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Railways, roads & transport, 1932

10,046 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 250

One Control for All State Railways Ambitious Plan at Conference Commissioners to Meet Immediately Road Transport, Too

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 7

MELBOURNE, THURSDAY.--THE CREATION OF A CORPORATION ON THE LINES OF A PRIVATE COMPANY TO CONTROL ALL THE RAILWAYS IN AUSTRALIA IS A RECOMMENDATION TO BE CONSIDERED…

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Train Smash Guard Injured Cattle Killed Lithgow

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 3

When four trucks and two bogey oil tanks on a goods train, travelling between Lithgow and Wallerawang, became derailed…

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Tried to Board Moving Train. Lad Admitted to Hospital

The St George Call · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 1

In attempting to join a moving train in Arncliffe Railway Station, last week, Charles Bridge (16), of 55 Hirst Street, Arncliffe, ran from the steps…

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Misled by Road Sign Theory in Car's Death Dive

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A misleading road sign, police say, may have been responsible for the car plunge over the end of Mordialloc…

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Paris Journalist Arrives for the Bridge Opening. Arduous Times in Russia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 9

"Workers in Russia are passing through the most miserable and arduous years of their lives, but they are buoyed with hope as the authorities promise them paradise in a[?] few…

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Isabel Gullett On New Talkies Singer Asked for Miracle Fine Fare For Bridge Opening

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 12

ALTHOUGH March 19 looks a long way ahead, plans are already under way for the talkie theatre programmes for…

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The Bridge Opening. Why No Speech by King. Questions in London. London, Feb. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 10

Several experienced London journalists with vivid memories of his Majesty's clear broadcasting at the opening of the London Naval Conference and the Indian Round-table…

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Important Tests Were Made Yesterday of the Northern and Southern Approaches to the Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 12

In placing a load of 1400 tons on the approach spans, 16 locomotives were used, some of which are shown above crossing to the southern side of the bridge. The picture conveys a good impression of the difference between the height of the roadway at the pylons and at the centre of the structure…

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Melbourne Bombers Come to Town Reckless Band to Operate— Let Police Be Forearmed Plans for Scoop in Bridge Week

Arrow · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 1

FOUR years ago, at the height of the Waterside worker' strike in Victoria, there flashed upon an unsuspecting public a new terror which was added to the list of underworld weapons—THE…

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The Premiers. Railway Deficits. Experts to Confer. Co-ordination Plan. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 9

The Premiers' Conference this morning discussed transport problems, particularly railways. The object was to arrive at some method of achieving reasonably satisfactory [?]…

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Alleged Motor Thieves

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 9

A motor car which had been stolen from King-street, city, last night later crashed into an embankment at Cliff-street, Watson's Bay, and was badly damaged…

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Cronulla Goods Tram To be Discontinued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 10

The Transport Trust notified the Sutherland Shire Council that as the goods tram service from Sutherland to Cronulla continued to show a loss of £898 per annum, apart from…

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Woman Loses £120 On City Tram

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 14

While travelling by tram from Castlereagh-street to King's Cross yesterday, the wife of a well-known Inverell station owner had a diamond…

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Two Girls Escape Seen With Men In Motor Car

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 8

Two 17-year-old girls escaped from the Parramatta industrial School yesterday and were last seen in a motor car with two men travelling…

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Theft of Coal. More Railway Prosecutions

The St George Call · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 1

Three more prosecutions for theft of coal from the railway were heard a the Kogarah Court on Tuesday, William Alfred Francis Leatham, George…

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Hints to Motorists. Check Air Pressure

The Propeller · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 8

The cautious motorist will carry a reliable tyre gauge and check the tyres himself at least once a week…

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Cronulla Goods Tram. To be Discontinued

The Propeller · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 4

The Transport Trust notified the Sutherland Shire Council that as the goods tram service from Sutherland to Cronulla continued to show a loss of…

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Collision at Kogarah. Motor Cyclists Injured

The Propeller · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 4

When a motor cycle and a motor truck collided at 8 o'clock this morning at the intersection of Rocky Point Road and Prince's Highway, Kogarah, the…

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Gold-seeking in a Hearse Prospectors Buy Funeral Motor

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 8

"For Sale, £20," wrote a salesman on the windscreen of a hearse at the Taverner's Hill motor sales, and added in jest, "Suit Campers."…

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Help for the Motorist Hot Weather Motoring (2)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 6

In hot weather, engines will usually take a finer carburettor setting than they will in cold, and it is immaterial whether that finer setting…

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