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Railways, roads & transport, 1932

10,046 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 250

"Brigade" Blood Fire-fighting Sons of Firemen Cadets Train

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 6

Because boys often like to follow in their fathers' footsteps many of the lads selected for the Fire Brigade's new cadet corps…

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"Men Like These" Last Two Days at the Bridge Theatre

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 8

Never has such a realistic tale been told of the por[?] of the submarine…

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No Ferry Refunds Tickets Expire When Bridge Opens Service Ends

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 5

While Milson's Point ferries will cease on March 19, the day the Harbor Bridge opens, many season ticket-holders have…

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A Wouldn't Ship Rubber Masts for Harbor Bridge No Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 7

"Yo! Ho!" he whimpered. "A small bottle of raspberry cordial on a dead man 's chest " The masts of the Japanese training…

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Railway Losses and Motor Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 10

The secretary of the Modern Transport Federation of Australia (Mr. C. A. Gregory), commenting yesterday on the fact that Australian railsvay operations since 1914 had…

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Light Wanted Council Says It Is Railway Job

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 2

The Rosehill branch of the A.T.P. forwarded a letter to Granville Council on Tuesday evening from the Secretary for…

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The Railways

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 4

The financial position of the various Australian railways has for many years been drifting from bad to worse. Losses have accumulated at a…

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Blacktown Show Western District Rail-motor Refused Blacktown-Parramatta Strerch

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 6

WESTERN DISTRICT…

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From New York. Motor Ship Malaren Chartered

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 4

The Swedish motor ship Malaria has been chartered by the Commonwealth & Dominion Line to load at New York or Brisbane, Sydney,…

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New Milson's Point Railway Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 12

A view from the platform of the new railway station, showing its proximity to the Harbour Bridge. The station is now practically completed…

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District Court. (Before Judge Edwards and a jury of four.) Knocked Down by Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 5

The hearing was concluded of the action brought by Maud Williams, of Park-road, Paddington, against the Metropolitan Transport Trust for £75 damages for injuries…

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Motoring New Headlight Invention

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 6

At the invitation of the inventor a new device designed to make night driving safer and easier, especially on sinuous country roads, was tested The idea of…

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The Railways. Huge Deficits. Transport Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 10

The railway deficits of the various States during tlie last financial year totalled £14,765,000 Aggregate railway deficits, alloswing for certain losses made good by the…

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Woman Killed by Tram. Large Sum of Money in Bag

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 10

An elderly woman, whose identity the police were unable to establish, was struck and fatally injured by a tram in Parramatta-road, Annandale, yesterday. In her handbag was…

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Motor Chassis Canada-u.k. Imports

The Sun · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 15

Canada's quota of imports of motor chassis into Australia in 1931 represented only 1.62 per cent, of the total number and 0.96 per cent…

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Straying Horse Tramples Boy Kurri

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 6

WHEN a straying horse wandered into Kurri public school grounds yesterday, it knocked down Herbert…

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Victim of Tram Gets £50 Damages

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 4

A VERDICT for £50 was returned by the jury in the District Court yesterday, in the case in which Maud…

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£200 Found on Body of Old Woman Killed By Tram At Annandale UNIDENTIFIED

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 5

When the body of an old woman, who had been killed by a tram, was being examined at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital…

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Boon for Boilermakers Tramway Union Funds Newcastle, Wednesday. Embezzlement Charge

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 5

No fewer than 80 members of the Newcastle Boilermakers' Society have received work as the result of the docking of the steamer Newton Elm at At the Central Police Court yesterday the hearing of the charge of embezzling funds amounting to over £6000, against Christian. Theodore…

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Big Move to Take Railway's Out of Hands of the People Wage Slashing Is Motive Rail Heads' Sinister Admission More Niemeyerism Unfolded At Parleys Fear People

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 February 1932 · page 6

A big move to take control of the railways of the Commonwealth and the States out of the reach of Governments, and vest…

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