen to carry out the suggested flight of the Graf. Zeppelin to Sydney for…

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Harbor Bridge State Lottery

Western Champion · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 6

Mr. W. H. Whiddon (Director of State Lotteries) is attempting something on a big scale in launching his Harbor Bridge State Lottery,…

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The Choice off Women Motorists

Western Champion · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 6

In these modern times when women have stepped so ably into places which, less than a generation ago, were occupical only by men, we find…

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COLLISION Motor Cycle and Cat Man's Throat Gashed (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 1

Alexander Donaldson Roberts, 21, a naval rating is in Lewisham Hospital in a critical condition as a result of a collision between his motor cycle and…

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The Choice of Women Motorists Union White Flash Supercharged

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 2

In these modem times when women have so ably into places which, less than a generation ago, were occupied only by men, we found manufacturers…

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Motor Cycles Collide

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 1

[?]Three People Injured (BY WIRE) SYDNEY, Monday. Three people and a seven months old baby were injured when two motor cycles one with a side car, [?] at Marrickville last night…

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Sensational Motor Accident Occupants Have Miraculous Escape From Death. Two Now in Hospital. While Two Others Are Only Slightly Injured

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon last a party of local motorists left Cowra for the purpose of viewing the site of the mine which…

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Motor Notes

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 4

Although the valves of the engine will give many years' service if they are properly looked after, a day may come when one or more of them is…

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