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Railways, roads & transport, 1932

10,046 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250

Harbour Bridge. Special Medal for Sporting Contests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 10

The sporting sectional committee of the Harbour Bridge Celebrations Committee, which met at Endeavour House, Macquarie-place. yesterday, agreed upon a design for a medal…

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Boldness in Bridge Bids Way to Win

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 4

The introduction of a little boldness into auction bridge bidding will often mean the difference between success and…

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Engine Derailed. Overhead Bridge Damaged. WALLERAWANG

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 11

The engine of a wheat-laden train from the west left the rails when passing through Wallerawang shunting yards at 11 o'clock, and carried away the three central tiers of the…

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Bush Fires and the Highways Main Roads Passable

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 8

The N.R.M.A. reports that although extensive bush fires have been raging in country districts for days past, main roads in southern and south-western…

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Road Accidents Speed Is Main Cause

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 8

The N.B.M.A. Safety Department points out that of most of the distressingly large number of fatal road accidents reported over the holidays, speed appears…

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Bridge Galas May Be Curtailed; Lack of Money

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 6

"QUITE plainly the position is that if money is not forthcoming immediately the pageant, fire works display, aquatic sports, and general…

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Earl of Inchcape. Illness in London. Aeroplane Sent for Son. London, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 12

The Ear[?] of Inche[?] is very weak, according to the latest bu[?]. Captain G. P. O[?] a leading [?] in the ser[?] of Impe[?] A[?] has arrived at…

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Money Not Available Bridge Pageant May Suffer Appeal Made

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 6

The Lord Mayor, Aid. Walter, in a letter to the Editor. states that on automatically assuming office as President of the…

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Naming the Bridge. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 8

Sir,—As one that was promised that bridge many years ago, I was asked to come and hear Henry Parkes speak at an election meeting in Macquar[?]e-street. My companion was the late…

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Fell From Train Rail Official Seriously Injured BATHURST

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 3

Douglas Kervin, relieving night officer, a married man with a wife and three children, who lives in Bathurst, is in Blayney Hospital in a…

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An Appeal For the Bridge Celebrations. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 10

On assuming office and concurrently taking up the position of president of the Harbour Bridge Celebrations Committee, I was astonished at the excellent work which, under the…

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Motorist Committed for Trial

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 1

THE district coroner, Mr Arthur Judges, at an inquest at Katoomba on Monday, found that John Hellmrich Meck died at the Blue Mountains…

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Motor Cycling Exciting Races at Parramatta and Wentworth Speedways

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 6

Followers of motor-cycle racing had plenty to entertain them last week-end. On Thursday night there was a meeting at Parramatta Speedway, and Bobby…

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Motor Tax Vehicles from Other States Must Re-register

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 6

The Transport Commission has announced that in future motor vehicles from other States that are used in New South Wales for commercial purposes will…

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Motoring Memos

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 6

ONE of the most interesting personalities in the motor industry in New South Wales is Mr. M. W. Rees, head of the firm of Smith, Sons, and Rees,…

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Motors and Motoring Free Wheeling Standard Equipment for Hudson and Essex Cars a "Farmer and Settler" Test

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 6

Dalgety and Co.'s offering for 1932 in Hudson and Essex cars, will feature selective free wheeling as standard equipment…

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Increased Railway Business. [?]Hgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 12

According to official figures, the in[?] traffic business gained by the railway ro[?] shed at Lithgow since the opera[?] of [?] Transport Act amounts to 150 or 290 [?]…

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City Answers S.O.S From Far West Fire Zone 200 Picked Men Sent New Guards Rushed by Motor 'Bus Cobar's Relief "A Splendid Gesture"

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 1

SYDNEY has responded magnificently to the S.O.S. sent out last night from Cobar for assistance in fighting the terrific bush fires which have exhausted the men of the Far West in the past week…

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Tossed Into Air Two Victims of Motor Accidents

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 3

Struck by a motor-cycle, as he was walking between two companions in Dunmore-street, Wentworthville, last night, John Cotter. 24, skinner, of…

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Adventures Of Australia's Most Persistent Wife-Collector MATRIMONY - Mad Motor Salesman Another Wife Claims Hugo Laubque Brisbane Barmaid His Latest Conquest

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 9

AN attractive, wide-eyed, Brisbane girl came to "Smith's" one day last week from a country town three hundred miles away, looking for her missing husband. He had gone away a fortnight ago, she said,…

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