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Railways, roads & transport, 1930

13,038 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 250

Motors and Motoring Motor Show Unsurpassed and Instructive Exhibition

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 14

DURING the week many thousands of visitors attended the Sydney Motor Show. The many improvements in the cars, truck and cycles, of British and…

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In the Wilds Experiences of a Motorist in Central Australia

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 15

Some interesting particulars of the difficutles and harships with which motorists in Central and Northern Australia have to contend…

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Motor Bodies Chrysler Lets Big Contracts in Australia

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 15

Contracts for the manufacture of 11,600 motor bodies during a petrol of twelve months have been let to Australian motor body builders…

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British Motors Remarkable Success in Oversea Markets

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 15

Referring to a cablegram reporting a severe depression in the British motor Industry, Mr, J. B. Strong, motor secretary, says that inquiry by the Australian…

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Motor War General Motors and Fords In Japan

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 15

The management of General Motors at Osaka (Japan), taking advantage of the recent protest against the discharge of workmen, has closed the works until…

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Well-known Traders Men that are Prominent in the Motoring World

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 15

AMONG country members of the Motor Traders' Association, Mr. E. W. Young, of Newcastle, has won a minent place by the…

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Motors and Motoring Problems of the Motorist Repairing and Replacing Leaking Piston Rings in the Cylinder Measuring the Gap Clearance

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 15

In the preceding issue an article was published describing the symptoms of faulty piston rings, and the ill-effects consequent upon running an engine with…

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Motor Export European Countries Opposed to U.S.A. Dumping

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 15

The Federation of German Motor Manufacturing Industrial and similar organisations in France, Italy, Belgium, Austria and Czechoslavakia have agreed…

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Railway Gauge Unification Scheme to Cost £25,000,000

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 14

The Federal Cabinet has endorsed a revised estimate of £25,301,000 for the unification of the railway gauges, and the State Governments will be invited in…

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Toll of the Motor Wife Killed and Husband Badly Hurt near Nowra

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 4

Mrs. Lilian Woodhill, wife of Mr. G. Woodhill, of Woodhills, Ltd., of Nowra, Richmond and Windsor,was killed on the Huskisson road, near Nowra (N.S.W.)…

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Motor Boating. Hospital Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 22

Six clubs will be represented at the carnival at Oatley Bay this afternoon. in aid of the Penshurst District Hospital Racing will be controlled by the commodores of the clubs affiliated with the…

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Special Tram Services

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 22

Special services of trams will be run between Circular Quay and Railway to the Agricultural and Cricket Grounds, commencing at 10 a.m. to-day, and again in the evening to the Motor…

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Man Leaps Into Sea. Sequel to Motor Fatality. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 22

A man jumped into the sea at South Beach last night, fully elad, but was rescued by some surfers, and subsequently arrested. At the police court this morning Stanley…

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Australian-made Motor Cars and Aeroplanes, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 19

An abridged prospectus is published in our business columns this morning of AustralianMade Motor Cars and Aeroplanes, Ltd. The authorised capital is £2,000,000 in £1 shares…

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Found Dead on Railway Line. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 18

The frightfully mutilated body of Cecil Newell, 31, a stranger to Bathurst, was found on the railway line by an engine crew at 5 o'clock this morning. Newell came to…

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Rail Motors in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 22

The Raliway Department has sent the chief mechanical engineer of the Ipswich Railway Workshops (Mr. G. Chalmers) and lending hand motor mechanic, Mr. W. Bond, on a…

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Motor Mechanic Burnt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 11

John Wyl[?]e, 20, a motor mechanic, of Allenstreet, Leichhardt. sustained severe burns to his face, neck, and both hands yesterday when whilst at work [?] Larke Hoskins' works…

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Industrial Court. (Before Mr. E. J. Kavanagh, Deputy Commissioner.) Variation of Award. Railway Commissioners' Appeal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 12

This was an appeal by the Raliway Commissioners of New South Wales against the variation of the Industrial Registrar of the Government railways and tramways, etc.,…

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World's Motor Record. for Ten Miles. Broken by Norman Smith. AUCKLAND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 17

Norman ("Wizard") Smith broke the world's ten-mile motoring record on the Ninety-Mile Beach, averaging 148.637 miles an hour…

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Public Works. Curtailment Likely. Serious Loan Position. Railways Not Yet Affected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 17

"Unless the financial position improves there will have to be a further curtailment of Public works. The extent of it depends upon the amount that I can raise."…

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