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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1931

8,292 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 250

Motor Buses. Payment of Licence Fees. Agreement with Transport Trust

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 10

At its meeting last night the Transport Trust confirmed an arrangement made with bus proprietors, under which they will take out their service licences and pay licence…

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Railway Deficit

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 7

Falling revenue, plus the burden of exchange on interest payments abroad will, at the present rate of loss, result in a deficit of more than…

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Wage-cut Rush by Employers S. Austn, Railways Apply Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 6

About 40 application have been filed by employers since the Federal Arbitration Court announced its judgment in favor of the 10 per cent…

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Motor Yachts Big Day Lane Cove Regatta Seven Events

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 5

HANDICAPS words declared last evening for the motor yacht section of the Lane Cove regatta, which is to be held on the Lane…

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Railway Safe Beats Amateur Cracksmen

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 3 February 1931 · page 15

WELLINGTON, Monday. -- When the railway goodshed office was opened this morning it was discovered that an attempt had been…

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Members Ask Questions Trams and Harbor Bridge

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 5

IN the Legislative Assembly to-day:— The Minister for Works. Mr. Davidson, said in reply to questions that the…

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Harbor Bridge Hours

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 20

The Secretary has received the following reply to a letter sent to the New South Wales Minister for Public Works: Adverting to your letter of January 23,…

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Providing Work Railways and Roads (To the Editor)

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 7

Sir,--Some time age I read a lot in your paper about the South Coast miners and again about Neath miners being out of work. They had not worked for 18…

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Tram Traffic. Crossing the Bridge. Deputation to Minister

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 18

Following the announcement that tramcars are to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge, a deputation from the North Sydney Council asked the Minister for Public Works (Mr…

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Auction Bridge a Huge Bluff

Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 20

MANY players who sit down to bridge delight in working a huge bluff over their opponents. They are known as poker players, and until opponents get to…

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Cotton for Road Making

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 12

Burnley, as one of the big Lancashire cotton towns, has suffered along with the rest of the country as a result of the cotton trade depression. But it has just…

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Macquarie St. "Mob" Clash "Murderers" Uproar in Parliament Reid's Outburst Bridge, Trams, Trains

The Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 11

Uproar occurred early in the sitting of the Legislative. Assembly to-day when Mr. A. A. E. E. V. Reid declared that there were men…

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A Plea for Road Comradeship

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 46

WHILE it is unjust to make any general allegation against motorists simply on the basis of a few personal observations, there are at least reasonable…

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Ratepayers As Road Repairers. Finley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 14

The Progress Association intends to ask the Berrigan Council to permit ratepayers who are in arrears with their rates to repair bad portions of roads in the vicinity of their…

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Road Jobs for Canberra Workless Canberra

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 5

TO relieve unemployment in the Federal capital territory, the Government has agreed to the expenditure of…

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Man's Terrible Death Car Between Trams Motorist Thrown Clear Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 6

Thomas Scott, 35, fruiterer, of Caulfield, met a shocking death to-day when his car was struck by two electric trams travelling in opposite…

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The Harbour Bridge. a Magnificent Picture. "Gold Booms and Shorn Sheep." "Sydney Mail" Features

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 12

So much has the Sydney Harbour Bridge been photographed that It is difficult to see It from a new angle, yet in this week's "Sydney Mail" quite a new picture is shown. It takes…

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Stole Motor Car To Get To Job

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 5

Said to have stolen a motor car from the Domain in order to get to Goulburn, where a job awaited him, Charles Hazelwood, [?] station hand, was sentenced…

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Motoring, Motor Cycling, and Flying— This Kind of Thing Should Cease

Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 22

It has got that way now that Benstead's name in a scratch race entry does not necessarily mean a start. Which is a pity. For Benstead is…

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Motor Cycle Gossip In Explanation

Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1931 · page 22

TWO lines of type went adrift in this section last week, with the result that Spencer Stratton, still seriously injured in hospital, was made to usurp…

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