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Railways, roads & transport, 1932

10,046 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 250

Motorship Esquilino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 16

The Italian motor liner squillno, which arrived late last night from Genoa, will berth early this morning at No. 5 wharf, Walsh Bay…

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Motor Boating. N.S.W. Championship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 16

The annual New South Wales speedboat championship will take place under the auspices of the Port Hacking Club, at Lilli Pilli to-morrow. Entries, are:—J.H.M., (J. H. McFarlanc), Truant…

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Conciliation Committees. Drillers in Railway Workshops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 6

Application was made by the Amalgamated Engineering Union to the Government Railways and Tramways (Engneers, etc.) concillation committee that jun[?] drillers at the…

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Quarter Sessions. (Before Judge Armstrong.) (Mr. McKean, K.C., Senior Crown Prosecutor.) Stole Motor Cars

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 6

Albert Johnson, 27, a baker, pleaded guilty to six charges of motor car thefts. He was remanded for sentence till to-day. BOUND OVER…

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Boy Jammed Between Motor Cars

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

A remarkable accident occurred at Paddington last night when a 14-year-old boy was jammed between a motor car, which was in reverse, and a stationary car…

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Tram and Steam Roller. Conductor Thrown Off Footboard

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

Trams were delayed for a considerable time in George-street West yesterday afternoon, when a conductor was thrown from the footboard thiough coming into contact with a…

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--: Motoring :-- Footwork Clutch Operations Counted

The Sun · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 7

How much legwork is necessary to operate the clutch of a car under ordinary driving conditions was shown by an experiment…

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Motor Cyclists Fined

The Propeller · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 3

Sidney Wing and Albert Edward Wing were each fined £1 and 8- costs for riding a motor cycle at Hurstville without an efficient silencer attached,…

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Manslaughter Charge. Lilli Pilli Motorist for Trial

The Propeller · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 1

The City Coroner last Friday committed Victor Thomas Roberts, of Lilli Pilli, for trial on a charge of manslaughter at the conclusion of an…

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Motor Boating. N.s.w. Speedboat Championship

The Propeller · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 8

The New South Wales speedboat championship will take place at Lilli Pilli, Port Hacking this season under the auspices of the Port Hacking Club. The following boats…

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Motor Tyres in Summer

The Propeller · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 8

With hot weather, tyres, and especially those which have been in use for some time, or which are well worn, require careful attention to guard against…

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Hints to Motorists. Fan Belt

The Propeller · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 8

A slipping fan belt can frequently be made to perform properly by reversing it…

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Reduction of Railway Fares

The Propeller · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 4

At this week's meeting of Kogarah Council a letter was received from the Kogarah Progress Association suggesting that members of Parliament should…

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Injured by Motor Car

The Propeller · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 4

At about midnight last Saturday Dick Allen, aged 23 years, of English Street, Kogarah, was knocked down by a motor car in Prince's Highway,…

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Knocked Down by Motor Cycle

The Propeller · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 4

Last Saturday night a man named W. Molloy, aged 58 years, of View Street, Arncliffe, was knocked down by a motor cycle at the corner of Forest Road and…

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Motor Cycling at the Velodrome

The Labor Daily · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 7

On Saturday night, at the Canterbury Velodrome it has been decided to hold motor cycling events. The programme consists of over 16…

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Help for the Motorist the Safe Driver

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 6

Have you ever asked yourself whether you are a good and safe driver? 1. The good, driver has a high degree of self-control at all times…

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Some Tram!

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 4

Ten bullet-like streamlined trams, with a top speed of 100 miles per hour, are at present running on a thirteen-mile suburban line at Philadelphia. They…

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Motors (Collide Drivers' Narrow Escape

The Biz · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 1

A motor lorry, driven by Mr. G. Swirney, of Pevensey-st., Canley Vale, collided with a motor car driven by Hugh McPherson, of…

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"Waterloo Bridge."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1932 · page 10

Mae Clarke and Kent Douglas impersonate the principal characters in the film "Waterloo Bridge." which is now being shown in the Sydney suburban theatres…

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