Child Killed. Six Persons Injured. Motor Truck Overturns. Adelaide
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 9
Joyce Reed aged 8, was killed and six other persons were injured three seriously when a motor truck overturned while desc[?]ding Sedan Hill about 2.30 this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Cycling Championship. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 13
With an average speed of 74 miles an hour R. East (Vic.) (Rudge) won the 100 miles senior Australian Grand Prix for all powers motor cycling at Phillip Island to-day. Only three riders out of 17…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Casualties. Railway Worker Killed. Adelaide
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 10
Henry Lloyd aged 41, while working on the railway line near Blackwood to-day, was struck by a passing train and killed. He is the third person to have been killed at the same spot…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tram Conductor. Robbed at Kensington
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 10
A tram conductor was almost strangled, flung from his tram, and robbed at Kensington late last night. Later he was found unconscious beside the tram lines at Kensington…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Around Australia. Women Motorists' Tour. 12,000 Miles Covered
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 8
Having made the circuit of the continent and covered more than 12,000 miles by car, Mrs. D. W. Cummins and Mrs. H.S. Holman reached Sydney yesterday and so completed what is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Turned Down Eastern Suburbs Railway MELBOURNE
The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 9
Mr. Lang this afternoon submitted his scheme for constructing the Eastern Suburbs railway by issuing £3,000,000 of bonds guaranteed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sandbag Is Used on Conductor Hurled Off the Tram Bag Is Stolen
The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 8
Held with a headlock by one man, Walter Lofts, 35, of Montgemery St., Kogarah, conductor, on a Clovelly-hound tram…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Help for the Motorist Clean Your Curtains!
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 6
Probably the most neglected part of a touring car is its celluloid side-curtains, which are stowed away either under a seat or at the back…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broadcasting the Bridge Opening
Sydney Mail · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 35
ELABORATE arrangements are being made by the National Broadcasting Service, and also "B" class stations, to ensure that every listener will have as effective a story about the whole proceedings as is…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Goods Train to Close
The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 7
The Metropolitan Transport Trust announces that the Sutherland-Cronulla goods tram service, the closing of portion of which between…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Harbour Bridge Design Compromise Reached
Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 4
A compromise has been reached as the result of a conference between the Public Works Department and Dorman Long, and Co. Ltd. regarding the question as to who designed the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge Ball Notable Event At Opening
The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 18
ELABORATE decorations, including a floral model of the Harbor Bridge, are planned for the North Sydney Bridge Opening Celebration…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Bridge Medals Surf Assoc. Opinions Differ
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 3
Opposition to Harbor Bridge souvenir medallions, specially struck by the Harbor Bridge Celebrations Committee for championships during the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flower Floats Zones Prepare for Bridge Pageant
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 7
Acres of flowers have been plan[?]d in various suburbs of Sydney timed to be in full bloom on March 19, for the 14 floral floats that will take part…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →GOLF. Harbour Bridge Tournament Attractive Programme Arranged
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 18
A very attractive programme of events has been arranged by the New South Wales Golf Council and Ladies Golf Union to mark the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Harbour Bridge. Live-load Test To-morrow
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 12
"I would not like to hazard anything in the nature of a guess as to their numbers, but the engineers of the Public Works Department who are working on measurements inside the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Aeroplane and the Big Dredge: Pioneering Adventures in New Guinea
Sydney Mail · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 26
A stirring story is attached to the pictures on these pages. Great freight-carrying aeroplanes are transporting heavy mining machinery over mountains on a scale that is attracting the attention of mining engineers all over the world. The investing public has followed with interest the operations of the Bulolo Gold Dredging Co., and is aware that powerful financial interests are associated with Placer Development. What has been accomplished by airmen in that Work is an epic of pioneering. A recent letter to Mr. Fred Burley, of Sydney, from a "flying friend," gives details which…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →New Guinea. Aeroplane and Big Dredge. "Special" on Billiards. "Sydney Mail" Features
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 12
A stirring story is attached to a series of fine pictures of New Guinea in this week's "Sydney Mall." Fast freight-carrying aeroplanes are transporting heavy mining…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Toll Bridge in Brisbane Franchise Granted to Sydney Engineer
Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 9
A franchise has been granted to W. J. Reinhold, Consulting Engineer, Brisbane and E. G. Wagner, Consulting Engineer, Sydney, to construct and maintain a bridge over…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mona Vale. New Middle Harbour Bridge. Dr. Bradfield's Scheme
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 12
In response to a request by the Minister for Works (Mr. Davidson), Dr. Bradfield visited Collaroy on Monday evening, and outlined to the Warringah Transport League an…
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