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Railways, roads & transport, 1932

10,046 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 250

Dartmoor. Prisoners Quiet. Soldiers Guard Roads. Immediate Inquiry. London, Jan. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 11

The Home Secretary (Sir Herbert Samuel) has appointed Mr. Herbert Dupar[?]q, K.C., Recorder of Bristol, to hold an immediate inquiry into the…

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Want All to Have Share Honor for Bridge Design Not Two Only

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 5

While a war is still being waged as to whether Dr. Brad-field and Mr. Ralph Freeman, of Dorman, Long and Co.,…

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Would Rather Ride Than Train J. Sing Returns to Saddle in S.A.

Referee · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 2

FEATURE of the Strathalbyn (S.A.) meeting: on Saturday was the return to winning form in the saddle of J. Sing, who decided there was more…

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Anniversary Day. Pictures of Old Sydney. Aerial View of the Bridge. "Sydney Mail" Features

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 10

Pictures of old Sydney always appeal to most people, and apropos the one hundred and forty-fourth anniversary of the foundation of Australia, the "Sydney Mail" this week…

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Electricity From Air Motor

The World's News · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 19

GENERATION of electricity to commercial quantities by trapping enough wind and air currents to turn a rotor generator will be attempted in a…

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Firm Hand with Offenders Stewards Busy at Melb. Motordrome Thomas' Ban

Referee · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 23

RECENT regrettable incidents on the Melbourne Motordrome track have convinced the management that it must put down with a firm hand anything…

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Motoring, Motor Cycling and Cycling We Have No Chance in Tour De France, Unless... Opperman Tells of Australia's Failings and Needs

Referee · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 23

It would be a waste of money to send a team of Australian cyclists to France either this year or next for the "Tour de France." This, is the considered opinion of Hubert Opperman, bracketed…

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Indiscretion in Motoring

Referee · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 23

SO far as automotive trouble is concerned, under 20 years is the motorists' age of indiscretion. In Queensland, for instance, the…

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N.S.W. Railway Deficit. £4,421,620 Last Year

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 16

Although the net earnings of the N.S.W. railways for the year ended June 30 last showed a profit of 1.76 per cent. on a capital of £131,328,631, the…

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Railway Workers' Industry Branch. Good Conduct Holiday Pay. Application of Salaries Reduction Act

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 18

In keeping with my promise to the men employed on the Bridge approaches, I have obtained independent legal advice on the question of taxation of good…

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Motoring Success of Compression Ignition

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 45

Such great progress has been made of late in the construction of compression ignition engines and their successful pplication to motor vehicles that the dominant position of…

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Railway Sleepers Export of Australian Hardwood. Western Australia Principal Exporting State

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 1

The Department of Markets has made available the following particulars concerning the export of Australian hardwood…

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Vegetable Crops Ploughed In by Growers. High Railway Costs. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 11

Owing to the low prices received in the Sydney markets for peas and beans, some excellent crops at Burrawang and Wildes Meadow have been ploughed in, as marketing…

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Bus Versus Tram. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 7

Sir,—I read with interest the views of your correspondent Mr. Murray in 'o-day's "Herald," when he stated in opposition to Mr. Gregory that all trams are not necessarily obsolescent…

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ASSAULTS. Tram Conductor Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 12

Tram Conductor Voleat, of the Tempe depot, was savagely attacked by a gang of youths in Fairfowl-street, Dulwich Hill, on Monday night. The youths refused to pay their fares,…

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Midland Railway Co. of W.a

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 13

Midland Railway Co. of Western Australia, Ltd., shows a credit balance of £51,603 in its accounts for the year ended June 30, 1931, compared with £72,395 for the previous year,…

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City Railway Opening of Western Section

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 9

The western section of the City Railway between the Central Railway Station and Wynyard Square will be opened for traffic on 28th February next. This date has been fixed to…

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£1000 SUIT Boy Who Built a Motor Car

The Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 23

Theo. Reginald Patterson, a Scots College boy, who, when he was 11, set out to construct a motor car out of spare parts, and did the job in two…

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Lesson Ignored How Vic. Railways Faced Crisis MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 7

The Victorian Railway Department has not yet learned the lesson from across the Murray that "if you want a thing, grab it, and damn the public…

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Youth Hurt in Fall From Tram

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1932 · page 5

Failing from a tram in Wells Street, Newtown, last night. Herbert Wasson, 13, of Bray Street, Erskineville, suffered an incised would to…

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