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Railways, roads & transport, 1933

8,894 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Motoring Airwheels Are Here Only 16lbs. Pressure Goodyear's New Comfort

The Sun · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 13

Developed from low-pressure wheels, fitted as landing gear for aeroplane, Goodyear Airwheels for motor vehicles will be available in…

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Motor Boating St. George Club

The St George Call · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 2

The above club will hold its usual races on Saturday on the Club’s course Kogarah Bay, which will comprise C Class, 3 heats, 2 miles, for…

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Fatal Accident. Boy Killed by Motor Car

The Propeller · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 3

After alighting from a bus opposite his home in Port Hacking Road, Sylvania, last night, John Talbot, aged nine years, was fatally injured by a…

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Brighton Tram Service

The Propeller · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 3

Two proposals to link Brighton-le-Sands with other suburbs have been submitted to the Rockdale Council by the Brighton Ratepayers and Citizens'…

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Hints to Motorists. Watch Your Badge

The Propeller · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 7

Many radiators are damaged by having badges, insignia, etc., improperly installed. The less one fastens to a radiator the better. If a badge is…

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Another Big Asset Is Marked Vested Interests May Get Huge Land Grant Railway Plan Canberra, Thurs

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 7

FOLLOWING its senseless plan to give the national assets to vested interests, the Federal Government is continuing its…

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Champion of World Is Fined Crack Motor Cyclist Was Speeding in the City No License

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 7

THE law has no respect for persons, as was amply demonstrated at Central Court yesterday when the world champion…

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Imported Tramway Gears Protest by Australian Manufacturers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 10

The Automotive Manufacturers' Association of N.S.W. has protested against the Government's placing of an order abroad for tramway gears…

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An Eyesore to Be Removed Promise by Railway Department

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 12

The unsightly poppet heads, cranes, and buildings erected some years ago near the Shakespeare Memorial opposite the main entrance…

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Railway Has a Soft Heart Sent the Children Home to Bed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 12

The official heart of the Railway Department has been touched by the spectacle of children having to stay up after their regular bed-time…

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Motorist Fined

The Biz · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 2

Charged With driving a car while under the influence of liquor, Albert Edwin Bamford (53), baker, of Queen-street, Auburn, was fined £15…

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Campers Under Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 7

Following the dispersing of an unemployed camp under the railway bridge at North Strathfield on Wednesday, 13 men were sentenced to…

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Cheap Train Fares

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 3

For the Australia Day holiday next Thursday the Railway Department announces cheap trips to the country and excursion facilities for…

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The Train for Nowhere

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 1

Ex-pony trainers are complaining bitterly about their lot. They declare that their chances of ever winning a race with their…

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Train Excursions. City and Country

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 14

The Railway Department announced yesterday that train excursion trips to the country had been arranged for Australia Day on Thursday next…

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Cheap Train Trips for Australia Day Holiday

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 6

In connection with the Australia Day holiday on Thursday next, the Railway Department announces cheap train trips to the country, and…

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"Poison Train?" Anxiety at Mackay Mackay

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 8

What are regarded as the effects of the activities of a railway "poison train" are causing considerable anxiety throughout the district…

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Daisy's Dilemma Might Have Had a Train Ride

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 7

The spectacle of a Jersey cow boarding an electric train, provided some amusement at Meadowbank yesterday…

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William Cox Road-maker of the Early Days

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 6

In an article, in the "Australasian," on "Bathurst," "Merrigal" has the foll[?]oying—William Cox's reward for his…

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New South Wales Railways Are Worth Only £100,000,000 Let Stevens Show His Brains As an Accountant Write Off At Least £30,000,000 Cost For Political Bungling Stop Sweating Rank and File to Pay Excessive Capital Charges The True Road To Efficient Service

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 6

RAILWAYS throughout the world have become a financial nightmare. But in this year of adjustment, there IS a chance for New South Wales to reconstruct its railways financially as a solid asset, and not a discreditable burden. With that reconstruction, the State Railway Service can be changed into an efficient…

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