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Railways, roads & transport, 1930

13,038 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

The Truth About [?] It Motors The 1930 Hupmobile Six New Hupmobile Six Smart 1930 Model of Car with Famous Reliability Reputation Speed, Economy and Comfort

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 26

BACKED by a wonderful reputation for reliability, this latest Hupmobile Six will be very successful in New South Wales. It is more powerful than its predecessors, with greater speed and more comfort, in addition to many improvements that ensure safety, case of control and economical operation…

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Free Coal Railwaymen Decide Won't Handle It

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 2

The ballot of members of the Waratah and Newcastle branches of the A.R.U. resulted in a 2-to-1 decision not to handle coal hewn by other than…

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His Majesty the Baby Car Motor Show-King

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 5

THERE is a tiny car at the Motor Show, which has been sold six times since the Motor Show opened. The buyers in each case have…

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Motor Mile Record Smashed "Wizard" Smith Covers Distance in 146.3 m.p.h

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Saturday. -- "Wizard" Smith smashed the one-mile Australasian motor record, covering a measured mile at a…

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Two Killed in Motor Accidents Melbourne's Tragic Saturday Death Roll

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1930 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Mrs. Rose Louise Bassett, of 55 Johnson Street, Fitzroy, was killed last night, when a car, driven by her husband,…

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Tyre Stolen From Aeroplane. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 12

Mr. Howard Jolly, with Captain Leggett, in the former's Moth 'plane, landed on Goulburn Racecourse last night. This morning when they went to the aeroplane they found…

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Threw Herself Under Train

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

SHORTLY before 12 o'clock last night a woman, who up to an early hour this morning had not been identified, threw herself under an…

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Woman Killed Under Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 12

An unknown woman leapt in front of an electric train near the Newtown railway station about 11.30 last night and was killed. Her body was mutilated beyond recognition…

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Man Decapitated by Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 12

The decapitated body of a man wns discovered on the railway line on Saturday afternoon between the St. Peters and Sydenham stations…

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"Not Extravagant" Proposed Bridge Cost

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 3

The Minister for Local Government, under date 17th December, informed Dundas Council that the Government had definitely decided to introduce the…

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Lidcombe Roads A.L.P. Request

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 5

In a letter to Lidcombe Council last week, the Lidcombe branch of the Australian Labor Party drew attention to the condition of Rawson-street, Platform…

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Woman Stepped Between Rails Terribly Mangled by Electric Train

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 2

Stepping between the rails as an electric train was drawing, into Newtown railway station, late last night, an unknown woman…

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Friendship's Road (Written and Illustrated by Perey Small)

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 4

The touchstone of life is "friendship" —without it we perish, success dissolves into failure and the glory of victory into defeat. For a time maybe the body…

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Engineer Criticised Lidcombe's "Rottenest" Road Flat As a Pancake

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 2

"Our engineer couldn't have been in his right senses when he passed this road," declared Alderman Merry at Lidcombe Council last week, referring to…

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Two Men Likely to Die Four Under Car Crash Over Bridge One Man's Skull Is Fractured Rail Workers Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

Two men were so badly injured when a car hurtled over an embankment to-day that their lives are despaired…

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Motorist Fined

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

Lachlan George Field, at the Liverpool Police Court last Thursday, was fined £3 for having fraudulently used a number plate, and £1 for having driven an…

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Topics for Women Color Tests Woman's Way at Motor Show No Touch of Green

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 17

WHAT does the average salesman at the Motor Show do when he sees a prospective customer accompanied by a pretty woman?…

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Railway Transfers Are Changes Significant ? JUNEE

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 6

Mr. J. Fullerton, district railway superintendent, is being transferred and replaced by a lower grade official. Mr. H. H. Paton, steam shed…

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Small Boys Playing with Matches Bavin and Weaver Railway Trouble Looming Their Views

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 1

MR. BAVIN'S policy speech at chatswood urged the electors to return his party to office as a guarantee of industrial peace and…

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Boy Killed by Motor Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 5

Desmod Fels. 7, was struck by a motor car in Bay Street, Sandringham, and died shortly afterwards in hospital…

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