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Railways, roads & transport, 1929

14,914 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250

Sydney Harbor Bridge

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 17

The gigantic creeper crane on Sydney Harbor Bridge moves, out for the first time. It is the largest and most powerful crane ever in use in Australia. It is now in position to lift the first span of the mighty central arch of the bridge. A.W.U. members have played their part in the construction of this gigantic national undertaking…

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Pennant Hills Road

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 48

MOTORISTS and others in the Hornsby district have expressed impatience at the delay in effecting badly-needed repairs to the road between Hornsby and…

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Harbour Bridge. Inspected by Tourists

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

Members of a specially conducted tour, under the auspices of the New South Wales and Victorian Government Tourist Bureaux, yesterday morning in[?]pected the Sydney…

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Fell Under Train Died in Hospital

The Sun · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 12

Henry Farry, aged 61, of Frederick- street, Ashfield, died at the Auburn District Hospital at 5.15 a.m. to-day, as a result of injuries received last…

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Struck by Train. Man Frightfully Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 18

Henry Farry, of Frederick-street, Ashfield, was frightfully injured at the Clyde railway station shortly before 8 o'clock last night. when he was run down by a train…

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Dangerous Bridge. Shire Officials Concerned. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 18

Officials of the Jemalong Shire are apprehensive for the safety of Fitzgerald's bridge, which spans the Lachlan River near Forbes. At the last meeting of the shire the engineer…

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Dangerous Bridge Shire Engineer's Warning Forbes

The Sun · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 3

"A heavily-loaded vehicle will go through Fitzgerald's Bridge at any time. I consider it most dangerous." This statement was made by the…

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The World's Biggest Aeroplane To Carry a Hundred Men MILAN

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 4

The world's biggest aeroplane is being completed at the Caproni works, here for the Italian army. It weighs 15 tons, and is designed to carry a…

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New Maroubra Road Across Beach Front

Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 4

MARINE PARADE, Maroubra, is to be extended right across the beach frontage and linked up with Fitzgerald Avenue, which will be constructed to…

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North-south Road Strathfield As Link

Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 12

STRATHFIELD Council decided last night to concur with the Main Roads Board's decision to proclaim as a main road, from the northern suburbs to the…

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Car Smashed by Train Driver Jumped Clear at Gates

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Thomas Froome, of Guyra, had a narrow escape when his car crashed through a level crossing gate and was smashed…

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South African Shows Feasibility of Cape to Cairo Road

Referee · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 17

Through desert and jungle, Mr. G. S. Bouwer, a South African racing motorist, has travelled an average of 250 miles a day for 9000 miles on…

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Problems of Railway and Motor Transport

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 7

A QUESTION seriously engaging the attention of the different Governments in Australia to-day is that of transport, and the "part which the railways and…

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Picton Railway and Tramway Institute. Picton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 18

At the annual meeting of the Picton branch of the Railway and Tramway Institute, the following officials were elected:—President Mr. R. Gyde; vice-presidents, Messrs. R…

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Both Legs Cut Off by Train Amazing Pluck of Old Man

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 5

Run over by a train, which cut off both his legs, last night, Henry Farray (61), of Frederick Street, Ashfield, showed amazing pluck…

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Both Legs Severed Man Under Train Lost Balance While Boarding Terrible Ordeal

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 1

FALLING under a moving train at Clyde shortly before 8 o'clock last night. Henry Farry, a middle aged man. of Frederick Street…

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Four Hurt When 'Bus Left Road Twenty Others Had Lucky Escape

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 3

ALBURY, Monday.--Four men were taken to hospital, and 20 others escaped injury when a motor 'bus on the way to Hume Reservoir overturned…

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Graceful Kings of the Road All Types Help to Make Wonderful Display

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 10

When nobody Was looking an artist got into the Motor Show. He used his brush lavishiy, and made it a fairyland of color…

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Circular Quay Railway "Procrastination is the Thief of Time'

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 15

The time for the completion of the Sydney Harbour Bridge is pressing on and every week brings forth further evidence that the contractors, Dorman Long and Co. Ltd., have the…

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Steering Failure Motor Ship Ashore Wellington, N.Z.

Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 10

THE motor ship Zingara, which left Hokitiks early to-day, broke a chain controlling the steering gear when she was on the bar, and was washed ashore…

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