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Railways, roads & transport, 1932

10,046 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

Will Find Millions Vic. Firm Ready To Build And Finance E. Suburbs Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 5

An offer to build the Eastern Suburbs railway, irrespective of the Loan Council's decision, will be made to the State Government by a big company this week. MR. T. RYAN, ex-Victorian…

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Five-hour Chase Two Suspects and a Stolen Motor Car

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 5

For five hours on Saturday afternoon a motor car in which were two suspects toured all parts of the city and suburbs. Although the men did…

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Help for the Motorist Are Your Brakes Safe?

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 4

MOTORISTS are advised to check the efficiency of their brakes frequently in the interest of safer driving. Although one can tell with…

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First Train Crosses The Bridge -- Lower City Assessments Urged

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 18

FIRST TRAIN crossed the Harbor Bridge from north to south and relumed to-day. Top left: Crew of the train: Dan Currie, driver; Roy…

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Stars Open Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 4

We people in the country are as interested in the Bridge as the city people are; in fact, the whole of Australia is interested. Would it be…

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On The Bridge

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 8

A.R.U. State Council and their friends inspect the Harbor Bridge at the invitation of Dr. Bradfield…

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"Blue Angel" Season for Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 6

To cope with the demands ol the admirers of the art of Emil Jannings and Marlene Dietrich a special season, limited to six nights and matinees. will be held at the…

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Needle Version of the Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 8

Geographically correct in every detail as viewed from the North Shore, and in color blending, soft and artistic, a…

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Train Disaster. London, Jan. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 9

Ten persons were killed and 30 injured in a railway accident at Saint Just, between Paris and Compiegne. Owing to a coupling breaking, the coaches…

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Bridge Poster Is Popular Newcastle's Help

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 6

Recently tho Lord Mayor, Ald. S .Walder, who is president of the Bridge Celebrations Committee, wrote to the Mayors throughout New South…

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In the Pylons Bridge Post Offices

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 11

"Send a telegram from the Bridge! This is the P.M.G. Department's slogan introducing temporary offices…

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Selling Out Bridge Lottery Is Popular

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 11

Tickets being sold for the special Bridge Lottery, first prize of which is £20,000, are now in the sixty thousands, and the Lottery Director,…

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There Are 94 Halfpennies in Bridge Pylon

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 5

WORKMEN and officials on the Harbor Bridge had a laugh at the week-end over the result of the decision of the men engaged on the work…

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Harbour Bridge Costs £8,136,000. Estimate Greatly Exceeded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 9

The original estimate of the cost of the Harbour Bridge, inclusive of land resumptions. was £5,750,000. According to a report of the…

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Orchardist Killed. Motor Car Overturns. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 10

Charles Lowe, 64, orchardist, of Gosnells, was fatally injured, and his son-in-law. Norman Vivian Bremner, sharebroker, of Perth, received lacerations of the skull, as a result…

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Help for the Motorist Drive Behind the Throttle

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 4

TO most motorists, petrol consumption is a matter of some moment these hard times, yet to see the way a good many of them drive one would…

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First Train to Cross the Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 14

For the first time, a train crossed the Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday with the object of testing the railway lines…

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The Bridge Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 6

The run of "Hungarian Rhapsody" at the Bridge Theatre, near Circular Quay, will conclude this week. The Blue Angel, in which Marlene Dietrich and Emil Jannings appear, is announced…

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Road Openings

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 8

Thrust boring machines are now being used wherever possible by the Water and Sewerage Board in laying small surface connections, and the Board proposes to approach the City…

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Cost of Harbour Bridge

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1932 · page 10

According to a report issued by the Auditor General, the total expenditure on the Sydney Harbour Bridge to June 30 last, was £8,136,946. which exceeds the original estimate of the cost…

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