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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1931

8,292 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 250

Premier Lang and the Railway Commissioners

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners of New South Wales, and the rest of the States, were appointed to take the management of the Railway Departments out of the hands of the politicians. Political management of public utilities, all over the world, has proved such a failure that…

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MR. C. J. GOODE. Dismissal Ordered. Railway Commissioners' Action

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 9

The State Railway Commissioners have decided to dismiss from the railway service Mr. C. J. Goode, Goulburn Area Commissioner. This action has been taken as the result of a…

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Motoring Mechanical Transport. Relation to Oversea Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 5

Mr. G. M. Gillett, Parliamentary secretary to the Department of Overseas Trade in England, has written an appreciative article on the importance of mechanical transport in…

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Arbitration Court. Tramway Case Postponed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 6

The tramway rationing case, which was to have been heard in the Federal Arbitration Court yesterday, was postponed owing to Judge Beeby having been recalled to,…

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Dentist Killed. Motor Accident at Orange. ORANGE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 9

Mr. Frederick Williamson, 40, was killed in a motor accident near here this evening. He was a member of a party that set out at 6 p.m. for a run in a motor lorry, driven by…

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Heavy Blow for Motor Transport Goode's Hand New Act's Provisions

The Sun · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 15

Drastic measures to protect railway and tramway revenue are provided in the Transport Bill which the Premier has just sent…

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Motor Boats at High Speeds Walder Cup Race at St. George Regatta

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 3

REGATTA day of the St. George Power Boat Club at Kogarah Bay next Saturday will be one of the biggest motor boating galas of the…

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C. J. Goode Is Sacked Railway Inquiry Papers Sent to Premier

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 6

YESTERDAY, the N.S.W. Railway Commissioners dismissed from the service, Mr. C. J. Goode, Southern Area Commissioner, following a…

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The Man in the Street Why Trams Don't Pay

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 6

One of your correspondents, I think Marie Fox, J.P., recently referred to the number of inspectors and ticket examiners encountered on a tram…

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Country News Motor Mechanic Killed in Car Crash

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 5 February 1931 · page 14

KYOGLE, Wednesday.--Thomas Fitzgerald (21), motor mechanic, was killed when a car skidded and overturned on the Wiangaree Road…

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Good Roads

The Biz · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 6

Mr. William "A. Jacques, of Parkroad, Cabramatta, suggested in a letter to Cabra-Vale Council or Monday night, that council adopt…

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Bridge Queries

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 7

R. C. H. Darlinghurst: (1) I should say that in Sydney majority bidding is distinctly more customary than values bidding. It is matter for…

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Hospital Bridge Party

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 7

Mrs. M. Lake is president of the hospital committee of the Council of Jewish Women, which arranged a patty at David Jones yesterday at…

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BRIDGE Singletons (2)

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 7

Reverting again to the subject last week of singleton leads, it may be said that the bidding may often be an indication of a good lead…

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Mail Train Diverted

Daily Pictorial · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Flood waters on the far North Coast have severed railway communications between Sydney and Brisbane via the…

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State of the Roads

The Sun · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 7

The N.R.M.A. advises that the North Coast Highway from Sydney to Grafton is in good condition, but as Lismore is flooded it is not…

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Liverpool-cabra. Road

The Biz · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 5

A discussion took place at Liverpool Council with reference to the closing of the road from Goulburn-st. to Cabramatta…

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Fell From Moving Train

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 9

Emma Purcell, 50 of Bastable St. Croydon, alighted from a moving train at Central Railway Station yesterday, and fell heavily to the platform…

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Travelling Gantry on Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 14

Attached to the decking of the bridge, from below, the new gantry is now in use on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It will facilitate the work of the painters, who will be permanently employed…

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Road Impassable Lismore Tweed Heads

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 5

A report received yesterday morning by the N.R.M.A. Touring Department states that owing to the very heavy rain throughout the far north coastal districts…

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