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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

13,038 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

Motor Boats Port Hacking and St. George Clubs

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 20

Port Hacking motor boat races resulted: -- Speed Boats (over 18 m.p.h.) Handicap for Treasurer's Trophy, in three heats, each three miles. -- First Heat: Comet (J. R…

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Seriously Hurt in Motor Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 2

Adolph Syse (25), Wilga Road, Mosman, was seriously injured last night when his motor cycle and side car collided with a motor 'bus at the…

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Hit and Run Motorist Kills Old Man

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Police are seeking a hit-and-run motorist who knocked down Robert Uren (60), of Barclay Street. Carlton, in…

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Stop Press Plans to Build Railway Across Africa London

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 January 1930 · page 32

Mr. S. Siggins, who went from Melbourne to South Africa 27 years ago, is visiting London in an attempt to interest the Government…

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The Open Road Spit Bridge Toll

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 5

The N.R.M.A. is not satisfied with the position regarding the continued imposition of tolls on motor vehicles passing over the Spit Bridge, Middle Harbor…

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In Train's Path Boy Falls From Bridge Saved by Cowcatcher

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 1

ALTHOUGH he fell 35ft. into the pathway of an approaching train, Barry Quinn, 13, of 17 Crown St. St. Peters, still lives…

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Rough Roads

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 5

The N.R.M.A. Touring Department advises motorists to avoid the road between Liverpool and Sutherland. After about six miles of fair to very potholey…

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£3000 LOAN Wetherill Park Roads

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 5

Residents of Wetherill Park are definitely in favour of Fairfield Council borrowing £3000 for expenditure on roads in the district…

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Smashed Bridge Question of Damages

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 4

About four months ago, William Frost, a traveller, drove his car through the railing of Dale's bridge, which spans a creek on the road from Woodville-road…

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Sand Derails Train Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 6

A fierce wind storm piled up sand on the railway line near Cope Cope yesterday afternoon, ten minutes after the Maryborough express had da[?]…

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Hour's Wait Inconvenient Train Service

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 4

A train from Parramatta arrives at Wentworthville at ten to eight on week mornings. Another train gets there at fifteen minutes past nine…

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The Dog on the Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 5

The legal advisors of the N.R.M.A. disagree with the opinion expressed by a suburban magistrate recently, when he held that a deg has no right to be on a…

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Fairfield Road Contract Committee's Recommendations

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 4

The following recommendation by the works committee were adopted at Fairfield Council on Monday:— Recommended that council inform the…

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The Other Fellow on the Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 5

You all know him, that "other fellow," He causes all the accidents. He pulls away from the kerb without looking. He shoots into a main…

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"I'll Spray Your Road, Sirs," He Said

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 7

THAT the dust which blew on to his fruit trees from the roadway was killing the fruit was stated by a Bilpin orchardist in…

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Train Passed Over Boy Unconscious on Line, Wheels Missed Him

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 2

With his skull fractured in five places after a fall from an overhead bridge at Sydenham yesterday, Barney Quinn (13), of 17…

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Found on Road Young Couple Unconscious Thrown From Cycle

The Sun · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 13

In an unconscious state, Thomas Kessop, aged 18, of Macquarie-street. Chatswood, and Miss Connie Fogarty aged 18, of Roslyn-street, Northbridge…

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"Cursed Stone" Superstition Dies Hard Road's Route Changed London

The Sun · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 1

Although municipalities, like individuals, may not be superstitious, they may not see the necessity of…

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No Assurance St. Leonard's—Epping Railway

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 7

Ryde Council had received from Lane Cove Council an invitation to co-operate in efforts to secure the early building of the railway line St. Leonards to…

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Moved on Unoccupied Car Struck by Tram

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 5

About mid-day last Sunday, William Bliss left his motor car standing between the tram line and the kerb on Parramatta-road, Ryde, near the police…

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