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Railways, roads & transport, 1932

1,546 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 78

Bridge Improvement

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 2

Work has started in earnest on the Inverell bridge. Ganger Gillespie and his men are making great progress, and will not keep the bridge closed an…

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Train Fatality

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 6

Edward Lloyd (60), railway traffic inspector of Croydon, was cut to pieces by a train at Curambah near Gos- ford. Lloyd had been examining the…

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Naming the Sydney Bridge

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 4

City newspapers are devoting a considerable amount of space to a discussion on the all-absorbing topic--"What shall we call our bridge?" Suggestions pertinent and impertinent, with some that are surprisingly foolish, have been…

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200 LESS Travellers By Train Glen Innes Station Figures

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 4

The number of northern people who travelled by train during the recent holiday season was considerably less than last year…

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Lash for Motor Thieves

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 7

Lashes were included in a sentence for motor car thieving for the first time in South Africa by Mr. Justice Krause at the Rand Criminal…

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Aeroplane Crashes

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 6

Three men, one of whom is Commodore Kingsford Smith's brother, had remarkable escapes from death when the aeroplane in which they…

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Bridge Celebrations

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 6

Advices now being received indicate that there will be a considerable influx of visitors from oversea countries to Sydney for the opening…

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Sydney Harbour Bridge and Manly Beach

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

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Capitol Attractions "Waterloo Bridge" and "Bad Sister"

The Inverell Times · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 4

"Waterloo Bridge" is tremendous in dramatic power! It is subtly aluring in its beauty and its infinite variety. It is heart-breaking in its…

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Rip Van Winkle Comes to Town After 46 Years in the Wilds. Had Never Seen Clock, Tram or Motor. First Taste of Beer

The Uralla Times · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 4

Hobart, Saturday.—The extraordinary case of a man born and developed to maturity in solitude and suddenly transferred to the civilised…

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Shocking Death. Railway Inspector's End

The Uralla Times · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 2

Edward Lloyd. 60, a railway traffic inspector, was killed in shocking circumstances, on Thursday morning, when, walking along the rails, he was…

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Motor Collision Serious Injuries SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

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

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Frastured Skill Motor Cycle Hits Post Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

William Hickson (25), of Western Road, Prospect, suffered a fracture of fee base of the skull when a motor, cycle outfit which he was riding along…

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Motor Cycles Collide Four Injured Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

Three adults and a seven mouths' old baby were injured when two motor cycles, one with a sidecar, collided on the corner of Malakoff-street and…

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Motor and 'Plane Many Accidents Repotted. Thirteen Injured One Victim Critically Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

Many motoring accidents were reported at the week-end, involving injury to thirteen perons…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 3

The N.R.M.A. has invited the attention of the police to complaints that pareels. carefully wrapped to give the impression that they are of some…

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State Parliament Petition to King "Mr. Lang Will Not Open H Arbor Bridge" Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 1

The leader of the New Guard, Mr. Eric Campbell, speaking at Lane Cove last night, said his organisation intended to petition…

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Opening of Bridge

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 6

"The people of New South Wales will not permit Mr. Lang to Open the bridge," said Mr. Eric Campbell. "I am determined that the man who has…

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Yallaroi Shire Council [?] of Campers Roads to Railway

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 6

The [?] of the Yal[?] shire Council was held on Friday, when there were present: Crs. F. Ho[?]ton (president), W. D. Capel,…

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Main Roads Work Tar Treatment For Barney Street

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 4

Preparations are now being made for the tar surfacing of portion of Barney-street, to link up with the main Grafton Road…

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