Bridge More Duplicate Progressive Play
Everyone who is interested in Bridge knows by now the method of playing duplicate matches, such as those in which Mr. Ely…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1931
8,292 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 250
Cowpastures New Concrete Road
This road, a section of the Great Southern Road, reduces the distance between Liverpool and Camden by three miles…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →'Members' Choice' Essay "The Hawkesbury Bridge"
THE Hawkesbury Bridge, which crosses the river of that name is the longest bridge in the southern Hemisphere. The need for such a bridge was felt…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Southern Highway. New Cowpastures-road
It would be hard to find a more typically Australian landscape than that which skirts the new Cowpastures-road, between Liverpool and Camden. Anyone suddenly awakening…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor 'Buses Half the Taxes to be Paid to Councils for Road Work
Licensed of motor 'buses have been notified by the Transport Trust that they must take out licenses under the Transport Act. They must also insure against…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Accident. "Disaster Narrowly Averted." Brisbane
When the Townsville-Brisbane mail train, crowded with passengers, crashed into the year of a heavy fruit train twelve miles from Mackay, yesterday morning, 50 yards ahead…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Problems of the Motorist Complete Control Essential to the Safety of All Road Users Hints on Proper Adjustment
BRAKES and steering for in good order are essential to safe motoring. In some parts of the world legislation exists which permits the traffic police to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hume Highway Southern Road Shortened by Three Miles
Hume Highway, the Great Southern Road from Sydney to the Victorian border at Albury (the touring department of the National Roads and Motorists…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lay Prone on Track As Train Dashed by Motor Cycle Smashed on Crossing Men Saved by Few Inches Jumped Clear As Bike Was Hit Minor Injuries Wollongong
Petrified with horror, the keeper at Unanderra railway gates saw two men with a motor cycle and side car flung beneath [?] train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motors and Motoring Motor Traffic Protecting the Railways in Western Australia
Drastic alterations have been made in the regulations under the Traffic Act Amendment Act, which is now in operation in Western Australia. By far the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mass Production of Motor Cars
Chassis turned out at the rate of one every eight seconds, 420 an hour, 10,000 a day! Such are the amazing figures at Smith Corporation steel product works at Wisconsin. A general view of the outdoor storage yard is shown here…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News from other States Killed in a Motor Car Collision
John Law (38), of Hamilton (Vic), was killed In a motor-car collision at Borcan latt Sunday. Mother Sees Son Drown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Accidents Heavy Death Roll During the Holidays
Motor accidents were very numerous during the put week, and particularly over the holiday period. Robert Ellington, of Burwood, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Notes Losses on Developmental and Branch Lines
In the Commissioners' annual report on the N.S.W. Railways for the year that ended on 30th June last, which (after allowing for £0,420,043 interest), showed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cycling Teams' Match at Wentworth Oval Attracts Large Crowd
A very big crowd witnessed the teams motor-cycling match at Wentworth Oval Speedway (Sydney) last Saturday night. New South Wales beat Frank Arthur's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Industry British Manufacturers Predict a Good Year in 1931
A good year in 1031 for the British motor car industry is predicted by St. Herbert Austin. He states that manufacturing costs are down to an economic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stood on Motor Cycle Seat
Allan H. Llewellyn was fined 10/ at the North Sydney Police Court yesterday for having ridden a motor cycle while in a position from which he was unable to exercise proper…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Service. Division of 44-Hour Week. Complaint of Employees
A mass meeting yesterday of shunters, porters, ticket collectors, and others employed in the railway service expressed indignation at a reported decision of the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Jarrah Sleepers. For South African Railways. PERTH
Western Australian tenders for the supply of 10,000 loads of jarrah sleepers, valued at about £50,000, have been accepted by the Chief Railway Storekeeper of Johannesburg,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Electric Cable Falls. Tram Traffic Delayed
Tram traffic on the Long Bay lines was interrupted for about an hour yesterday when an electric overhead cable snapped, and fell to the ground. The mishap was followed by…
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