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Railways, roads & transport, 1930

13,038 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 250

CRICKET [?] Service Speed Thrift The Modern Motor Greatest Yet Show's Vast Range Optimistic Gesture

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 15

The £1,000,000 mark in value easily is passed by the massed exhibits at the Seventh Annual Motor Transport Show at the…

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Motor Progress Revealed at Show

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 10

This week's issue of "The Australian Sporting and Dramatic News" is a Motor Show number. Special features are devoted to interesting phases of…

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Motor Boat Club's Picnic

The Propeller · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 4

The Woronora River Motor Boat Club held an outing at Prince Edward Park on New Year's Day. About sixty members and friends had an enjoyable…

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Railway Employee Injured

The Propeller · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 7

When he slipped and fell from a breakdown train neat the Allawah railway station yesterday, A. V. Hayes, a railway employee, suffered concussion,…

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Motor 'Bus in Collision

The Propeller · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 7

Yesterday morning a Mortdale-Punchbowl motor 'bus came into collision at the intersection of Mort's Road and Crump Street, Mortdale, with a motor…

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Injured in Tram Smash

The Propeller · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 6

Mrs. Nellie Martin (52) and Charles Martin, of Margaret Street, Kogarah, received slight injuries and shock when a tram in which they were passengers…

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The Man and His Motor With Special Attention to Motor Cycling More Manners Than Money

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 9

Visitor at Motor Show (after critical Inspection): "And the price?" Salesman: "Eleven twenty-five, sir." Visitor: "I don't mean the time--I want…

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Hint for Motor Drivers

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 9

The attention of motorists is invited to the necessity for every precaution to-be exercised when turning at intersections…

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Anything for Your Motor Bennett & Wood's Stand

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 9

BENNETT AND WOOD LTD.'S display is a very comprehensive one, catering for all sections of the motor industry, motor accessories, batterles,…

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A Million Pound Worth of Motorists' Delight Motor Show of 1930 Has Record Exhibits Should Attract Great Interest Enterprising Firms Combine in Presenting Brilliant Pageant Triumph of Australian Body Work a Feature Official Opening To-day

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 8

AT the annual Motor Show which opens to-day at the Royal Agricultural' Grounds, Moore Park, the value of the exhibits will be something like [?]1,000,000 worth of cars, motor cycles, and accessories of every description, which will be displayed before a more or less critical crowd for 10 days. In its kind this enterprise is unprecedented in scale and variety, and year by year will continue to…

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The Last Thing in Motor Cycles Finch & Co,'s Exhibit

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 8

THIS year, L. J. Finch and Company, Ltd., sole N.S.W. distributors for the Norton, Matchlesss, Humber and A.K.D. motor cycles, will koccupy Stand No. 1…

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A Carburettor "Talkie" Motor Show Marvel

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 8

AHUGE carburettor seven feet in height, standing arm-in-arm with a Union Super Spirit Pump. will actually talk to visitors at the d1930 Motor Shew,…

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Big Display by General Motors Pontiac Models Cars and Trucks of All Kinds

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 8

GENERAL MOTORS (AUS.) PTY. LTD., Sydney Plant, in conjunction with their four metropolitan distributors, Messrs, John McGrath…

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Shifted Again "Black" Coal Cranemen Won't Touch It for Railways? Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 6

THE railway authorities deemed it unwise to allow the "black" coal to remain overnight at the marshalling yards at North Carrington At 2.30…

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Motor Gang Makes Another Haul Service Station Robbed

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 6

The motor gang which has been preying on service stations, made another successful haul last night, Visiting Crouch and Connor's…

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Motor Strikes Old Man

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 5

Crossing Regent Street in front of the police station, Thomas Kelly, 60, miner, of Resent Street, was struck by a motor car. He was taken by Central…

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MOTORS for Every Taste & Purse Glittering Display at This Year's Show Last Words of Motor Designers in Power, Elegance, and Utility Exhibits Worth £1,000,000

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 15

Motor individuality has been reborn! A car is no longer a machine, or a vehicle, but something warm and personal; something almost vivaciously fright and colorfully expressive; something that "lives."…

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Willys Knight in Black and Milky Jade Motor Aristrocrat That Will Attract Many Admirers at the Show

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 17

A great Willys Knight six roadster, finished in black and milky jade, occupies pride of place in Overland (Sydney) Ltd., it will…

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Far West Boys Who Have Not Seen Sea Motorists Could Show Them

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

Drawn from Bourke, Wilcannia, Ivanhoe, Broken Hill, Mossgiel, and Mungindi, 74 boys are in camp at Pennant Hills, under Scout…

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