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Railways, roads & transport, 1934

1,357 stories in New England's papers · page 16 of 68

Horse Killed Collided With Tram SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 1

A horse attached to a milk cart was struck by a tram and killed instantly at Botany this morning. The driver Robert Camden, 17, was…

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Mysterious Fire Destroys Motor Lorries. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 1

The Rockdale police are investigating the cause of a mysterious fire, which destroyed two motor lorries and a portion of a large shed at Rockdale…

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Horse Killed by Tram Smash at Botany Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 1

A horse attached to a milk cart was struck by a tram and killed instantly at Botany this morning. The driver of the cart, Robert Camden (17), was…

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Extraordinary Results Examination Tests for Railway Junior Clerks

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 8

Information made available by the Secretary, for Railways, Mr. W. H. Newman, disclosed some extraordinary experiences in connection with…

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Woman Killed When Motor-Cycle Overturns. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 1

Mrs. Nellie Judd (38) was killed when a side-car of a motor cycle, driven by her husband, overturned at Katoomba…

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Ill-fated Family Son Killed in Motor Car Inherited Fortune from Father, Who Was Also Killed. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 1

Advice reached Tocumwal this morning to the effect that William [?]wick (23), a grazier, of Woodsame Lees, and other estates, had died in a…

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German Motor Industry

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 8

The bold experiment made by Her Hitler in abolishing the h.p. tax or new cars appears to have [?]rough immense benefit to the German moto…

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Soviet Motors

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1934 · page 2

According to the Moscow Press, 1933 has been a most successful year for the Soviet motor car industry, production of both light cars and…

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Railway Thefts Discoveries by Police SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 1

Detective McGill and several railway officers, secreted themselves at Chullora Railway Station late last night, and as a result…

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Ashford Shire Council Good Road Work By-Passes on Main Roads

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 3

The ordinary general meeting of the Ashford shire Council was held on Friday, March when there were present: Crs. R. A. Black, president…

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Train and Motor Unusual Accident SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 1

A motor car, owned by Bert H. Fisher, of Heinby Station, near Gulargambone, was struck by a train at a level crossing near…

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Man's Threat to Blow UPp BRIDGE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 3

Excitement was caused at tire meeting of the Macleay Shire Council, When Mr. Jamreson, whose contract for the erection of a bridge over…

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Train Strikes Car Level Crossing Smash. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 1

A motor car owned by Bert H. Fisher of Neinby Station near Gulargambone, was struck by a train at a level crossing near Springwood last…

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Inspection Day On Deepwater Roads £300 Offered for Bridge

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 7

Speaking at Tuesday's meeting of the Severn Shire Council it was stated by the president, Cr. A. J. St. C. Potter, that a great…

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World's Biggest Bridge

Guyra Argus · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 6

The city of San Francisco is situated On the northern top of a peninsula separating the Pacific Ocean from the southern half of San Francisco Bay…

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Motoring Fatality Car Crashes Into Bridge Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 1

John Robert Priddie (30). was killed. and Elizabeth Clarke, and Andrew Hamilton seriously injured injured when a motor car crashed into the…

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To-morrow's Road Rare

The Inverell Times · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 1

Inverell Bicycle Club will hold the first of a series of road races to-morrow. commencing at the Oxford Hotel and covering a six-mile (three miles…

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Woolbrook-Bendemeer Road Concerning Unemployed Labor

The Walcha News · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 4

Hon. D. H. Drummond, M.L.A. Minister for Education, has received the following communication trow. Hon. J. M. Dunningham, Minister for…

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Motor Fatality Car Crashes SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 1

John Robert Priddle, 32, was killed and Elizabeth Clarke and Andrew Hamilton were seriously injured when a motor car crashed into a railing…

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Texas Topics Railway Returns : Butter Output : Swimming : Social Personal Railway Returns

The Inverell Times · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 3

The returns for the Texas railway station for the month ending 28th February show that 274 tons of goods were forwarded during the month,…

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