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Railways, roads & transport, 1930

13,038 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

Motor Show. Concluding Day. Satisfactory Week

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

After a successful run, the Motor Show will conclude this evening, three sessions being held to-day to wind it up. Yesterday afternoon there was a good attendance, and the…

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Motorist for Trial. Charge of Manslaughter

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

On December 12 Elizabeth Brigden, of Gardeners-road, Mascot was struck by a motor car while descending from a tram on Botany-road, and died three weeks later at…

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Police at Rothbury. Fast Motor Trucks in Use. Branxton

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

Additional police continue to assemble as Rothbury camp. Two fast motor trucks are now in service in the camp, and to-day they were used for…

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Lorry Collides with Tram

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

Fredclerick William Eade, aged 48 years, of Connelly-street, Penshurst, had his foot badly crushed yesterday when the lorry he was driving collided with a tram…

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Daring Thief Woman Robbed on Tram

The Sun · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 2

Mrs. Annie McFie, of Church-street Canterbury, was robbed last night of a handbag containing £5 10s while sitting on a tram in City-road…

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Shadow of Sack Hangs Over State Servants Axe Poised Over the Railwaymen Cleary Working Out Scheme Grave Financial Crisis Money Poured Down Rothbury Sink and Elsewhere Stevens' Admissioni5

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 1

IN spite of the State Treasurer's alleged surplus, the financial position of New South Wales is so desperate that the wholesale sacking of railway and other State employees is contemplated…

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Boy Run Over by Motor Car

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 5

Knocked down by a motor car at the corner of Birrell and McKenzie Streets. Waverley, last night, John Sutton, 7, of Stanley Street. Waverley, suffered…

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Trams to Cricket Gr'nd

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 5

Special services of trams will be run between Circular Quay and railway to Agricultural and Cricket Grounds, commencing at 10 a.m., and again in…

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Savage Dog Attacks Motor Cyclist

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 3

Attacked by a savage dog that leapt at him arid grabbed his leg as he rode his motor cycle along Pitt-water Road, Brookvale, last night,…

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£1500 Left in Tram, But Not Lost!

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 3

PERTH, Friday.--A man left a bag of £1500 in notes in a team, and the motor-man, without examining it, threw the bag into the sand-box of…

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Pekinese on a Tram! the Rules Simply Don't Permit It, Madam! Then the Trouble Began, and When It Got to Court the Lady Had to Pay

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 3

TWO women stood in the doorway of Paddington Court yesterday. One cuddled…

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It Was Young Jane's Lucky Day Tram With Sizzling Brakes Just Touched Her

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 2

Nine-year-old Jane Johnstone. Gerald Street, Marrickville, is alive to-day because of the prompt action yesterday of a…

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Pioneer in Motor Trade Chromium Plating Experts

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 23

R. N. Whale, Ltd., of Mandible Street, Alexandria, who were the organisators of the chromium plating in Australia, are also patentees for…

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Huge Crowds Have Visited the Motor Show Great Improvement on Previous Years, But Much Yet to be Done

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 23

The 1930 Motor Show which will close to-day, has attracted larger crowds than ever before. The general opinion is that the present show is a great improvement on previous years. The arrangement of the…

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N.R.M.A. Leads All Others Biggest British Motoring Body Outside England

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 23

During 1929 the N.R.M.A. enrolled 12,250 new members, making the nett financial membership of the Association 50,500 at the beginning of this…

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Boot Forced Into Man's Crushed Foot Trapped Between Tram and Lorry

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 5

Trapped when he leapt from a skidding lorry in king Street. Newtown, yesterday, William Eades (48), Connelly Street, Penshurst, had his…

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More Retrenchment Feared Loan Money Short --Cuts on Railways ?

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 4

Further curtailment of public works is threatened. The Treasurer, Mr. Stevens, said yesterday that London underwriters…

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The Railway Estate, Ryde For Private Sale to Homeseekers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 11

The New Railway Estate, now open for private sale, is within a few hundred yards of a proposed railway site on the Eastwood- St. Leonards line, and of the North Ryde…

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New Train Mudgee Line Benefits Motor Connection

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 5

New arrangements made by the Railway Department enable passengers for stations on the branch line as far as Mudgee to leave Sydney by the 11.20…

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Auction Bridge Personality Counts

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 5

BEYOND sound bidding aud correctness of play there is a certain inde[?]linable quality about some bridge players which, for want of a better word we set…

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