Social Side lights. Invalid Plays Bridge
ALTHOUGH still unable to move about much after her accident, Mrs. Ada Holman is able to receive her friends and relieve the monotony…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1933
8,894 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250
New Motor-ship Breaks Record Wanganella Also Brings Brothers Together
The new Huddart, Parker motor ship Wanganella arrived here yesterday afternoon, after a 31 days' trip from Belfast--a world's record…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thelma Wins Como Bridge Cup
Only three boats faced the starter for the Como Bridge Cup, contested under the auspices of the George's River Motor Boat Club at Oatley to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dead Body on Road Broken Hill
A letter and a gun were found lying alongside Sydney John Burchell, 34, whose dead body was picked up on the Menindle Road, 16 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Horseman Hurt Fatally Crash with Taxi on Road
ORANGE, Sunday.--Ernest William Agland, 29, of Lucknow, was fatally injured in a road smash last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seven Injured in Car Smash Capsize on Country Road
MURWILLUMBAH, Sunday.-- Seven were injured to-day when a car capsized on the Murwillumbah-Tweed Heads road near Stott's Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Accidents. Motor Cyclist Killed
Cecil Ernest William Flegg, 24, a mllkcarter, employed by the Dairy Farmers' Milk Co, Ltd., of Ultimo, was killed on Saturday night, when his motor cycle skidded and overturned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brighton Railway. New Electrified System. Trains Attain Speed of 75 MILES. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Dec. 30
A speed of more than 75 miles an hour was reached during the inauguration on the Southern Railway Company's new all-electric route to Brighton to-day. The service will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ex-postman's Tramp From Melbourne to Sydney IN 14 DAYS
Mr. Robert Frederick Willis, a retired postman, aged 65, arrived at Sydney on Saturday afternoon after walking from Melbourne in 14 days. He started from the Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Do Railways Make Wars?
This is a very intriguing subject at the present time, especially in Manchuria. Railways are, of course, among the blessings of civilisation…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Community Motor Camp
A yo-yo competition, arranged for participants in the ten-day community camp organised by Nock and Kirby, Ltd., at Lake Illawarra…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Out at Sixty Tramway Inspectors' Service
Two bright young men of 60 retired from the tramway service on Saturday, not because they had lost their "punch," but owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To-day's Tram Services
The Commissioner for Tramways advises that the time-tables in force to-day will be similar to week days with exceptions as advertised…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Swallowed Her Tram Ticket Newcastle
"SHOW your ticket!" d[?]anded an inspector of a small girl in a Scott Street tram yesterday afternoon. [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Smart Trick Revealed Theft of Motor Cars Sold a Pup
A SMART trick in which the owners of stolen cars were later sold the tyres, stripped from another stolen vehicle, has been discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Men Hurt Motor Cycle & Bicycle in Collision Newcastle
Walter James Rutherford, 20, of 45 Wolfe Street, Newcastle, and Thomas Hall, 46, of Young Wallsend, were involved in a collision between a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trams for To-day
The tramway time-tables in force to-day will be similar to week days, with exceptions as advertised in this issue. Special services of trams will be run to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Year Honor Snub for Stevens State Premier's Recommendations Are Ignored By The Imperial Authorities Walder Gets Knighthood But Others Miss Small Federal List Gullett Becomes a sir Irony Of Bridge-Builders
THE paucity of the New Year honors granted to New South Wales is regarded in political circles as a slap in the the face for the Premier, Mr. Stevens, from die Imperial authorities. Of the four knighthoods which he is understood to have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cut to Pieces When Train Hits Trolley Two Leap From Bridge; One Trapped
When an excursion train from Sydney crashed into a rail trolley on which he and two companions were riding,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vic. Schoolgirls See Bridge
On their first Christmas vacation tour, 37 Victorian schoolgirls arrived in Sydney this morning, and a few hours afterwards began an…
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