Bridge Progress Arch Ready Next September ? Quay Station Problem Difficulties Govt. Must Face
Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 5
PROGRESS with the construction of the Sydney Harbor Bridge has been so satisfactory that the two sections of the arch are expected to be in position by next September…
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Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 1
"This is refreshing. It's the first time I've heard such a candid admission in 20 years," Mr. MacDougall, S.M., said, at Kogarah Court to-day, when a motorist,…
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Evening News · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 10
CLAUDE WILSON, travelling from Sydney, had a narrow escape when has single seater car swerved and went over the edge of an embankment on…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 10
Nearly 30,000 applications for employment were received by the Railway Department diring 1929, Owing to the completion of certin capital works and general shrinkage of business…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Perth. Motor Cars and Timber Destroyed. Perth
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 12
Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused this afternoon by a fire which gutted a large one-story building extending between Roestreet and James-street, near the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motoring Car Designs. Suiting Oversea Markets. Challenge to United States
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 7
For more than 20 years Australia—and no doubt other parts of the Empire—has demanded from British and European car manufacturers a modification of design to make the cars…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 7
Every year the Automobile Association in England conducts an interesting census of traffic at a large number of points there, and the results of this for 1929 are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Cycling. Two Records at Brisbane. Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 15
At the Brisbane Speedway two new records were established on Saturday night. Frank Arthur broke Frank Pearce's record for four laps, 1 mile, flying start, of 73 3-5s. Arthur's…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 9
ALBURY, Monday.—The Railway Department expected a wheat yield for the Riverina district of 3,395,027 bags; but late frosts resulted in a decrease of 623,627 bags. The…
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The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 8
Having foisted himself upon the Railway Commissioners as a non-paying guest, John kerr, 27, laborer, who appeared at the Newtown Police Court…
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The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 1
ONE of the most drastic revelations of the parlous state of the labor market is contained in the official statement, published…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Petty Obstacles in Miners' Path Railway Officials' Hand Still No Coal Hewn From "Pit of Incompetency" Rothbury Camouflage Branxton
The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 5
UNDER instructions from district headquarters, the officials at the local railway station are continuing to put obstacles in the way of the miners' pickets so that as little news as possible will be gleaned concerning the coming and going of Weaver's army of blacklegs…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 7
Nearly 30,000 applications for employment were received by the, Railway department last year. OWING to the completion of works,…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 7
A large quantity of goods believed to have been stolen from the Newcastle railway station was recovered yesterday in a carter's home. A man…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 18
A striking picture, taken at the moment of impact, during recent tests at Dusseldorf Aerodrome, when the naval flyer, Herr Espenlaub, crashed. He fortunately escaped injury…
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Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 13
Progress made to the end of 1929. A photograph taken from McMahon's Point on the last day of the year…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 19
Mr. F. J. Ewens writes to suggest that as the new road is being prepared for one-way traffic on the northern side of the Spit Bridge, it would be advisable to have the hairpin bend…
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Referee · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 17
The Union Cycliste International was to be asked to alter the regulations for the amateur road race for the world's championship. The N.C.U. was to be…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Real Estate Arterial Roads. Traffic Conference. Important Decisions
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 11
A traffic conference appointed by the Government has made important recommendations respecting the construction of new arterial roads to permit of better transit…
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Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 1
WHEN a fire occurred on an express goods train, near Fish River, three trucks were damaged and a large quantity of freight was destroyed. A van…
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