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Railways, roads & transport, 1930

13,038 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Official Luncheon. The Motor in Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 16

The president of the Motor Traders' Association (Mr. E. M. Dumbrell) presided over the luncheon gathering. The guests included the Governor (Sir Dudley de Chair), who was…

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Motor Accidents. Fatality Near Tumut. Tumut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 16

A fatal motor accident occurred yesterday three miles from Tumut, on the Adelong-road, at a spot known as Korn's Corner. A car owned and driven by Mr. Noel…

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Motor Show. Opened by the Governor. Industry's Wonderful Progress

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 16

The seventh annual motor show of the Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales was successfully opened yesterday afternoon by his Excellency the Governor, Sir Dudley de Chair. The official opening took place at a luncheon held in the basement…

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Steam Up Russo-chinese Railways Back to Normal Peking

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 1

Official despatches received from Harbin to-day show that the Manchurian Railway situation is rapidly returning to normal…

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Head on Indian Railway Smash Six Killed Calcutta

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 1

Six persons were killed and fourteen injured when the Peshawar-Lucknow express, entering Barellly station, 118 miles…

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Car Wonders Motor Show Attracts Three Sessions

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 5

Record crowds are expected to-day at the three sessions of the Annual Motor Transport Show as the R.A.S Showground--the most comprehensive…

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Motor Boating Lane Cove Regatta

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 2

The Lone Co[?] Regatta, sponsored by the residents of Lane Cove, and heartily supported by the R.M.Y.A., will take place on Saturday. February 1. Six events have been…

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Why I Publish Smith's Weekly Mr. Fang is Busy Selling the Anzac Spirit for a Tram Fare

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 12

ONE of the partly-crippled Diggers in Sydney has told me his simple hard-luck story, following on the N.S.W, Government's limitation of tramway passes "for fear of malingering." OH, the petty precision of officialdom, with its small and rigid…

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GET £1,000,000 Contract Australian Firms Chrysler Order for Motor Bodies Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 1

Mr. H. B. Phipps, vice-president of the Chrysler Export Corporation, announced this afternoon that a contract had been awarded Australian Motor…

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Cricket Ground Trams

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 3

In connection with cricket match. International Athletics and Motor Show to-day, special services of trams will be run from Circular Quay and…

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Growth of the Motor Mr. Dumbrell Tells One in Every Twelve Show Opening

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 5

THE growth of the motor in Australia was traced with great detail by the president of the Motor Traders' Association, Mr, E…

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The Motor Show Is Open 1930 Novelties Cars, Accessories and Equipment Trade Enthusiasm

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 5

THE 1930 Motor Show which opened its doors to a throng of eager visitors yesterday, is by far the most interesting exhibition of its kind…

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Large Contracts for Motor Bodies South Australia Secures 90 Per Cent

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Friday.--The vicepresident of the Chrysler Motor Export Corporation (Mr. H. B. Phipps) has announced that, of…

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Railway Union Official Fears Wage Cuts

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 3

"There may be a Rothbury for us," reads a manifesto issued yesterday by the Railways Union general president (Mr. Chapman)…

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Spectacular Blaze Surfers Save Their Necks Motor Show Luncheon

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 14

"AND IT IS GRATIFYING TO NOTE--" Sir Dudley de Chair, speaking at the Motor Show luncheon yesterday, when he officially, opened the exhibition. At right, Federal Treasurer, Mr. Theodore, strikes a balance. A LONG INNINGS.--Well-known figures at the Sydney Cricket Ground, who…

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Ballot of the Railway Workers Expected to Favor Handling Rothbury Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--The Newcastle secretary of the A.R.U. (Mr. Hooper) left to-night, with the ballot papers of the Newcastle and Port…

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Thousands Throng to See New Motors Official Opening Yesterday Show Booming

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 7

Motors by the hundred, and motors worth £1,000,000--all kinds of motors were admired by…

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Will Bridge Nymboida on Grafton-Armidale Road

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 15

The Main Roads Board, pursuant of its policy of substituting bridges for punt services on the Northern rivers, is calling for tenders in connection with the…

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Killed by Train Under Bridge Top of Man's Head Severed

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 5

With the top of the head severed, the body of a man was found yesterday near the railway line beneath Edgeware Road bridge…

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New Roads

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 25

In the familiar fable, Aladdin's wily and wicked uncle, wishing to possess himself of the magic lamp, paraded the streets like any…

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