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Railways, roads & transport, 1933

8,894 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250

Motoring. Teams' Race

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 16

The Light Car Club has practically completed arrangements for the Brooklands teams relay race, which will be held at Maroubra Speedway on Thursday, January 26, in aid of the children…

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Dismissal of Railway Porters. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 12

Fourteen porters who have reached the age of 21 without qualifying in any particular sphere of railway work are to be dismissed, according to the district…

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Police Seek Motorist

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 13

The police have so far failed to trace a motorist, who, it is alleged, knocked down George West (28), of Berry-street, North Sydney, on…

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Washaways on Railways Illawarra Line Hold-up Using Buses

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 1

Reports received by the Railway Department indicate that in many places where the rain was exceptionally heavy, there…

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Bourke-darwin Railway Project Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 4

REFERRING to the proposition to build a railway from Bourke to link up with the Birdim-Darwin line, the Minister for the Interior, Mr…

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Sydney Man Dies in Car Smash Two Others Injured; Motor Burnt

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Monday. --The driver was killed and two seriously injured when a single-seater car returning to N.S.W. swerved off the…

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Bourke to Darwin £15,000,000 Railway Taken Seriously Local Money

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.-- A reply to unfavorable comment in London on the building of a railway from…

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Offer Expected for Trams Experiments with Trolley Buses

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 1

For some weeks conferences have been proceeding among a group of investors representing English capital. with the object of making the…

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Reforms on the Trams

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 8

Marrickville Council last night decided to co-operate with Lane Cove in urging the Transport Commissioner to institute season tickets on…

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Nine Die in Fury of the South Coast Storm Fear of Further Fatalfties Family Overwhelmed by Midnight Torrent Landslide Kills Boy Car Swept From Road: Driver Missing

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 1

The storm that brought death to nine on the South Coast may have claimed other victims. Holiday and unemployment camps were dotted about beaches and gullies, where huge landslides…

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The Song of the Railway Train

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 3

CLACKETY-CLACK, clackety-clack, off again on the homeward track; Scorning the daylight's shimmering heat. Tearing along with rhythmical beat,…

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Additional Hornsby Train

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 4

Commencing on Monday, an additional train will leave Central for Hornsby, via Strathfield, at 8.3 a.m., Mondays to Fridays. It will call at…

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Diversion of Main Road Funds

The Sun · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 13

A vigorous protest against the diversion by the State Government of £200,000 from the main roads funds to consolidated revenue, was…

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The Irish Free State at the Cross Roads

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 4

To-day the Irish Free State is being asked definitely whether it wishes to stay in the Empire, and share in the prestige and benefits that the connection confers, or whether it will elect to follow Mr. Devilera to wherever he imagines…

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Motor Cycling Classics Strong Interstate Entries For Phillip Island

Referee · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 24

There has never been a better interstate entry for either of the Met Australian motorcycle classics—the Grand Prix and tho Tourist Trophy—…

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Railway Workers Branch. Organiser's Report. H. O'shea

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 20

Since last reporting I have visited the following districts: Canberra, Kiandra, Wagga, Gundagai and Yass. At Canberra things are very quiet; just a bit of relief…

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AUTOMOTIVES Passenger and Utility Vehicles. Motoring Terms Defined

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 5

Development in motoring has brought into use many words that are indispensable to motorists, but in many cases the terms are not thoroughly understood by motor owners. A few of them are defined in the following list. ADVANCE: The spark is said to be…

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The Statute of Motoring Liberty Happy Annual Commemoration of Historic Run to Brighton November 14, 1896, is a memorable day in the annals of British motoring, for then it Was that the Locomotives on Highways Act came into force and automobiles Were allowed to be driven at speeds up to fourteen miles an hour

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 43

UNKIND foreigners have expressed the opinion that Britishers are the slaves of tradition and are too prone to live in the past, but without troubling either to confirm or to deny that…

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Tramway Tests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 15

On January 29 the first interstate Tramway championship will be decided at Coogee Acquarium. New South Wales playing Victoria. The following team will represent New South Wales: Goal. M. MrCuro…

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WHEAT. Record Traffic. on the Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 11

It was announced yesterday that the record wheat traffic carried on the railways up to the end of December had since been maintained…

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