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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1930

13,038 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 250

The Bridge Tax. Question of Liability. Owners and Lessors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 15

A cable message published in the late edition of the "Herald" yesterday stated that the Privy Council had affirmed the New South Wales Supreme Coui t judgment in Leventhall…

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Rail Wreckers at Work? Points Spiked Against Passenger Train

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 2

GUNNING, Wednesday.--What appears to have been a deliberate attempt to derail a passenger train at Razorbank, near Gunning, was…

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Road Openings Gas Company's Charter Council Takes Action

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 10

Nothing is more annoying to an alderman than the spectacle of a newly-constructed road or footpath torn up almost as soon as toe job has been completed…

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St. Michael's Hostel, City Road, Darlington Interesting History

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 18

The original property which forms the nucleus of the proposed hostel has an interesting history. In the middle of last century, upon the foundation of the…

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Beauty Spots Good Roads on Way N.r.m.a. Report

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 23

The N.R.M.A. Touring Department to-day describes the condition of principal routes which lead to beauty spots west and, south of Sydney. WEST…

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Cranemen Stop Work on Bridge Throwing Good Money After Bad Money

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 3

Because they lost a day's pay through wet weather last Friday engine-drivers on the harbor bridge closed down the job…

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Many Motors. English Railway's Enterprise

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 7

Considerable use of the motor is made by the Great Western Raliway Co., in England, which was one of those empowered by the Act passed last year extending the powers…

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The World on Wheels The Open Road Misplaced Traffic Domes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 17

on the records of the N.R.M.A. are a large number of locations at which, in the opinion of the association, traffic domes for the guidance of motorists and…

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Alderman Pitt's Crusade "Charge What They Like" Western-road Estate

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 19

For the third time Alderman Pitt at Holroyd Council on Tuesday, strongly condemned land-speculaters, who, he said, were holding land on the…

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Struck by Car Woman's Fatal Injuries Crossing Road for Fruit

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 3

On Sunday afternoon, December 29 at Casula, near Liverpool, Mrs. Mary Ann Smith, of' Franklin-street, Pennant Hills, left a car in which she had been…

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UNLUCKY 13th Motorist in Trouble

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 7

George E. Aspinall, at the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, was fined £5, with £1/15/- costs, for having driven a motor car in a dangerous manner along…

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Sulky Overturned Collision with Motor-Cycle

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 6

On the Western-road, Parramatta, about 5.15 p.m. on Saturday, a motor cycle ridden by Herbert Broom, of Beresford-road Pendle Hill, collided with a…

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Motorists and Medical Examination

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 17

The N.R.M.A. recently forwarded to the Acting-Commissioner of Police representations made by a well-known Sydney medical man in favor of some…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 18

The N.R.M.A. reports that extensive maintenance work during the last 12 months has brought into good order the length of the North Coast highway…

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Mr. Wiseacre Discourses. on Motor Cars

The Catholic Press · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 49

"Mr. Wiseacre," asked Joe, "who first thought of making a car?" We were all sitting in Mr. Wiscacre's car, which had been halted at the top of the…

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St. Leonards-Epping Railway. a Protest

The Catholic Press · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 29

Sir,—An article in your last issue, entitled "Too Many Cooks," contains much that is true, and is worthy of being studied by those who are interested in the financial…

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Motor Traction Indispensable to the Merchant the Travelling Salesman and the Car

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 5

"I could not make my firm realise that if I had a car I could do about three times the business, and do it better, to say nothing of the wear and…

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Mountains Railway Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 16

Letters have been received by the Editor regarding the use of catch points on the railways…

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Man Under Tram. Remarkable Escape From Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 12

When Charles Knowles, a tram driver, residing at Harbord, attempted yesterday to boaid a moving tram at Manly he fell between that vehicle and another travelling in…

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Motoring Tail Lights. Harbour Regulation. Disappointment Expressed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 7

Considerable attention has been given by motorists who reside on the northern side of Sydney Harbour to the report of Captain James Patrick to the National Roads…

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