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Railways, roads & transport, 1930

13,038 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

Sydney's 1930 Motor Show

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 8

A great effort prompted by an interest in common and a realisation of the benefits of community propaganda—such is the annual Sydney Motor Show organised by the Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales. THE exhibition this year will, as usual, be staged…

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The Motor-Car: Its Place in the National Economy

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 6

FORTY years ago—which is a shorter period now than it used to be—the motor car was an expensive and an exasperating toy. To-day it has to be classed among the necessaries of life. Its…

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Motor Traffic in Great Britain

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 46

THE growth of motor traffic in Great Britain during the last six years is shown by an analysis of records taken by the Automobile Association in the autumn…

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Motor Registration Payments

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 46

A NUMBER of interesting amendments of the motor traffic laws have just been introduced in South Australia. They are made the more interesting because of the…

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Motoring with Pmolly

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 57

OH, it's pleasant to be motoring with Polly, To be motoring with Polly in the dusk, And to hear her gentle laugh, so sweet and jolly, Aud to smell the faint pervading-scent of musk…

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Motoring: Sydney's Great Show (Special Pages Continued from Other Features on Pages 8 and 9) Picking the Car

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 41

While a great number of spectators will attend the Motor show simply with a view to seeing and admiring the galaxy of new and enticing cars spread before them, there will also be a considerable…

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Notable Exhibits At the Sydney Motor Show Amongst prominent exhibitors mention must be made of the following, whose displays are particularly worthy of notice. New Dodge Cars

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 42

WITH a line of motor cars comprising the new Dodge Brothers' Six and the luxurious new Senior, Messrs. Harden and Johnston, Limited, are…

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Motor Cyclist Injured. Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 16

Yesterday afternoon Francis Herber, retired farmer, of Port Macquarie, was returning home from Kempsey when there was a severe collision with a motor cycle redden…

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Decreased Railway Revenue. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 17

Victorian railway revenue for the half-year ended December 31 amounted to £6,028,146, a decrease of £337,516 compared with the revenue for the corresponding period of 1928…

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Street Fatality. Little Boy Jumps From Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 17

William Smith, aged 5 years, of Ann-street, Surry Hills, died in Sydney Hospital yesterday afternoon from injuries he received on Monday, when, after jumping from the wrong…

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Tramway Officer's Action

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 9

"Veritas," writing to the Editor, states that efforts are still being made to locate a tram driver or guard who assisted an injured man on August 28, following an accident in which…

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Watching the Queues. Railway Detectives' Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 10

Charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with being a suspected person, who had been found at the Central Railway Station on December 23, with the intention of…

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Motorist Charged. Sequel to Girl's Death. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 12

At the magisterial inquiry into the death of Daphne Earl, who was killed in a motor smash at Mullet Creek, Brownsville, when a car went over the bridge, the deputy coroner…

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World Tour. On Motor Cycle. Ruse to Escape From Bedouins. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 15

After a journey of nearly 15,000 miles by motor cycle, two Englishmen, Messrs. J. Gill and E. Stephens, have arrived in Canberra. This morning they paid a courtesy call on the…

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Perils of Travel. Among Unruly Tribes. Motor Service's Triumph Romance of Enterprise

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 15

A romance of adventure and business enterprise among the unruly tribesmen that inhabit parts of Syria, Iraq, and the barren stretches of the Arabian peninsula was…

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Sequel to Motor Smash. Charge of Manslaughter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 16

Victor James Kell, 36, an electrician, was committed for trial at the Parramatta Court-house by the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) yesterday on a charge…

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Dragged by Tram. Paper Boy Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 16

Bernard Curry, aged 13 years, of Underwood-street, Paddington, had a fortunate escape from death while selling newspapers in Elizabeth-street, near King-street, last night…

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Armed Robber. Railway Station Raided. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 16

An armed man enteicd the office of the Darling railway station to-night and, presenting a revolver at a porter on duty, made him stand in a corner. The man opened the…

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Trampled Dragged by Horses Under Hoofs Ear Almost Torn Off Orange

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 11

Dragged along at a terrific pace by four bolting horses, and then trampled almost to death, a Blayney man had an awful…

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Motor Cyclists "Show Off" to Girls

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1930 · page 15

When an inquiry into a motor cycle fatality ended to-day, the City Coroner (Mr. E. A. May) remarked that if he had many more such cases he…

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