Big Bridge Lottery
Drawing of the £20,000 Bridge Lottery will commence in Her Majesty's Theatre at 9.30 a.m. to-morrow and continue until 1 p.m…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1932
10,046 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 250
Harbor Bridge Official Souvenir
The Sydney Harbor Bridge Official Souvenir and Programme, just issued by the Government Tourist Bureau, Sydney, is a book of 184 pages of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Thefts. Police Fire at Men. Chase After Motor Car
Police, who were investigating thefts of goods from trains, had thrilling experiences between Como and Sutherland early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flowers For Bridge From 600 Homes
TO-DAY there are 600 garden lovers around Sydney--many of them women --nursing into being plants…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loco Load 8000-Ton Bridge Test
Tests were made to-day of the approach spans of the Harbor Bridge, and to-morrow tests of the arch will be commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Big Demand Bridge Lottery in Favor
Tickets are selling rapidly in the Second Harbor Bridge Lottery, the numbers now being well into the 40 thousands. The Lottery Director (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Bridge Benefits Many Will Have New Jobs
Trades Hall officials estimated yesterday that already 500 to 800 men and women were employed, directly and indirectly, on preparations for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bridge Theatre. Proposed Management by Nine Hospitals
Representatives of nine metropolitan hospitals met at the Bridge Theatre yesterday to consider a proposal that the theatre should be run by the hospitals concerned for thair…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queen Contest? Auburn's Part in Bridge Float
Whether Auburn will run a queen competition to assist in financing the district float at the Sydney Harber Bridge Celebrations will be discussed at a meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Old Memories First Train Trip Is Recalled
A battered silver watch, inscribed, "Engine Driver, September, 1885," had pride of place next to an enormous iced cake at last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£25,000 Road Job Marrickville Problem
The decision of the Tramway Department, on the grounds of safety, to push on with the relaying of tram tracks in Addison-road, has thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Sydney's Record Who Designed This Bridge ? Freak Deal
IN Texas they have shot men for less. But, as it happened in peaceful Sydney, one of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Grass in Holes in Roads "Paspalum Should be Burned"
Alderman Stanton complained at Granville Council meeting on Tuesday evening that grass out from the footpaths was being used to fill holes in the roads…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Main Roads Levy Why Board Can't Reduce It
It would be impossible to reduce the main roads levy to less than ½d in the £, without serious risk of allowing assets, created by past…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Too Late When Fettler Saw Killed by Train
Struck by a fast-moving train near Macdonaldtown railway station this morning, John Callaghan, 55, fettler,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Agony Under a Tram Car Lifted by Motor "Jack"
LIFTING-JACKS were absent on a city-bound tram which knocked down Samuel Wheeler, 46, of Holroyd Flats, Palmer Street, near the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tricked to Death Suiciding Doctor Murders Wife And Daughter; Son Lives High Bridge (N.y.)
Determined on suicide, Dr. Frederick Low, 64, also tricked his wife and daughter to their deaths, and his son's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wealthy Grazier and Widow Die when Car Leaps Pier Took Wrong Road Tragic Mistake on Holiday Dive in Dark Melbourne
A MOTOR car driven along Mordialloc pier at 3 a.m. to-day, nose-dived into 20 feet of water, drowning its…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Motorship Manunda. Attempt to Delay Fails. MELBOURNE
Three members of the crew of the Adelaide Company's motor-ship Manunda gave notice when the vessel reached Melbourne to-day from Fremantle and Adelaide. As, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motoring Difficult Starting. Methods of Prevention
If one may Judge from the prolonged whirring of self-starters and intermittent coughing of engines which can be heard on vehicle ferries and at public parking places there…
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