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Railways, roads & transport, 1931

8,292 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Austral City Big Motor Venture NEARLY 4,000 Acres Secured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 13

At a special meeting, St. Marys Council unanimously approved of the design submitted by Australian-made Motor Car and Aeroplanes Limited for…

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The World on Wheels The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A.

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 15

The N.R.M.A. say that, if funds are available, the construction of a concrete crossing over the Eucumbene River on the Monaro Highway. Cooma to…

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Motorist Charged

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 14

Edward Charles Carroll, at the Parramatta Police Court on Monday, was charged with having driven a motor car while under the influence of intoxicating…

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Overlapping Tram Section

Evening News · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 5

ALEXANDRIA Council was informed last night that the Transport Trust had approved of an overlapping fare section on the Botany and [?]…

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Teaching Motorists Better Manners MINNEAPOLIS

Evening News · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 8

CARELESS drivers, instead of being, fined are sentenced to take course of lessons in driving at a traffic school when they appear before the…

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Railway Mag. to Go Loss Leads To Death of "The Staff"

Evening News · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 3

THE Railway communications have decided [?] the [?] of the railway magazine. The Staff," on the score of country…

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Alexandria Wants Tram Starter

Evening News · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 3

REPLYING to Alexandria council's protest against the removal of the tramway starter from St. Peters Bridge, the Transport Trust last night stated…

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Motor Traction Indispensable to the Merchant Shale Oil Motor Fuel

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 5

Ever since the far-off days when the New South Wales Oil and Shale Company commenced to extract kerosene from the petroliferous shales of…

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Fire Among Motors in East Sydney

The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 1

Fire broke out in premises at [?] Brougham Street, East Sydney, about 6.30 last night. Little damage was done before Bremen from…

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Aged Woman Hurt Struck by Motor Cycle Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 5

A 70-years-old woman pensioner was struck with terrific force by a motor cycle in Maitland Road, Islington this morning She was admitted to…

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Two Injured in Crash at Railway Gates

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 3

Victor. Taylor (22), Edgeware Rd., Enmore, yesterday received abrasions to the groin, and Roy Woodward (21), White Horse Street. Newtown, had…

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Pillion Rider Dead Motor Cycle Driver Also Injured in Smash

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 5

One man was killed, and another injured yesterday when their motor cycle collided with a lorry at the corner of Bridge Road and Clare…

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No Dealings With Traders Who Use Motors

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 5

LITHGOW, Wednesday. -- The Steelworks Colliery Lodge has decided not to patronise those stores which employ motor vehicles to bring…

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Motorship Wrecked. Explosion Follows Fire. Six Persons Killed. Colombo, Jan 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 9

The motorship Tricolor was wrecked by a terrible explosion following a fire off Bentotte on Monday afternoon. The ship sank in five minutes…

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Motor Boating. Australian M.Y.S.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 14

Plans have been completed by Messrs. Prevost. Synnot, and Ruwald for a super modern clubhouse and boatshed at Middle Harbour, for the Australian Motor Yacht Squadron…

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Child Falls From Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 14

Arthur McAUster, aged 7 years, of Williamstreet, Redfern, who fell from a tram in Bedfern-street, Redfern, yesterday, and who was taken to lils home, became ill last night and…

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Motorship Lost After Explosion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 12

The Norwegian motorship Tricolor, which sank, with the loss of six lives, after a violent explosion near Colombo…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 3

Charles Barsen. aged 20 years, died at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday following a collision between a motor lorry and a motor cycle in Bridge-road, Glebe. Barsen was…

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Country News. the Rock-boree Creek Railway Lockhart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 10

This morning a deputation from the [?] hart Chamber of Commerce waited on [?] of the Raliway Department and asked [?] resumption of the daily service between [?]…

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Motor Cycling. Wentworth Speedway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 13

Another new international rider, Dick Case, who was a prominent performer at the Wimbledon Stadium and other tracks in London, will appear at Wentworth Oval on Saturday evening. Case…

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