Casualties. Fatal Train Accident
Sydney Thompson, a railway employee, of Rozelle, was fatally injured yesterday morning when he was struck by an electric train near Stanmore railway station, where he was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1932
10,046 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 250
Bridge Theatre—"keepers of Youth."
It is announced that "Keepers of Youth" and the comedy. "Tilly of Bloomsbury." will be the chief pictures at the Bridge Theatre to-day. These will be shown for a week, and will be followed on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Harbour Bridge Workshops Being Demolished
Looking from the base of the north-western pylon to wards the Dorman, Long bridge workshops, now being demolished. It has been suggested that this area might be utilised as a park…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Bridge. Melbourne Visitors. Melbourne
About 1400 persons have already booked at the Tourist Bureau or the Spencer-street station for the special express trains to Sydney for the opening of the Harbour Bridge. One…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bridge Fares Definitely Fixed. WYNYARD-WAVERTON
The full adult railway fares over the Harbour Bridge between Waverton, North Sydney, or Milson's Point, and Wynyard stations were gazetted yesterday. They will be as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Killed by Train on Stanmore Line
KNOCKED down and dragged along by a train on the Stanmore line yesterday, Sidney Thompson 28, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Western Road Cox's Weatherboard Hut
After Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth, in 1813, first found a way [?]cross the Blue Mountains platean, deputy surveyor G. W. Evans…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fell Off Bridge But Not Into Life Job
WHEN Victor Roy Kelly fen of the Harbor Bridge, a distance of 182ft, into the Harbor, on October 23, 1930, and escaped with a fractured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pay More Travellers From North Shore Bridge Fares
THE scale of railway fares fixed for travelling across the Harbor Bridge, between Waverton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.S.W. News in Brief Bridge Boycott
Anglican Bishops in all parts of the country are advocating a boycott of the Sydney Harbor Bridge celebrations, because they open in Holy Week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flooded Again Lower Town Area Extensive Damage to Roads
The lower town area of Penrith suffered another inundation on Tuesday morning, when 467 points of rain fell in less than three hours…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rush for Trains to Sydney Victorian Visitors to See Bridge
MELBOURNE, Friday.--If the present rate of booking continues it is likely that more than 2500 people will leave Melbourne by special and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dived Under Train Lottery Ticket in His Hand Tragic End
With a lottery ticket clutches in his hand, William J. Magney, 35, grocer of Milton St. Granville leaped to death under an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Banned Picture At The Bridge. "Keepers of Youth" Opens To-day
Following the action of the Victorian film oensor, Professor Osborne, in banning "Keepers of Youth," the Bridge Theatre…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wealth of the States to Be Shown Bridge Visitors Official Plans
IN a statement issued yesterday, Mr. M. A, Davidson, Minister for Works, and doputy-chairman of the Harbor Bridge organising committee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Toll Bridge for Brisbane Dorman, Long May Get Contract Brisbane
The scheme to construct a central toll-bridge at Kangaroo Point and a traffic viaduct at Ivory Street will bo considered by the directors of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.s.w.'s Lead to the States Motor Transit and Railways A.-g.'s View
STRONG approval of the action of the New South Wales Government in drastically curtailing motor, competition, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →History of Australia in Flowers Colorful Pageants for Bridge Day Floral Floats
With Australia's colorful history, crystallised in tableaux, and with floral, displays as full of light and fantasy as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road to England Jockey's Hope for Phar Lap Done Well London
Mr. D. J. Davis, part owner, is seriously considering sending Phar Lap to England, possibly for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Autumn Will Disco Ver the Winner of "Smith's" Bridge Week Frock Contest One Week To Go, and Heat Winners Line Up For the Final Details of This Competition Stated
WHILE our woman readers have been exercising their ingenuity in describing in successive issues their choice of one of the four exclusive models featured in the fashion page, the vogue is passing from the mid-summer frock to the autumn coat with its severer…
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