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Railways, roads & transport, 1929

14,914 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250

Overdue Motor Launch Mandalay 18 People Aboard Fears for Their Safety Innnisfail

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 11

Eighteen passengers left here yesterday for Townsville by the motor launch Mandalay, in charge of A. North. The party included Mr. P. Moore,…

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Stole Motor Cycle Two Men Sentenced

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 20

Charged with having stolen a motor cycle valued at £40 at Lakemba on December 18. Ernest Alfred Stubbings, 23, a laborer, was sentenced to…

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"Hold Up" Tram Men's Story Masked Bandit Maroubra Mystery Case

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

That he was held up at the point of a revolver by a masked bandit at Yarra Bay Junction, Maroubra, in the early hours of…

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New System Tramway Check Quay Surprise

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 10

Languid travellers from across the harbor who allowed themselves what they thought was just enough time to get to Work this morning said…

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Motor Speed Kings No Record-breaking Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 15

Capt. J. E. P. Howey and Capt. R. C. Gallop arrived in Melbourne at 1 a.m. to-day from Sydney in their 100- h.p. car. They made the trip in 17…

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More of Ballot for Trammen Further Discussion (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 8

Sir,--Mr. L. Mitchell in your issue of January 4 replies to my criticism of a rank and file movement among Tramway Union members, accepting…

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Amazing Hold-up of Tram by Masked Bandit "Throw Up Your Hands and Keep Them Up" Threatened With Revolver, Driver and Conductor Powerless -- Cash Bag Ransacked "Get Back on Your Tram" Was Command

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 3

Bailed up by a masked man in a lonely spot of Long Bay early this morning, the driver and conductor of a tram were forced to stand with their hands above their heads while the bandit ransacked the conductor's bag…

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Police Will Stop Record Breakers English Racing Motorists' Queer Position

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- The proposed record-breaking dash between Sydney and Melbourne by the English racing motorists, Capt…

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Motorist Charged with Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1929 · page 2

TAMWORTH, Monday. -- Edgar Clive knocked down by a motor car on Saturday night, died in the Tamworth Hospital to-day. The leg had to be…

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Developmental Roads Policy of Main Roads Board

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 17

A resolution of the last Farmers and Settlers' Conference requested the Main Roads Board to give more consideration to the representations of…

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Wellington Shows Enterprise Books Aeroplane for Arne Borg

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 27

WELLINGTON (N.S W.), Tuesday.--Arne Borg, the world's champion swimmer, has accepted the invitation of the local swimming club to visit…

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Bridge Bungle Over Georges River

Evening News · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 18

DECLARING that the bridge at Come was a standing [?] to Liverpool Council last night that the proposed traffic bridge…

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Paddington's Roads to Be of Concrete

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 5

Paddiugion Municipality has decided to construct all its main thoroughfares in concrete. The Mayor (Aid. Reg. Bates),…

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Paddington's Roads to Be of Concrete

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 4

Paddington Municipality has decided to construer all its main thoroughfares in concrete The Mayor Aid Ree Ratest…

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Spit Bridge Traffic Big Holiday Figures

Evening News · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 18

THE number of vehicles to pay roll on the Spit Bridge during the fortnight ended January 2 was 56,234, and the revenue collected was £[?]. These…

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Need for a Bridge. Urunga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 16

The need for a traffic bridge over the north arm of the Bellinger River was emphasised during the Christmas and New Year holidays, thousands of motor cars and other vehicies…

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The LIBRARY Art, Bridge, History, and Fiction

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 18

HERE indeed is a splendid hook—splendid both in its contents and in the way it has been produced. "The Etched Work of Sydney Long. A.R.E.." published by the Attic Press, is…

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Enfield Peril "Bridge Not Safe" Plans to Replace

Evening News · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 18

THAT a bridge [?] Riter at Ended [?] to [?]trians was [?] by Ald. Summons at the local [?] last…

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Sleep-walker. Stepped Out of Train. Briseane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1929 · page 16

While the Townsville mall train was travelling at high speed between Isis Junction and Bundaberg at midnight yesterday, a passenger, Cecil Tilso a resident of Mackay, stepped out…

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