Puffs, Pars & Personals Australia's Funniest Train
Hard as was the trek to The Granites, those who rushed there were at least spared the preliminary misery of a trip on Australia's most comical express…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1933
8,894 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250
"Ghost Train" Doing Splendidly St. James and Mayfair Attractions
MAYFAIR: "The Ghost Train" with Jack Hulbert, Cicely Court neldge Angela Baddeley. St. JAMES: "Smllin" Through,"…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Boy Electrocuted Wire on Road Severed by Lightning
Coming in contact with a live wire after a violent storm on December 15 Alwyn Ivor Rutherford (9), of Hampstead-road, Auburn was electrocuted in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Road Accidents Britain Tackles the Problem London
AS a sequel to conferences [?] between the Ministry of Transport and various hoad users organisations a new…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Better Roads Scheme for City Hagon Can Get Money Will Inspect
THE Lord Mayor (Aid. Hagon) told a deputation from city unemployed today that he knew that he could…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Was Pedestrian" Motorist's Defence
"I was a pedestrian at the time I was asked to produce my license." That was Valentine Percy Adams defence at the Parramatta Police Court…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motorist's Mistake Auburn Man Seriously Injured
Forgetting that it was still in forward gear, George Sydney Midgley (31), Harrow-road, Auburn, began cranking the engine of his motor lorry last week,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girl Injured Motorist Went On
While crossing Western-road. Pendle Hill near her home, Tuesday afternoon Melba Berthong (12) was knocked down by a car travelling towards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Most Dangerous" Intoxicated Motorists License Suspended
"A motor car in the hands of a drunken man or a man unable to control it, is most dangerous. And for that reason, these offences cannot be…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Two Assaulted Railway Officers Court Sequel
Charged with having assaulted Hilton Broad Odewahn at Parramatta on December 31, Francis Thomas McGinty (35) pleaded guilty at the Parramatta Police…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motoring Memos
IT should be remembered that drivers of high-powered cars, even if they drive fast, can generally do so in safety because of modern efficient brakes and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motors and Motoring Motor Cycling Benefit Meeting at Wentworth Oval Speedway
A BENEFIT meeting organised at Wentworth Oval Speedway by the combined Wentworth and Speedway Royal managements for Mrs. B. Brennan, on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor 'Buses Purchase Money Went Outside of Empire
Figured supplied by the Minister for Transport indicate that Empire sentiment was not a big factor in the negotiations by metropolitan bus…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motorship Damaged. Struck Uncharted Reef
The British motorship Olivebank (5254 tons gross) is now proceeding to Rabaul with her forepeak full of water, according to a wireless message received in Sydney yesterday by the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Unions. Railway Dismissals
Mr. W. P. J. Skelton, general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, commenting yesterday on the proposed railway dismissals, said that the dismissals were…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →REORGANISATION. Railway Service. Scheme Launched. Important Changes
The new railway administration, headed by the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan), with Mr. F. C. Garside as Assistant…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →200 New Trams. Corridor Type. Tender for £211,000 ACCEPTED
The Commissioner for Tramways (Mr. S. A. Maddocks) announced last night that the tender of the Clyde Engineering Co., Ltd., for the construction of 200 tramcar bodies of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Search for Motorist. Police Expect to Make Arrest
The driver of a motor car which knocked down Melba Berthong, 12, of Western-road, Pendle Hills, on Tuesday, failed to stop. Detective Flint, of the Parramatta Police, has…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Cycling. Van Praag Returning
[?] van Praag, the great Sydney dirt track [?] who performed brilliantly last season at the [?] Speedway, has been engaged to race at [?] track on Saturday night, when he will…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motor Car's Plunge Into Stormwater Channel
When travelling along Clarke-road, North Sydney, late yesterday afternoon, this motor car skidded, knocked down a tree-guard, and landed in the storm water channel…
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