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Railways, roads & transport, 1930

13,038 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250

Motor Show. Wonderful Range of Cars and Trucks. Dalgety's Fine Exhibits

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 33

In these modern times when the motor-driven vehicle is so indispensable to industry and the motor car so welcome to the average citizen at the end of the day's or…

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Jewel Haul by Motor Bandits £20.000 Bag London

Evening News · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 1

MOTOR bandits to-day broke into the home of Sir Spencer Maryon-Wilson, at Yattendon. Berkshire and stole jewels worth £20,000. They…

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Girl Thrown Motor Cyclist Fined

Evening News · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 14

Richard Thomas Davidson had a w[?] drive around Manly with a girl riding pillion on his motor-cycle on January 9 according to Constable Pratt at Manly…

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Horse 'Buses Bygone Days Veteran Tram Man

Evening News · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 5

SIXTY-FIVE, and "only a young man yet." after 45 years in the tramway service, is District Inspector A. E. Keen, of Leichhardt, who…

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Motor Traction Indispensable to the Merchant the Week-end Slaughter

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 5

The latest report from Melbourne is to the effect that the motor casualties last week were so heavy that the surgical wards of the Melbourne hospitals…

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Railway Gauges. Unification Opposed. PERTH

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

The Premier (Mr. P. Collier) expressed emphatic views to-day concerning the inopportuneness of the present time to raise the question of the unification of Australian…

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RAILWAYMEN. Handle "Black" Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 12

It was stated in Sydney last night that a train which conveyed the coal from Rothbury to Newcastle was in the charge of a guard who was a member of the Australian…

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Motor Accidents. Young Cyclist's Death. Corrimal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 15

James Bryson, aged 20 years, who was severely injured in a motor cycle accident on Friday evening, died in Wollongong Hospital last night. Jack Kemp, the other lad,…

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Children's Day at the Motor Show—youngsters Find Much of Absorbing Interest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 14

EAGER TO SEE EVERY WONDER, YOUTHFUL ENTHUSIASTS HURRIED HERE AND THERE. MOTOR ENGINES PROVED ENGROSSING…

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Railway Retrenchment. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 13

Business people are considerably perturbed at a report of further transfers of railway employees from Bathurst. Notices were served on 14 employees, instructing them to…

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Motoring Motor Show. Accessories. Striking Displays

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 6

Accessories at the motor show form an exhibition in themselves. This will be better realised when it is stated that one firm alone, Bennett and Wood, Ltd., claim to have…

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Railway Carriage Afire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 8

Firemen from the Crow's Nest and North Sydney station, who extinguished a fire on a railway carriage at Milson's Point yesterday, had to exercise great care owing to the high…

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Water Spout. From Burst Street Main. Tram Line Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 12

When a water main burst in Lane Coveroad, near Campbell-street, Lane Cove, shortly after 8 o'clock last night, water spouted 15 feet into the air. The force of the escaping…

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Speed Motoring. Attack on Record Delayed Auckland (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 12

Squally weather prevented Mr. Norman Smith from attempting to break the tenmile motor record on the Ninety Mile Beach yesterday and to-day. This afternoon there…

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Motorist Kills Sheep. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 12

Travelling at a fast rate along Sydney-road, near Newmarket, a motor car ran into a mob of sheep, which were being yarded for the sale at Albury. Eight were killed, and 15…

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Jay-walkers Traffic Law to Control Transport Bill Altered Special Taxation for Motor 'Buses

The Sun · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 15

The Government intends to amend the law so as to control pedestrians as well as vehicles and thus check jay-walking. This will coincide with the passage next session of the amended Transport Bill which will place the traffic of Sydney and…

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Quotas for American Motor Cars European Combine London

The Sun · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 8

Despatches from Berlin announce an agreement between the Federation of German Motor Manufacturing Industries and…

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Speed Motorist Fined

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 6

Charged with negligent driving in Parramatta Road. Camperdown. on January 3. Harold Henderson was fined £2 with costs, at Newtown Court…

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Speed Motorist Fined

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 1

Charged with negligent driving in Parramatta Road, Camperdown, on January 3, Harold Henderson was fined £2 with costs, at Newtown Court…

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