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Railways, roads & transport, 1932

10,046 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Motoring Memos

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 9

SOME particularly daring attempts to steal cars have been made recently. Motorists are anxiously awaiting action by the Government in connection with…

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Motors and Motoring Motor Cycles Cheap Method of Transport for the Country'

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 9

That the motor cycle provides cheap travel, is a fact that has never been appreciated more than it is to-day and the necessity for exercising the strictest…

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Speed Records Fast Time by Enthusiastic Motor Cyclists

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 9

With the ambition of reaching a speed of a hundred miles an hour solo and eighty miles on hour with sidecar attached to a 21-h.p. machine, two Sydney…

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Union White Flash Science has Evolved a Supercharged Motor Spirit

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 9

Scientists are ever at work, experimenting year in an year out, with the object of improving the products of the organisations they serve. In the…

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Railway Excursions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 5

The Railway Department announces a State-wide schedule of excursion trains which will run on specified dates during the second week in February from country districts, and…

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The Unions. Railwayman Honoured. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 15

Alderman Clyde, Mayor of Morpeth, who recently retired from the railway service, has been presented with the gold badge of life membership of the Railway and Tramway…

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Motor Cycling. Wentworth Speedway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 15

The programme scheduled for the Wentworth Speedway to-night is an attractive one. Max Grosskreutz and Lionel van Praa[?] will be competitors in a special match race. Grosskreutz will…

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New Railway. Moss Vale to Port Kembla. WOLLONGONG

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 12

In a few days the laying of the rails of the Moss Vale-Port Kembla railway line will be completed, and the Southern and Illawarra railway systems will be connected by a line…

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Cheap Excursions By Railway

The Sun · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 4

Consistent with the policy of providing frequent opportunities for cheap train trips, the Railway Department announces a State-wide…

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Girl Killed Motor Car Capsizes KIAMA

The Sun · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 3

On a hairpin bend of the Gerringong-road. Muriel Helen Fishwick (17), of Boundary-street, Roseville, was killed last night when the car…

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World of Motoring Club Topics Eastwood and District

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 7

A freak hill climb to-day is the Eastwood and District Club's next fixture, and tills will be held on Dundas Hill. Members are requested to [?]ect at…

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S.c.g. and Race Trams

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 5

The Metropolitan Transport Trust advises that in connection with Randwick Races, the usual service of special trams will be run from…

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Cheap Railway Trips in February

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 4

Consistent with the policy of providing frequent opportunities for cheap train trips, the Railway Department announces a State-wide…

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'Motor Interest Should Pay Their Share'

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 4

That the serious position of transport in N.S.W. prior to the passing of the labor Government's Transport Co-ordination Bill was due to…

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Rode Into Tram Cyclist Gets Concussion; Taken to Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 1

Riding his bicycle from behind a stationary tram in New Canterbury Road, Petersham, yesterday, Alexander Glenn, 18, of Waratah Street,…

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Killed in Crash Motor Truck Hurtles Into River

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday.--One man was killed and another suffered from shock when a motor truck, loaded with timber, crashed into the River…

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Help for the Motorist the Empty Bottle Test

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 4

THERE is no doubt that amongst the motorists of to-day quite a considerable percentage may be classed as poor or indifferent drivers…

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Motor Cars Like Women Feminine Complex Dominates the New British Standards

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 6

Somebody in the Standard Company has discovered that a motor car is not merely a piece of machinery built to mathematical formulae and capable of doing certain things under certain circumstances…

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Motor Bill Plan for Title Certificate

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 6

A MEASURE which is intended to introduce a system under which owners of motor vehicles may acquire certificates of title, and requiring…

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Staterooms Already Reserved for King's Youngest Son Prince George May Open Sydney Harbor Bridge Gay Scion of Royalty Would Be Popular Visitor to Australia Debonair Ways of Good Mixer London, January 18

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 6

IT is quite possible that Prince George may leave England early in February for Australia, in order to open the Sydney Harbor Bridge. So "Smith's Weekly" in London was informed by a man who is in closest touch with Court circles. This informant went so far as to say that staterooms and cabins were already pencilled for the…

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