The Bridge. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—It is announced that the decking of the Harbour Bridge will be completed at an early date. It is suggested that an opportunity is here offered the Government to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1931
8,292 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250
"Old Crocks" Do Well on the Road
THE first motor car home in the "Old Crocks" run from London to Brighton recently was a De Dietrich built in the year 1903. This 27-year-old motor car,…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Glimpses of Country Life The Bulgar Road
On the Kurrajong-road there is a signpost not jar from Kurrajong railway station, bearing the legend "To Colo 13 1/2 miles, to Putty 55 1/2 miles" This marks the Comleroy-road, the old route down which came the droves end the drovers from the Hunter, the first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads Contract City Council Feels Its Way Balance of £5000
Australian Roads Ltd. have an unfinished contract with the Sydney City Council for about £5000 worth of work, or 8300 yards of measured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coroner Can't Say Decapitation by Train Newcastle
The decapitated body of Robert Price, 50, seaman, residing at Cook's Hill, was found on the railway line at Carrington, on December 22…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Youth Remanded Allegation Of Robbery On Train GOULBURN
LAST night's hold-up on the Temora mail, when a woman was robbed had a sequel in Goulburn Court to-day, when John Caldwell Irwin, a youth was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Killed. Car Crashes Into Train. Husband Loses Memory. Melbourne
Mrs. Alice Lee, 42 years of age of South Melbourne, was killed this morning when a motor car driven by her husband, Mr. John Lee, crashed into a moving train at a level…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Big Road Plan May Start £114,250 Wanted For Improvements
As a first instalment of street construction and maintenance, the City Council Works Committee yesterday authorised spending £114.250…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Where "Gentlemen Amateurs" Fail And Why Foreign Experts Succeed in Road Races
LET "ThE Motor" tell the story. "From time to time a veteran Continental driver, watching over British teams at work on some foreign circuit…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Where Labor's Wild Men May Lead Germany's Mad Run on Currency Inflation As Sydney Man Saw It When the Nation Took Road to Ruin
LABOR'S inflationists and other financial theorists want to be careful that they do not inflict upon Australia the conditions which existed in Germany when that country took the road to rain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →World Tonnage Figures British Construction 39 p.c. Of Total More Motor Ships London
LLOYD'S [?] of shipbuilding Show that [?] woulds [?] under construction [?] quarter ended [?] excluding Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →1 DEAD: 10 HURT Motor Accidents In New Zealand AUCKLAND
MOTOR accidents in New Zealand yesterday resulted in one death and injury to 10 persons. Eight Maoris were returning to their…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motorist Docks Dog's Tail Owner's Thanks
AN East Lancashire business man was motoring from Darwen to Belmont when a young fox-terrier ran across the road in front of the car…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Cycle Classic T.t. Races at Cowes Record Entries
RECORD entries, including international and interstate riders, have been received for the Tourist Trophy races to be held under the auspices of…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →New Motor Cycle for £12
NOT the least interesting type at the Paris Salon recently was the "bicyclette a moteur"—a light motor cycle or motorised bicycle that sells for about…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Dismissals From City Railway
The Secretary is in receipt of the following letter from Premier Lang, under date January 5: "Dear Sir,—Following on my letter of 13th December, I now…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →N.S.W. Railwaymen's Pay. Federal Award Rates to be Maintained
N.S.W. Stale Premier Lang stated last week that he had issued instructions that all employees working under Federal awards in the railway services of New…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Victorian Worker From Our Special Correspondent. MELBOURNE, Monday. Railway Accidents
SINCE the railway "heads" have reduced the number of men employed and the wages bill in the railway service, there has been an alarming increase in the number…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Rationing in Railways
THE rationing of single men in the Victorian railways' service began last week. About 2000 men were immediately affected, though the scheme will…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →N.S.W. Government Railways
THE child came to her mother with an inquiry. "Mummy, that woman in the corner house must have an awfully long name. I noticed her initials on some of the…
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