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Railways, roads & transport, 1930

13,038 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

Camp Notes for Motorists

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 26

Appin.--"Tuggerah Park," situated on the App[?]n-Bu[?]ll road: good natural shelter; wood and water provided; carry supplies. Avalon Beach.--22¼ miles from Sydney in…

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Color Cars Many Rainbow Tints 1930 Motor Show

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 15

The old circus cry "bigger and better" could easily be applied to the seventh annual Motor Show which opens at 2.30 p.m…

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Speeding Motor Cyclists Warned by Coroner Too Many Accidents

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 1

At the conclusion of the inquest yesterday on Alfred Oliver Motton. 24 who was accidentally killed in a collision between a motor-cycle and…

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We Have a New Tram Route

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 1

Connecting up the lines to York Street from George Street, in front of the Town Hall…

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More Out of Work S. Aust. Tramway Men Suffer Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 5

OWING to the cessation of construction work during the past three months 300 men have been dismissed from the South Australian…

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Sulky Horse Turns Hurdler "Cleared" Motor Car a Lithgow Runaway Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 5

A Grand National hope, wasting his time pulling a sulky. This was the Opinion of onlookers at an unusual occurrence here to-day…

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Warning for Noisy Motor Cyclists

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 4

ARMIDALE, Wednesday.--"Some motor cyclists are a public nuisance, and the next time you come before me shall probably fine you £10."…

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All Are Worth a Second Look at the Motor Show

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 28

THE MILE RECORD at 110 m.p.h. is held by W. SB. Thompson's super-charged Bugatti. THE MESSY JOB of greasing the car from the pit, illustrated…

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Motor as Peace Agent

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 6

MR. HENRY FORD'S workmen, or a big proportion of them, own their own motor cars. Going to work, and…

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Runaway Tyre Strikes Motorist

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 17

COFF'S HARBOR, Wednesday.-- Norman Hill, while stooping to jack up a car, called to a boy to bring him a tyre cover…

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Three Hurt in Smash Motor Cycle and Side car Overturn

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 7

Two brothers and a friend were injured, one seriously, when a motor cycle and side-car overturned yesterday at the corner of…

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Get the Signalling Habit Motor Driver Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1930 · page 11

"I saw nothing behind me in my rear vision mirror," said William Charles Beatty, charged at North Sydney Court with failing to signal…

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Bridge Queries

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 11

"Manhattan" (G.P.O., Sydney): It is not provided for in the laws, but is purely a matter of arrangement between the players. It certainly does not infringe…

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Bridge on Mannerisms

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 8

USUALLY I try to make these articles instructive. This one does not come under that category, but it has been specially asked for. And perhaps it may do some…

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Road Conference

The Biz · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 6

The Fairfield town clerk (Mr. Geo. Davis) has invited neighboring councils to send representatives to a conference at Fairfield on 16th inst to…

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Hoxton Park Road

The Biz · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 6

Nepean Shire Council has decided to make application for a special grant of £5000 for expenditure on the Hoxton Park Road…

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Clarence River Bridge. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 14

Work has been resumed on the construction of the Clarence River bridge after a fortnight's suspension for the Christmas holidays. Three plers, Nos. 1, 2, and 4, are now…

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Head-on Smash Gladesville Bridge

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 10

Two persons were injured in a head-on collision between two motor cars on the Gladesville Bridge to-day. They were:—…

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By Rail or Road?

The Land · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 4

A. line in the programme of work forecasted for the coming session of the State Parliament reads: "Co-ordination of tramway and bus services." The contemplated legislation bears upon city traffic, and has only a secondary interest, as such to rural dwellers; but the great problem of…

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Safety on the Road

The Propeller · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 4

"When he reads almost daily in the newspapers stories of road and street accidents of every conceivable kind, does the average reader ever stop to…

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