Father and Son on Road for Two Years Wearily Searching for Work Stolen Journey Maitland
FOR two years they have been derelicts drifting wherever their weary legs have taken them. Father and son they had been on…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1931
8,292 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250
Got in Early Intoxicated Motorist
An hour after the new year had been ushered in, George Henry Gill was driving a motor lorry at Parramatta while under the influence of intoxicating liquor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Rushed By Kelpie
PIDING his motor cycle along Constitution-road. Dulwich Hill, on December 23, William Gibson was attacked by a black kelpie dog, which bit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Boating. St. George M.b.c
Races were held at Kogarah Bay, Sans Souci, by the St. George Motor Boat Club for two trophies on Saturday afternoon. Results:- May Trophy, for class C boats, over 20 miles an…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Brisbane Velodrome. Fall in Motor Paced Race. Brisbane
Crashing in the first heat of the motor-paced race at the Velodrome on Saturday night, Jack King (Q.) and Norm. Gilroy (N.S.W.) were so severely injured as to necessitate their removal to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motor Cycling. Return Match. Tigers Again Beaten
In a return match at Wentworth Oval on Saturday night the New South Wales team, in which "Cyclone" Mookey's place was taken by A. Wilkinson, again defeated Frank Arthur's international…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Letters Sell the Railways. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I have read your two articles recommending the sale of the railways. Now, the Government will not sell, for two reasons. One, because the people of New South Wales will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Accidents. Man and Child Dead
Cecil Simpson, 4, of Beamish-street. Campsie, died at Canterbury District Hospital on Saturday. The boy had run from his home across the street to an ice cart, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Allocation of Motor Taxes. Gulgong
When the Shires' Association sought Cobbora Shire Council's opinion regarding a proposal to divide the proceeds of motor taxation between the Main Roads Board and the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →His Jugular Veins Severed Motor Cycle-car Smash Newcastle
As the result of a collision between a motor cycle and a car at the intersection of Macquarie and Dixon Streets Glebe last night Mr. Outram…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Country News Long Tramp by Two Girls From City to City in Work Hunt
LISMORE, Sunday.-- Penniless, footsore, and nearly exhausted, two English girls, Gladys Turvey (23) and Madge Salter (21) have reached…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Scouts Save Woman Motor Tube Float Burst in Surf
Doing their "good turn" yesterday with great bravery, Boy Scouts N. Roberts (15) and C. Thorns (14), Glebe Troop, saved a woman from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring New Roads. North and West
In a quick rush through the country last week about 475 miles were covered in two days, and many miles of new road came under review. It was particularly desired to gain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train's Death Plunge Into River
The engineer was killed and 17 passengers injured when the Paris-Nantes express leaped into the River Loirs, near St. Nasaire. Some of the wreckage was submerged. Flood waters are blamed for weakening the road bad and causing the accident…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bridge Over the Hawkesbury Ironworkers Proposal
The Ironworkers Union intends to urge the State Government to construct a road bridge across the Hawkesbury River at Peat's Ferry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Roads Board Rate. Council Move To Force Reduction
MARRICKVILLE council decided last night to seek the co-operation of the councils in the Country of Cumberland in urging the Minister for Local…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woman Struck By Train Near Mt. Colah
MRS. CAROLINE PITTS, 46. of Queen st. Asquith, was walking along the railway line near MOunt Colah. Shortly before midnight when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →-- Country Week Tennis Carnival Train Derailed Near Canberra --
AT REST. -- The mixed train from Goulburn to Canberra, which early yesterday was derailed near Queanbeyan. Sixty passengers received a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Devine Lady She's Home Again Left the Ship at Melbourne Came by Train
The howl of a dog [?] creak of a door the snapping off of a light switch the swift shuffling of feet and then a voice that sent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trainer Out to Avenge Haines' Defeat Dunleavy Looks to Bundren Wants Yank to Train at Gym. For Palmer Fight
HIS champion defeated, Jack Dunleavy, trainer, manager, and friend of Jack Haines, seeks someone who…
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