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Railways, roads & transport, 1932

10,046 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 250

Motoring Memos

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 9

MRS. D. W. CUMMINS and Mrs. H. S. Holman, have arrived in Melbourne after having travelled around Australia. They expect to reach Sydney…

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Cheap Travel Popular Midsummer Railway Excursions

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 9

The Railway Department issues a reminder about the extensive State-wide schedule of cheap excursion trains which will serve the whole State in both…

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Our Letter Box Railway Concessions. (To the Editor.)

The Methodist · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 7

Sir,—The Chief Traffic Manager of the Railways has again consented to issue concession certificates to ministers and lay representatives and their…

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Motor Boating. To-day's Events

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 18

The A.M.Y.S., St. George, and Woronora River clubs will conduct motor boat races to-day. The A.M.Y.S. programme consists of two cruiser handicaps, two outboard handicaps, and two…

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SANDBAGGED. Tram Conductor Robbed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 14

Ernest Patrick Smith, a tram conductor attached to the Rozelle tramway depot, was found lying unconscious on the footpath in Ross-street, Forest Lodge, last night. He Had…

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Lithgow Railway Men's Club. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 14

At the annual meeting of the Lithgow Railwaymen's Sick and Mutual Benefit Club, it was stated that £601 had been expended in sick and funeral benefits among members…

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City Railway

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 1

These are the temporary approaches that have been erected at Wynyard Square underground railway station which will connect with George…

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Motorists and Liquor

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 7

AN interesting analysis of accident figures received from the U.S.A. by the N.R.M.A. reveals that, over an extensive…

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The World of Motoring

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 7

SGT. MILLER, of the Glebe police force, is a well-known identity at the Wentworth Speedway during the Saturday night meetings. It is pretty safe…

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Tram Severs Boy's Foot

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 6

DUDLEY FINLAY, a 14-years-old newspaper vendor, living in Phillip Street, Enmore, had his foot severed…

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Queensland Seeking General Clean-up Disgust at A.w.u. Methods Railway Industry Branch a Challenge

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 5

With a deliberate challenge, on an issue affecting the official position of the central branch secretary (Mr. G. Buckland), the…

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Foot Severed by Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 6

A paper seller, Dudley Findlay (14), of Phillip Street, Enmore, had his left foot severed when he jumped from a moving tram at the intersection of…

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Help for the Motorist Engine Noises--3

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 4

IN my articles in Thursday's and yesterday's issues I dealt with engine noises caused through the wear of working parts. Noises which…

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Late News Tram Man Is Sandbagged Brutal Attack

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 1

VICTIM of a murderous sandbag attack, Ernest Patrick Smith, a tram conductor, of H- ford Avenue, Ashfield, was…

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Audace Tentativo Brigantesco Contro Un Tramviere

Italo-Australian · Saturday 30 January 1932 · page 3

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Don't Want the Bridge McMAHON'S Point Tram Request

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1932 · page 4

A PETITION asking for the retention of the tram service to McMahon's Point after the opening of the Bridge is to be presented to…

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Whose Bridge Is It, Anyway?

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1932 · page 5

Let us leave Dr. Bradfield and Mr. Freeman out of the argument altogether. Why not a public meeting to give John Taxpayer and his friends a chance of immortality…

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Narrow Escapes In Train Smash

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1932 · page 2

An engine and a string of empty cars left the track at Erskineville station yesterday and ploughed along the track for some distance, the engine finally rolling over as shown in the photograph. The driver and fireman escaped injury, but were severely shaken…

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Secrets of the Town Bridge Who's Who

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1932 · page 34

WHILE the debate about the right, title, and -interest in the designing of the Harbor Bridge swings along, let us take a look at the principals over whose heads it is raging…

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Parade in The Nude Bridge Offer Is Rejected

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1932 · page 2

Among the many and varied schemes that definitely will not he accepted by the Celebration Committee to lend color to the opening of the Harbor…

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