Bridge's Progress
"ALL going well, the Bridge will be completed and ready for opening by the end of December, 1931," Dr. Bradfield told the "Pictorial"…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1931
8,292 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250
Motoring Commissioners' Views. Rail and Road Controversy
The following statement has been received from the office of the Railway Commissioners, in reference to a statement recently published:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Peat's Ferry Bridge
A bridge, costing £1,250,000, over the Hawkesbury, at Peat's Ferry, to absorb the 600 men who will be thrown idle by the early completion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Notes. Road Conditions
Road conditions on the Prince's Highway south of Berry are reported by the Royal Automobile Club of Australia to be rough. Motorists are not advised to traverse this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killed on Cook's River Bridge Struck by Car Youth Was Pushing Lorry Off Road Speedy Death
WHILE in the act of pushing a motor lorry off Cook's River Bridge last night Leslie Alired Harris, 18, of station…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many Hurt Holiday Road Smashes
Many motor accidents were recorded to-day. Early this morning, a motor lorry, carrying several passengers,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Italian State Road Corporation
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Continued on Trove, page 11 →Peat's Ferry. Construction of Bridge. Ironworkers' Proposals
As a result of a decision of the executive of the Ironworkers' Union, the Government will be asked early in the new year to authorise the erection of a bridge over the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Aeroplane Crash. Two Lives Lost. Queensland Disaster. Trouble with Engine. Brisbane
An appalling tragedy occurred at Maryborough aerodrome this afternoon when the monoplane Star of Cairns, which was leaving for Brisbane, nosedived and struck the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train Derailed by Floods on Transcontinental Adelaide
Owing to a was[?]away on the transcontinental line to-day three coaches, a ma[?]van, and a water carriage were derailed about 750 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cycling. 64-Mile Road Race. Tocumwal
A 64-mile cycle road race, from Tocumwal, through Finley, Berrigan, Colram, and Koonoomoo to Tocumwal, was won by R. Pemberton, off 18m. with W. Vidler, 20m, second, and C. Herbert, 20m…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Old Dog for a Hard Road
"You have some fine ducks this morning," said the keeper of a boarding-house to a poulterer. "Yes, sir."…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →The Speed Boats Rose Takes the Como Bridge Handicap
The annual New Year's Day event of the George's River Motor Boat Club was held at Oatley to-day, for the Como Bridge Cup…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sell the Railways. a Suggested Scheme. II
Referring to my first article on this subject, the following is a rough statement of the scheme I have formulated for selling the railways, As I have already stated, our…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Cycling. Benefit Meeting
A benefit meeting in aid of the widows and dependents of the late Fred Stilley and Frank Harris was held at Wentworth Oval Speedway last night. Most of the leading riders…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stolen Railway Material
At Newtown Police Court yesterday, Norman Frederick Ratjens, 41, plumber, pleaded guilty to having stolen fittings, valued at £9/10/, the property of the Railway Commissioners, on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Long Railway Service
After 45 years' service in the Railway Department, Mr. Edwin Little, of Belmore, is enjoying a month's furlough before retirement, having reached the age of 65 years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Accidents. Youth Killed at Tempe
Leslie Harris, l8, of Station-street, Tempe, was killed in a motor accident on the Cook's River-road, at Tempe, last night. Harris was assisting a motorist, one of whose tyres had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →American Railways. Consolidation Scheme. Shares Increase in Value. New York, Dec. 30
Railway shares rushed up two to eight dollers a share, and the entire market was stimulated to-day, leading industrials and utilities gaining two to five dollars, on an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Motor Laws in Britain. London, Dec. 30
The most revolutionary change in motoring in England will take place on New Year's Day, when laws operating since 1903 will end and the new code will operate. Speed limits for…
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