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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1931

8,292 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 250

Midland Railway Co. of W.a

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 13

Midland Railway Co. of Western Australia Ltd., after transferring £5000 to taxation reserve and £40,000 to depreciation and renewals account, cables our London…

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Case May Last a Fortnight Conspiracy Charges Railway Moneys

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 5

THE bar table at No. 3 Central Police Court yesterday had to be extended from one side of the court to the other when an array of legal lights…

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Bridge

The Australian Jewish Chronicle · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 8

Last Sunday evening those who played Bridge at the Hall had a very pleasant evening and are looking forward to more tables…

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Northern Rivers Roads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 6

The Royal Automobile Club of Queensland has notified the Royal Automobile Club of Australia that roads in the Northern Rivers districts generally are becoming in need of…

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"A Dangerous Bridge."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 14

Mr. G. Huthnance, writing to the Editor, states that the "premier death trap" on the Main Southern-road is the Malterg's Bridge, near Mittagong. "Since its erection," he points…

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Cut Train in Half Impatient Motorist Fined

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 15

L. Lauther, an impatient motorist, after a stationary goods train of 125 trucks had blocked the railway crossing at East Rutherford (U.S.A.) for more than five minutes,…

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Motoring Road Traffic. British Act Commended

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 6

Now that the new Road Truffic Act is in force in England, and the Australian States all seem bent on restricting to the utmost the development of motor transport in the…

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Sydney Road Closed

The Sun · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 19

The N.R.M.A. reports that Sydney road, leading down from Balgowlah to the Spit Bridge, is being closed to traffic immediately during…

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Aeroplane Flies Like a Bird Folding Landing Gear

The Labor Daily · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 4

The Booing Aeroplane Company of Seattle, Washington has produced a new low wing all metal monoplane for use in passenger and mail carry…

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Opening of Bridge. Sports Week Suggested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 13

A conference of all amateur sporting bodies in Sydney is to be convened with a view to organising carnivals in conjunction with the opening of the harbour budge next year. This…

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Fettler Killed by Train. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 13

William Davis, 48 years, a railway fettler, was knocked down by a goods train at Claremont railway yards to-day and killed. A whole train of 30 trucks passed over him…

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Baby's Charmed Life Run Over By Goods Train

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 15

Raymond Parry, aged three, of Ashington, Northumberland, had two escapes from death recently. In the forenoon he was standing on the…

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To Lismore What Roads Are Like N.r.m.a. Report

The Sun · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 19

Motoring conditions along the main North Coast road, between Sydney and Lismore are described to-day by the…

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Train Wreckers. Plan Fails. Shearers Menaced. Ugly Demonstration. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 9

An attempt was made last night to wreck a train carrying about 200 shearers from Sydney to various central western sheep stations. Saplings were found on the railway line…

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The Sphere of Woman A Page Devoted to Fashion. Feature and Handicraft For the Bridge Party. Some charming novelties for the Bridge Hostess!

The Catholic Press · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 2

The enthusiastic bridge hostess will appreciate these novel ideas for her bridge parties. They are…

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Strikers Try to Wreck Train Loyalists and Police Get Volley of Stones

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Sensational developments marked the passage of a special tram taking loyalist shearers from Emerald to…

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Want Ten Per Cent, Wages Cut Many Road Contractors Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 1

APPLICATION of the recent 10 per cent wage cut to members of the Federal Municipal and shire Employees Union of Australia was sought…

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Restrictions in Motor Trade

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 14

The N.R.M.A. announces the revival of the agitation for the application of the Early Closing and Sunday Trading Acts to petrol stations and motor garages…

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Theft of Motor Vehicles

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 14

The continued prevalence of theft of motor vehicles has caused the N.R.M.A. to renew its representations to the Government for the early introduction…

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The World on Wheels The Motor World

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 14

Returns relating to motor accidents in New South Wales in 1930 show a decrease of 57 fatalities and 727 cases of injury as compared with 1929, says the N.R.M.A…

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