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Railways, roads & transport, 1931

8,292 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

Motor Traders' Loss Larke, Neave, and Carter's Lean Year

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 12

Though a small profit was earned by Larke, Neave, and Carter, Ltd., motor agents, during the first half of the year ended September 30,…

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Vittime Del Motorismo Reggio Emilia, 4 Dicembre

Italo-Australian · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 2

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Scullin Stands for Stability No Easy Road Out of Our Difficulties, there Must be Economic Sanity No Inflation of Currency The Remedy lies in Co-operation, Hard Work and, if procurable, New Loan Money

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 2

THERE is to be no inflation of the currency. That way ruin lies. To the great relief of the people of Australia the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) made this declaration in the Ashfield Town Hall on Thursday night, and by his words gave a great stimulus to the restoration of confidence in the Government of this country. It was…

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Chords on the Bridge

The Sun · Sunday 18 January 1931 · page 1

There was a martial air about the Harbor Bridge yesterday morning, when 770 members of the Young Australia League from all the States,…

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Bridge Made Boys Want to be Engineers Great Work Is Magnet for Y.A.L. Visitors

Daily Pictorial · Sunday 18 January 1931 · page 2

MR J. J. SIMONS, directing the Young Australia League boys from all over the Commonwealth who are now in Sydney, will be…

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Magic Carpet. Blue Certificate to J. L. Chandler (13), 125 Burwood-road, Enfield. Up the Baltic

The Sun · Sunday 18 January 1931 · page 2

While living in England I spent my summer holidays in 1926 on a voyage through the Baltic Sea. Leaving London on a Monday evening…

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Truth ABouT MoToRS B.S.A. THREE-WHEELER Front Wheel Drive and Brakes on All Wheels Easy to Handle—cheap to Run

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1931 · page 9

THE popularity of British light cars throughout Australia increased considerably during 1930, and the B.S.A. three-wheeler now available on the local market should assist materially in carrying on this good work…

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Ate Motor Bike Egbert at It Again!

The Sun · Sunday 18 January 1931 · page 1

EGBERT, the emu held in captivity by the Redfern police, is to be taken to the Zoo to-morrow for having eaten a motor cycle. It was…

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Melb. Motordrome Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 18 January 1931 · page 2

At the Motordrome to-night, 4000 spectators saw Frank Hastings, of Sydney, win the Australian dirt track championship by two laps from Frank Duckett and…

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Coroner's Complaint Fairfield Roads

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 2

The Liverpool District Coroner (Mr. P. S. Poolman) complained to Fairfield Council on Tuesday of the state of Cowpasture-road and Horsley-road…

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Kasr-el-nil Bridge

The Sun · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 2

Some 3000 tons of Middlesbrough steel will be used in the reconstruction of the Kasr-el-Nil Bridge at Cairo, the contract for which has recently been placed by the…

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Nightmare to Motorists Parramatta Road Danger Spot Several Fatal Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 6

"It is undoubtedly a nightmare to motorists, and several fatal accidents have occurred there. The view of drivers approaching from Parramatta…

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Train Smash Delays Prince Paris

Evening News · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 1

THE accidental derailment of another train near Bordeaux to-day caused considerable delay in the Prince of Wales' Journey from Paris to…

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Extravagance Attacked Bridge Won't Increase Productiveness

Evening News · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 5

AUSTRALIA'S position to-day was largely attributable to its misguided borrowing policy and the extravagant and injudicious expenditure of money…

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Road Vehicle Tax Yields £27,800,000 LONDON

Daily Pictorial · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 4

The Ministry of Transport states that the receipts from road vehicle licenses for last year amounted to £27,800,000, compared with £26,300,000…

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Shot Dead After Altercation Murder on Queensland Country Road

Daily Pictorial · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday.--An Italian named Ignazio Gatti was shot dead this afternoon on the Ingham-Halifax Road, about four miles…

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Road Transport Revenue Increases London, Sunday. (British Official Wireless.)

The Labor Daily · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 1

The Ministry of Transport, in its annual report on road vehicles yesterday for the year ended November 30, 1930, reveals that the total…

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Extravagant Youth Motor-Cycling on £1 a Week

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 5

A youth defending a judgment summons at Barnet County Court, England, recently, in respect of an order against him to pay £73 as the result of a motor…

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Princess Mary in Smash Accident While Motoring

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 5

Princess Mary and her husband, the Earl of Harewood, were involved in a motoring accident recently at the cross-roads near Moortown on the outskirts of…

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Motor Collision Cycle and Car

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 1

When their motor cycle collided with a car on Hampstead-road, Auburn, last night, Alma Taul, 24, of South-Parade, Auburn, and Oliver Gigwy, 35, of…

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