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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1932

543 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 28

The Bridge Opening Ceremony To-morrow

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 2

Sydney’s wonderful Harbor Bridge is to be formally opened to-morrow. (Saturday) by the Premier (Mr. Lang). During the week people have been…

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Third Bridge Lottery Singleton Syndicate Sydney

The Independent · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 1

The third Harbour Bridge Lottery, carrying a first prize of £20,000, was drawn to-day by Dorman Long's engineer, Mr. Lawrence Ennis…

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Bridge Celebrations Many Corowa Residents in Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 1

During the week many Corowa and district residents have left for Sydney to be present at the celebrations in connection with the opening of the…

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NO. 3 Bridge Lottery Drawing Yesterday. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 3

The third Harbour Bridge Lottery was drawn to-day. The first prize, 86,115, went to Singleton; the second, 22,242 to Sydney; the third 85.896, to…

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Opening of the Bridge To-morrows Great Event the Question of Weather. Sydney, Friday Morning

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 2

It rained so much, yesterday and night, that an area set aside as a motor park for visitors to the Bridge has been rendered untrafficable, and…

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Sydney Harbour Bridge Something About the Great Work. Australian Workmen Get Nearly £3,000,000 in Wages

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 1

The outstanding event in current Australian history is undoubtedly the completion and opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge…

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The Railways Union. Canberra, Friday Noon [?]

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 3

Mr. Lyons gave a denial to a report that the Federal Government intended to introduce legislation to declare the Australian Railways…

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Bridge Opened Huge Crowd in Sydney

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 March 1932 · page 2

Weather conditions were ideal for the official opening of Sydney Harbor Bridge on Saturday. Enormous crowds of people assembled on both sides of…

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The Bridge Builder’s Story Unpublished Incidents

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 March 1932 · page 4

The story in outline of the building of the Sydney Harbor Bridge, with the addition of some incidents of supreme human interest, was told in simple but…

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The Great Bridge Opened Memorable Culmination of Great Enterprise Message From the King. Record Crowds and Glorious Weather

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 March 1932 · page 2

A clear blue sky and a fresh sea breeze made conditions ideal for the official opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge by the Premier (Mr…

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Sydney Harbour Bridge Official Opening on Saturday Last New Guard Officer Cuts Ribbon with Sword Joy and Rejoicing--a Glittering Pageant

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 March 1932 · page 3

With due pomp and circumstance the Sydney Harbour Bridge was officially opened on Saturday last, March 19, 1982, and the proceedings marked a wonderful epoch in the history of Australia--not to say the world…

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Dynamite Outrage in Queensland. Railway Points Blown Up. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 March 1932 · page 2

Late on Sunday night, the railway bridge, near Dobbyn, and the railway points and line at Elsie Siding, Queensland, were blown up…

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Motor Boat Wrecked. Two Men Missing. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 March 1932 · page 2

A motor boat, in which two men left Beachport, South Australia, on Friday, was washed up on the beach yesterday, in a battered condition, a…

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Motor Notes Hinged Table for the Rear Compartment

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 March 1932 · page 4

A simply made picnic accessory which will also prove useful to those who have any business to transact or writing to do when on tour is a…

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The Harbor Bridge

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 4

The Sydney Harbour Bridge, which was opened on Saturday, was first mooted over 100 years ago. In 1815 Mr. F. H. Greenway,…

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The Truth about the Bridge

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 1

In these tedious days the public turns eagerly to any diversion. From that point of view Mr. Lang and his bull are almost a godsend;…

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Bridge Traffic 24,912 Vehicles in First 24 Hours

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 2

During the first 24 hours of use by traffic of the Harbor Bridge, 24,912 vehicles, conveying 87,236 passengers, passed over lt the toll payments…

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Reduced Freight Charges Railways Defer Action

The Independent · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 3

Following on the representations made by Deniliquin and Mathoura storeKeepers to the commercial agent of the Victorian Railways, Mr…

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Bridge and Tolls

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 2

THE Bridge has been officially opened, and the greatest engineering feat in the southern he[?]here is now in operation. A good deal of difference…

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Bridge Ribbon Incident. Picture Film Banned. De Groot on the Embargo. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 2

Motion pictures showing De Groot cutting the ribbon at Saturday's opening ceremonies at the Harbour Bridge were withdrawn from the theatres…

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