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Railways, roads & transport, 1933

8,894 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 250

Far West Health Train Travelling Centre May Be Inspected

The Sun · Sunday 5 February 1933 · page 20

The Far West Children's Health Scheme Travelling Baby Health Centre-- a railway carriage-- which was brought to Sydney at the end of last…

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"I Had To Pull the Trigger Twice..." Couldn't Have One Another: Decided to Suicide Amazing Story Of Married Man and Girl Of Twenty-Four Revolver: and Long Tramp to Harbor Bridge

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1933 · page 12

THE surging melancholy of two separated souls dramatised to an almost unbearable pain was told in an astounding story which held the little Kogarah Court spellbound on Friday. WILLIAM MASSEY REED, a married man, of 26, is alleged to have fired a revolver…

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Bridge Was Boon to Thieves But N. Sydney Police Captured the Lot

The Sun · Sunday 5 February 1933 · page 6

Although districts on the northern side of the Harbor have been systematically "worked" by thieves since the opening of the Bridge. North…

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What to Do When Towing Safety First Is the Motto Rules of Road

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1933 · page 11

IT is important that drivers of motor-vehicles should carefully observe the provisions of the regulations dealing with the…

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Truth About Motors Not an Even Brake! Fierce Federal Duty Threatens Automobile Safety

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1933 · page 11

WHILE most motorists are conversant with taxation in one form or another, few realise that the safety of vehicles, passengers, and other road users is being jeopardised by reason of the extraordinarily heavy duty levied on brake…

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Dunningham's "Donkey" Trims Them An Astute Little Lady Motor No New Season Model

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1933 · page 2

JACK DUNNINGHAM has had a big job squeezing a race out of Astute, but as Jack is Minister for Labor and Industry he doesn't mind having, to work hard. YESTERDAY Astute crowned a hitherto disappointing career on…

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A Tramping Holiday In Korea

The Sun · Sunday 5 February 1933 · page 30

"WELL! That's the last of Manchuria--thanks be!"--thus a Canadian fellow- passenger, as our train pulled out of Antung station and crossed the Korean frontier. He was a little, nervous man, whose natural, excitability had been stimulated by his having undergone a bandit-organised…

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Beaten In The Last Twenty Yards Motor Was Outstayed by Astute

The Sun · Sunday 5 February 1933 · page 44

MOTOR, who was sent out a hot favorite, attempted to lead all the way in the Maiden Handicap at…

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Aerodrome Ambulance Gala

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 5

A gala for the benefit of the Aerodrome Ambulance Corps which is a voluntary organisation, was held at the Mascot Aerodrome on Saturday. Besides displays by leading airmen,…

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OPPOSED Tolls on Roads

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 2

"We simply must get the money somewhere or the place will go to pieces," said Dr. F. Antill Pockley, a member of the Kuring-gat Chase Trust, at a…

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Two Under Train Remarkable Escape

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 6

A young woman and a child has a remarkable escape from death at Walton Station, England, recently, when the engine of a train passed right over them…

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Rough Road to Disarmament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 8

The Geneva Conference has before it plans for the limitation of armaments formulated by various Powers who, while agreeing in broad principle, differ…

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Killed on Road Victims of Hit-run Motorists Two Dead

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Hit-run motorists claimed two victims in Melbourne last night, a man and a woman…

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City Currents. Diversions of Traffic. Influences of Bridge and Railway. (By Our Speacial Reporter.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 8

The Sydney Harbour Bridge has upset the businesses of a lot of people. It was inevitable. The bridge connotes the railway. Traffic currents have been altered by them—turned into…

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Fatal Fall From Train. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 10

The Coroner (Mr. J. A. Bamber) returned a verdict of accidental death, after inquiring into the finding of the body of Mary Ann Dyer, 44, near the mouth of the railway tunnel at…

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Riverina Main Road. Finley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 8

Mr. T. H. Upton, Assistant Commissioner of the New South Wales Main Roads Board, after traversing the routes and taking evidence, announced that the board would not only…

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Passengers Jump Through Windows Broken Rail Causes Train Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 8

GILGANDRA, Saturday.--Panic-stricken passengers dived through carriage windows when a train was derailed between Curban and…

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Bridge Toll Revision Is Needed, Says N.r.m.a

The Sun · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 11

The official returns covering Sydney Harbor Bridge vehicular traffic are cited by the N.R.M.A. as Justifying the Immediate revision of the…

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Dairying Lands to Be Developed. £300,000 for Roads and Clearing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 9

Relief work, costing more than £300,000, and to be carried out during the next 18 months, will be undertaken to develop an area of nearly 700,000 acres in the upper valleys…

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Floods. North Queensland. Train Services Held Up. Torrential Rain. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 9

Many rivers are in high flood following more torrential rain on the far north coast. At Innisfail, where 19 inches has fallen in three days, residents in low-lying areas have…

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