Concession Fares Railway's Refusal "A Serious Loss"
To popularise the railways, Lidcombe Council suggested to the Railway Commissioners that concession fares should be introduced during certain hours…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1931
8,292 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250
W.A. Railway Loss More Cuts In Services Anticipated PERTH,Sunday
FOR the six months ended December, the Railway Departments earnings totalled £1,567,510. Working expenses were £1,394,440. leaving a net revenue…
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Falling soft from a ladder on to the railway line, near the Punchbowl Station, early to-day, Norman Halliday, 42, linesman, of Emmerick-st. Leichhardt…
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FRANCIS JOHN PLATT, of Rheola. a survivor of the Daylesford motor crash in which four people were killed while on their way to Hepburn Springs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Workers. Deputation to Mr. Scully, M.L.A. NARRABRI
At the request of railway workers of West Narrabri, Mr. Scully, M.L.A., [?]isited West Narrabri and received a deputation of representatives elected from each branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Married Women on the Tramp. Grafton
Two young married women, both in their early twenties, left their homes in Pound-street, Grafton, this week, on the "track" in search of employment. Their husbands, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Cycling. Hollis's Double. Wentworth Speedway Races
The return match between R. Sulway and the Queensland international. R. Case, at the Wentworth Oval Speedway on Saturday evening, resulted in another win for Sulway. Sulway rode in a way…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Tramway Stopping Places
The tramway authorities direct attention to the introduction of interior bell communication cords on the North Bondi, Bronte, Bondi Junction-Coogce lines commencing…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Trolley Buses v. Trams. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I have often wondered why the Government Tramway Department has not introduced into Sydney the electric trolley buses which have proved so successful in England…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seven People Killed. Week-end Motor Accidents. in Three States
A man and three women were killed on Saturday night through a motor car toppling into a creek near Daylesford (Victoria). A car, which was travelling from Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Boating. Vice-commodore's Day, Royal Motor Yacht Club
Racing at Rose Bay was reoponed by the Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales with its annual Vice-Commodore's Day on Saturday afternoon, when a programme of events, for trophies…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motorist Was Wrong About the Right
JUNEE, Sunday.--A court case here brought to light a motorist who declared that the right was the correct side of the road on which to drive,…
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THE tender of Bond's Motor Services, Ltd., of Adelaide, has been accepted by the Commonwealth Railways Department for the motor…
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Melbourne, Tuesday.--After, finding a Chinese unconscious in St. Kilda- road at 3 a.m. to-day, the police traced a car which is alleged…
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Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fatal Fall From Bridge. Darwin
On Wednesday a man named Dunbar, a recent arrival from Katherine, fell through the bridge at the highest point, dropped 70 feet, and was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Buffet on Mail Train. Brisbane
In response to representations to the Commissioner of Railways (Mr. J. W. Davidson), the Sydney mail train will be equipped with a buffet for the convenience of passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Man in the Street Main Roads Board
The trouble with the Main Roads Board is that its activities have gone beyond the duties it was intended to discharge, that of assisting local…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →'Plane, Car, Train Dash To Adelaide ADELAIDE
WHEN Capt. W. Wright, of the Canadian National Steamships, received information in his office in Sydney at 11.15 a.m. yesterday that the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coroner's Remedy Condemned Traffic Hold-up at Tram Stops N.r.m.a. Says No
A SUGGESTION by the City Coroner. Mr. E. A. May. that traffic on both sides of the road should stop when a…
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