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Railways, roads & transport, 1931

8,292 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

Motor Boating. Interclub Races. Motor Boat Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 14

Racing in the second scries of interclub handicaps promoted by the Motor Boat Association of New South Wales on Saturday afternoon, representatives of the Cooks River Motor Boat Club…

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TRANSPORT.-__.- +-?- Government Scheme. Commercial Motor Users' Views

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 10

"The announcement in the 'Herald' that the State Government proposes to create a Government monopoly of all land transport is final proof (if any is needed) that private…

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Fractured Skulls and Broken Limbs Many More Victims of Motors Youth May Die of Injuries No One Killed

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 1

MANY serious casualties were reported during the week-end as a result of car and cycle smashes. Several persons were admitted to…

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Two Hurt in Car-tram Collision

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 1

Two men were injured when a car and tram collided at Brighton-is-Sands yesterday. [?] Furniss, 23, of Munni Street…

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Cyclist Crashes Into Motor Car Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 5

Jerry McLeod, 26 of Wollongong, riding a bicycle, collided with a car at the intersection of Crown and Kelra Streets, Wollongong, to-day and suffered abransions…

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Charged Crowd Riderless Motor Cycle Leaves Track

Daily Pictorial · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--For a few breath-taking seconds, tragedy loomed last night in the last race at the Sports Ground…

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Death Crash on Motor Cycle Three Youths Aboard; Heart Seizure?

Daily Pictorial · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 3

GRAFTON, Sunday.--A motor cycle with three youths aboard crashed on the Armidale Road today, and one was killed…

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New Aerodrome Opened. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 10

A new public aerodrome was opened at Phillip Island on Saturday afternoon by the Director of Civil Aviation (Lieutenant-Colonel H. C. Brinsmead)…

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Middle Harbor Bridge

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 6

If the Government intends to go in for any more bridge-building to give employment to the men about to be discharged from work on the Harbor…

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Randwick Bridge-Elect Entertained

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 9

A BEAUTIFUL, basket of loses and [?] a cut glass lamp and whiskey decanter and glasses were presented to Miss Kathleen Clifford, of…

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Struck by Electric Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 10

Francis Connor, aged 75 years, of Canley Vale, was seriously injured yesterday when he was knocked down by an electric train at the Strathfield railway station whilst endeavouring…

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Germany's Road of Sorrow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 10

These tokens, which are of bronze, were issued in Germany in remembrance of the period of inflation and of the misery which inflation brought upon the German people They give the swift ascent of prices which occurred in the most intensive inflation of the closing months of 1923. The reverse side of each token is given. The…

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Two Roads Prosperity or Ruin Parkes Campaign

The Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 8

The Leader of the Federal Opposition (Mr. J. G. Latham) addressed an audience of more than 100 Nationalist…

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The Man in the Street Main Roads Board

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 6

"A.J." offers a view:--I, for one, disagree with Mr. J. C. Watson, president of the N.R.M.A., regarding the usefulness of the Main…

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Very Old Man Struck by Electric Train

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 6

Hit by an electric train as he was crossing the lines near Strathfield railway station yesterday. Francis Connors 77, who is believed to live at…

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"Anzac Bridge." to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 6

Sir,—Much has been written about the great structure of the Harbour Bridge, and deservedly so, but I would like to point out the lack of uniformity in referring to it. I…

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Eighty Dead. Train Derailed. Japanese Disaster. TOKIO, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 9

In the darkness early this morning an express train from Shimonosekl to Tokio was derailed while crossing a bridge at Hiroshimaken…

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Train Over His Foot Aged Pensioner in Critical Condition Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 6

To be ran over and have his left foot practically severed was the fate of William Harrison, 71-year-old pensioner, to-day…

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Train and Car in Smash Wife Dead : Injured Husband Missing MELBOURNE

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 3

FOLLOWING the sitting of his wife Alice Lees, 32 in a level crossing smash near Chelsea to-day John Less 42, of St Vicent's Place South…

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Coaching Days Vanished Romance of the Road :: A Journey of Long Ago

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 6

A FEATURE of the old coaching days was that they were mostly nights. Days were used as well; but on the…

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