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Railways, roads & transport, 1930

13,038 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

The World on Wheels the Open Road Parking in the City

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 16

The N.R.M.A. protests against what it describes as inconsistency and unnecessary severity in the application of the motor parking restrictions in the city…

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Four Hurt Escapes in Train Smash Melb. Express Collides with Empty Carriages Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 13

Four persons were slightly injured when the 5.30 p.m. Limited Express from Melbourne, ran into a pilot engine and a line of carriages at Seymour Station last night…

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Motor Collisions

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 16

Most collisions between motor vehicles, the N.R.M.A. safety department asserts, occur at points where two streams of traffic normally and necessarily…

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Four Whiskies Murphy on Motor-Cycle "First Drink Since June"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 1

With too much grog aboard, Henry Murphy attempted to ride a motor cycle along Station-road, Auburn, on Christmas Eve—about 10.30 p.m…

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Motoring to Federal Capital

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 16

In view of the anticipated heavy traffic to Canberra over the holidays and of the uncertainly that appears to exist as to the position of visiting motorists,…

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The Heir of Tramore (Copyright.) Chapter Xix. (Continued)

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 46

Gerald laughed heartily at the whimsical expression, and eventually they settled to go back to Wilga Hill until Thursday morning, unless the train would get them…

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Lights Blamed Youths Death Motor at Ramsgate

Evening News · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 10

DAZZLING headlights on two cars, which appeared to be racing, were blamed by Herbert Stanley Moses, at the City Coroner's Court…

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3 Yesterday Nine Dead in Other States Four Drownings Big List of Motor Accidents

Evening News · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

THREE more fatalities in N.S.W. yesterday made a total of 23 violent deaths in the State, on week-ends and holidays, since Christmas Eve. TWO more names were added to the…

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After the Ball Motorist Fined £15

Evening News · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 11

GEORGE FREDERICK HOYLAND was fined £15, at Manly Court to-day, on a charge of having driven a motor car in Ashburner-street at 2 a.m., on…

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Motor Traction Indispensable to the Merchant Matters of Moment

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

Owing to the enormous volume of motor traffic on the main highways during the holiday season the N.R.M.A. specially appeals to all…

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Motor Accidents. Six People Killed. Man, Wife, and Child Dead. Terrible Mishap at Level Crossing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 10

Six deaths were caused by motor accidents yesterday in Victoria and Tasmania. The Launceston mail train ran down a motor car in which seven people were travelling. Three…

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Motor Campers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 4

The prosecution at Albion Park by the local council of a couple of motor campers who failed to obtain permits for the erection of tents on private property discloses an…

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Police Motors. What Paris Uses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 4

All over the world the police have realised the value of motor transport as an ally in the maintenance of law and order, and the apprehension of criminals, and nearly every…

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Motoring Motor Trade. During Last Year. Expanding Industry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 4

Motoring in 1930 practically attains its 30th year In Australia In that period it has made progress almost incredible From, at the most, five cars in the whole of Australia…

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Cycling. Motor Paced Record. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 14

A. Mackie broke the five miles motor-paced New Zealand cycling record, covering the distance in 7m 32 2-5s…

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Terrible Cinema Disaster. Sixty-nine Children Killed. Outbreak of Fire Causes Panic. Many Victims Trampled to Death. Others Overcome by Poisonous Fumes. LONDON, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 9

Sixty-nine children lost their lives and 37 were injured in the worst cinema disaster in the history of Great Britain which occurred at the Glen Cinema, Paisley, six miles from Glasgow. Many children were suffocated or trampled to death in the panic…

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Licences Gone Inebriated Motorists

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 21

When Constable O'Rourke was in Sydney-road, Manly, on December 30, he saw a car zig-zagging all over the road. He arrested Cosmo Whitby…

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Children's Ghastly End Trampled to Death 69 Perish in Holocaust Panic in Cinema Many Gassed London

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 1

Death, in its most appalling from, was witnessed near Glasgow to-day. IN one the most shocking…

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Road Traffic v. RAILWAYS

The Land · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 2

"The Commissioners believe that road transport has a special function to perform in co-operalion with the railways, but not in…

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Expenditure on Roads

The Land · Friday 3 January 1930 · page 11

THE expenditure on main and developmental roads in New South Wales, from public funds, is officially estimated at £4,580,000 during the…

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