Motor Taxes Are Reduced Concession for Primary Producers
Hitherto a reduction in tax has been allowed in connection with certain motor vehicles used solely for carting farm produce, but the concession was restricted to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1933
8,894 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250
Another Bridge Death
A MAN, aged about 55, supposed to be William Donald Heskett, according to papers found in his pockets, sprang over the Harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bridge Suicide Nearly Hit Police Launch Cripple's Crutches Thrown Over
A ONE-LEGGED man who jumped from Sydney Harbor Bridge last night missed striking a police launch by a few…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Roads Over Deserts of Antiquity Prehistoric Path Across Sinai Traffic of Three Continents El Arise
FOR several years the various automobile associations of Europe have been trying to emulate the Geneva spirit and to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Moorefield Carlton Mile. Dirty Work at Cross-road Prowler Pinched the Prize Pronto "Son" Didn't Miss the Sun
"THERE'LL be dirty work at the cross-roads to-night" Meaning the cross-roads up Kogarah way, for "Son" Mackinnon landed a tasty little trifle when his "dark-horse," Prowler, pounced on the first prize in the second spasm of the Carlton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Truth About Motors New Type Engine Remarkable Results By German Invention High Speed, Two Stroke; Oil Fuel
FUNDAMENTALLY the internal combustion engine as applied to automobiles has undergone little change during the last quarter of a century. IT has not been for the want of trying, for many of the world's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fall From Bridge
While Sergeant Slaney and Constable Noldart were passing under the Harbour Bridge on Saturday evening in a police patrol launch a crippled man was seen falling through the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Easy Road Crowded
The easy roads are crowded, And the level roads are jammed; The pleasant little rivers With the drifting folks are crammed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Model Aeroplane Flies 88 Secs. Sixty-one Entries in Cup Contest
Sixty-one boys entered their model planes in the Model Flying Club of Australia's January contest for the Angus and Coote Cup, at Watson's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train Fatality. Woman's Terrible Injuries. LITHGOW
The terribly mutilated body of Miss Mary Ann Dyer, 43, a resident of Lithgow for many years, was found on the railway line about five miles from Lithgow, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bridge Victim's Income Crutches Thrown Over After Tragedy
Sergeant Slaney and Constable Noldart, of the Water Police, have learned that William Donald Haskett, 42, a one-legged returned soldier, who…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Lithgow Teacher Killed Fell From Train at Newnes Junction
Believed to have fallen from a train near the entrance of the first tunnel at Newnes Junction, five miles from Lithgow, on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Police Saw Bridge Victim Fall Maimed Man Went to Death
Cruising in a police launch on Saturday night, Sergeant Slaney and Constable Noldart saw a man hurtle from the Bridge and fall into the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Suggestions of Foul Play in 24Th Case Crutches of Bridge Victim Thrown in Water Was Cripple Picked Up Alive, But Died on Way to Hospital
WILLIAM DONALD HASKETT, 42. single, a one-legged returned soldier, crashed from the Harbor Bridge on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death Diary of Motorist Entries as Gases Poisoned Him His Last Hour
A commercial traveller, seated at the steering wheel of his ear under a tree at High Beach, Epping Forest, Essex, wrote a death diary while fumes from his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Motor World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A.
In December, 777 new members joined the N.R.M.A., which provides a further indication of the fact that the motor industry in New South Wales is steadily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Accidents. Child Struck by Car
Gwen Halfacree, aged 4, of Permanentavenue, Earlwood, was knocked down by a motor car near her home about midday on Saturday. She suffered a fractured left thigh,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Riverina Railways. Conference at Jerilderie. JERILDERIE
A conference was held at Jerilderie yesterday to consider the extension of Victorian railways into Riverina and to urge that this should apply to the Tocumwal-Narrandera…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Cycling. Speedway Royale. International Match Race
For the first time for a long period, so it was stated at the conclusion of the international match at the Speedway Royale on Saturday evening, the Wembley Lions, champions of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Railway Alteration
Commencing next week, there will be an alteration in the train service on the Rand branch. The mixed train from Culcairn at 7.15 a.m. to Rand will run on Tuesdays, and…
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