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Railways, roads & transport, 1933

8,894 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

Railway Works Department Reorganisation in Progress

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 7

The senior officers of the railways way and works branch, more generally known as the permanent way department, have been rearranged…

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Works in Tram Depots Rhodes Scholar Is Learning

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 8

THE Rhodes scholar for this year, Mr. Jan McShane, of Cremorne, is spending his six months' vacation from the University working in…

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Baby Car Under Motor Lorry Two Occupants Were Slightly Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 7

A baby car ran under the chassis of a five-ton motor lorry at the corner of Boomerang Street and Haig Avenue, City, last night, and two…

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Railway Men's Application Objection by A.r.u Not Upheld

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 4

WHEN hearing, was resumed yesterday of the application by the National Union of Railwaymen of Australia for…

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Calls Criticism Unfortunate Metal Trades' Chief on Tram Gears

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1933 · page 7

"Criticism of the Transport Board, with reference to the manufacture of gears for the new tram cars, is unfortunate, and has been possibly…

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Bridge Party

South Sydney Sentinel · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

You will notice mention of a, bridge tournament in the Bulletin. Bridge players looking for a good night’s conquest should go along and try their…

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Parewell Bridge Party

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 4

Miss Betty Meads was b[?] with her father, Mr. Harry Meads, at an enjoyable farewell bridge evening on Tuesday [?] last for Miss Sorah Moss, who [?]ts…

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Club Notes. Slow Driving and Narrow Roads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 5

While appreciating the fact that many pleasure-seeking motorists desire to proceed at a leisurely pace, the R.A.C.A. would remind slow drivers that it is their duty to leave a…

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The Land and the Producer Open Road to Victoria Border Railways For Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 4

The agitation is growing in Riverina for an extension of the principle of Victorian border railways into N.S.W. to give…

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New Aeroplane With Paddle Wings. German Inventor's Claim. London, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 9

A message from Berlin says that Adolf Rohrbach, of the Rohrbach Aeroplane Company, has designed an aeroplane without a propeller, which he claims will revolutionise…

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Act of Maniac Attempt To Derail Train

The Sun · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 22

Police believe that the attempt to derail a passenger train near Blaxland station on Saturday evening was the work of a maniac…

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Rosebank College, Harris Road, Five Dock

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 18

On another page there will be noticed an attractive picture of the well-known. Rosebank College, Harris-road, Five Dock, in charge of the Sisters of the…

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Cast From High Bridge Babe Recovering; Mother's End

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 11

Dorothy Halstead, aged 3, who, with her mother, Kathleen Halstead, fell 80ft. from a wall in High Street, into Hickson Road, Miller's Point, on…

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Fell From Train Aged Woman Hurt at Clyde

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 2

While stepping off a stationary train at Clyde railway station on Monday, Marjorie Golman, aged 73, of Eleanor-street, Granville, fell and struck her head on…

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Alps Road The Highest Through Route in the Commonwealth

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 13

"THE high road across the Australian Alps is the highest through road in the Commonwealth," states the tourist officer of the Royal Automobile Club of…

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Safeguards Urged for "Suicide Bridge" Danger to General Public "Safety First"

The Labor Daily · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 6

THE appalling list of suicides from the Harbor Bridge is fast earning that noble structure the name of "Suicide Bridge." To my mind it is a scandal that no attempt is being made by the State Government to prevent d continuance of these awful tragedies…

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Granville District News Overhead Bridge Girders Are Rusted Will Cost £152

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 2

The Railway Department has notified Granville Council that the steel girders of the overhead bridge on the eastern end of the…

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Widening of Sydney Road Board Says Money Will Be Spent Elsewhere

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 2

The Main Reads Board has informed Granville Council that owing to the council's decision to withdraw the offer to pay…

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A Personal Letter To Our Many Patrons, 136 Botany Road, Botany, Jan. 17, 1933

South Sydney Sentinel · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 4

Dear Friends,— We begin this year with a genuine feeling of appreciation for your consistent patronage during 1932 which…

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