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Railways, roads & transport, 1932

10,046 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 250

The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A.

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. has completed arrangements with the North Sydney Council, through the Mayor (Ald. H. L. Primrose), for the use of Primrose Park,…

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"Waterloo Bridge."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 8

Mae Clarke and Kent Douglas head the cast of "Waterloo Bridge," which is now on its suburban tour. The story is of an episode in London during the Great War…

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Bridge Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 8

The comedy, "The Chance of a Night-time," and the drama, "High Treason," will be the principal pictures in the change of programme at the Bridge Theatre to-day…

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Painting the Bridge Arch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 16

An unusual study of painters at work on one of the top chords near the centre of the arch…

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Harbour Bridge. Thousands of Tons Tests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 14

Thousands of tons of deadweight were thrown on the Harbour Bridge yesterday morning. The deadweight was in the form of locomotives. They were in two parallel lines, each…

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High Cards Bids in Bridge Success !

The Sun · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 4

In the mimic war of auction bridge, as on the battlefield, it is the big battalions that win; and when one has high cards in suits, together with…

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Further Tests of the Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 16

An engineer recording temperatures and bridge movements yesterday. In the background are some of the locomotives which placed a load of 4000 tons on the rails…

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Weak Bid in Freak Bridge Was Costly

The Sun · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 5

Failure to make a pre-emptive bid proved costly in the extraordinary hand of bridge that was played at the Millions Club on…

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Agistment Charges. Shire Council's Rights Over Public Roads

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 10

"Stockman" inquires whether the shire council is entitled to charge agistment for stock running on public roads. Answer.—Under section 436 of the Local…

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For the Children. a Song for the Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 9

(The following lines were written for the Public School Amateur Athletic Association by Mr. H. E. Horne. M.L.C., and have been set to music by Mr. H. F. Treharne, superintendent of music in the…

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Bridge Shoot After All Union To Run It

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 3

Although the Council of the National Rifle Association failed to carry a suggestion for a two-days' £800 Bridge Opening prize shoot on Good…

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Ship Crushed by Bridge Coaster Damaged at Pyrmont

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 1

The North Coast steamer Tyalgum had her funnel, fore-rigging, and aft mast torn off when the swinging section of the…

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Crushed Like an Egg Battered Ship in Bridge Span

The Sun · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 3

BATTERED and crushed as though she had passed through the raking gunfire of powerful forts,…

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To See Bridge Opening[?] Crowds Due From New Zealand

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 6

New Zealanders are keen to see the Harbor Bridge opened, according to advice received yesterday by the Union…

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Ship Damaged. Strikes Pyrmont Bridge. Funnel and Mast Snapped Off

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 13

When the Pyrmont Bridge closed on the coastal steamer Tyalgum late last night, the funnel and after mast were snapped off, and two large ventilators were seriously damaged…

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Scaled Train But Hired Taxi Comedy of a Junee Prosecution

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 5

JUNEE, Friday.--Several men taken from a train this morning, and later charged with travelling without tickets, were fined 10 each, and a…

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Royal Show Special Display to Mark the Opening of the Bridge

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 3

Prospects for the Royal Easter Show, which will open on 21st March, are exceedingly bright. Early indications point to record entries in…

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Foreign 'Souvenir' Invasion While Home Industry Starves Japan and Germany Exploit Bridge Opening

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 7

OUR industrious friends, Fritz and O. Hara San, always ready to cut a commercial throat, have taken due note of the forthcoming opening of Sydney Harbor Bridge, and have laid their plans accordingly. Bridge souvenirs from both countries are already on the…

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Only Three Weeks' More to Run Competition Grows Keener for Bridge Week Guest Honor Fourth Round in Frock Selection

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 18

THE fourth week of our Country Bridge Week Guest Frock Competition finds most of our former…

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A Grade Railway Wins by an Innings

Nepean Times · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 3

Continuing with six wickets down for 89, in reply to Union's 51 Railway rained their score to 147, one man beaing absent. S. Simpson added ten…

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