Night-flying Magic Aerodrome Lit by Descending Pilot
NIGHT-FLYING pilots are enabled by a new device to switch on all the lights of an aerodrome below before landing. The pilot drops from a height of between…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1930
13,038 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250
Bridge Danger Haberfield Canal
THAT the present width of the bridge over Haberfield Canal at Ramsay-road was inadequate, while the approaches were far from safe, was stated…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bushranging on Stkilda Road
THE St. Kilda Road, which runs from Prince's Bridge, in Melbourne, to the suburb of St. Kilda, is probably one of the finest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge Strike Cranemen Out Construction Delay
CONSTRUCTION work on the Sydney Harbor Bridge is held up because the crane-drivers did not turn up for work to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bridge Women Players Contest for Cup
WOMEN members of the New South Wales Bridge Club and the Arts Club will commence the bridge competition for the "Florence Taylor Cup" on…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Train Derailed. Driver and Fireman Killed
Two engines attached to an excursion train travelling from M[?]t Victoria to Sydney on Monday evening became derailed at Warrimoo, on the Blue…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Off Again Harbor Bridge Work Crane Drivers
Constructional work on the Harbor Bridge was held up this morning in consequence of the crane drivers falling to report for duty…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Level Crossing Smash Car Struck by Train Hobart
A level-crossing collision occurred this morning at Bridgewater, twelve miles from Hobart, Although there is a clear view from both sides of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Derailment of Mountain Train—graphic Pictures by "Herald's" Special Photographer
A GENERAL VIEW OF THE WRECKAGE FROM THE GREAT WESTERN ROAD. THE CABIN IN WHICH THE CREW AND A PORTER WERE TRAPPED MAY BE SEEN TO THE LEFT OF THE MAN STANDING ON THE OVERTURNED LOCOMOTIVE A closer view, showing how the cabin was crushed by the weight of the second locomotive, after the first had left the rails and toppled over. The breakdown gang at work early yesterday morning, endeavouring to clear the line. The extent of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Struck by Train. Car Hurled 25 Feet Into Fence. Passengers' Remarkable Escape. Hobart
The express train running from Hobart to Launceston this morning crashed into a motor car containing three adults and three children at the Parkholme level crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →From Train to the Court Strain on Davis Cup Stars Trial Matches Full of Interest
The second series of Davis Cup trials will be started in Sydney to-day, two doubles matches being scheduled and one singles…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Q'land Railways Reply to Commission Brisbane
A DETAILED REPLY to the report of the recent Royal Commission, which investigated the Queensland railway workshops, has been made to the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Raced Express Motorists' Feat Won by 20 Minutes Calais
TOW Englishmen, Messrs. D. Noble and M. F. Bennett in a British car, a Rover light in six, have beaten the Blue Tram in a race across…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →300 Killed in Year N.s.w. Toll of Motor
WHEN William Bushnall, 43, was fined £20 at Kogarah Court for having driven a motor lorry while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed in Capsize Orange Motor Smash Orange
FRED AGLAND, one of the oldest residents of the district was killed when a car capsized between Lucknow and Orange last night. Miss A…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motoring the "Wizard'5 Deserved Every Success Australia Should Give Him His Greatest Opportunity Opinion of Sydney Motor Men
The next and most laudable item on the speed programme of Norman "Wizard" Smith, Motoring Editor of the "Referee" is to build in Australia u car capable of attacking the world's land speed record, at present held at 231 miles per hour by Sir Henry Segrave…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Lance Watson Returns to Motor Cycling
Lance Watson, who piloted one of the 1030 Douglas machines without loss of points in the recent six-days' trial, has not been taking very much interest in…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Annual Convention of the A.w.u. Debates on Appeals of Members. Railway Workers' Branch Ballot
THE 44th Annul Convention of the Australian Workers’Union assembled at the Druids’Hall, Pitt-street, Sydney, on Thursday, the 23rd January, 1930, at…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Railway Work at Tamworth
The old wooden viaduct that has done service for many years is being replaced by an all-steel structure…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Motor 'Bus Development in America
ACCORDING to official statistics there were 92,400 motor buses in the United States early in last year. Of these 42,000 are used for the transportation of…
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