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Railways, roads & transport, 1933

8,894 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 250

A Pack-horse Country Road Revolution in the North

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 10

UP in the wild country towards the head of the Richmond and Clarence Rivers, in the north of N.S.W. settlers will rejoice…

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Will Train 1400 Boys Committee Moves to Reduce Idleness Giving Jobs

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 10

One thousand four hundred boys will be placed in technical colleges and trade schools throughout the State…

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MOTORS v. RAILWAYS Indian Recommendations To Solve Problem CALCUTTA

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 14

The inquiry into road and railway competition in India is the subject of an official report which was issued to-day…

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Over Two Feet of Rain; Still Showery Train Gets Through to Innisfail

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday. -- The weather at Tully, which has had 28 inches of rain since Wednesday, is still showery…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Tuesday, February 7, 1933. the City and the Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 8

"Trade follows the currents, values follow the trade." So wrote the author of that interesting special article which appeared yesterday in the…

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Crash At Level Crossing Train Hits Tractor Desperate Efforts By Farmer Was Too Late

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 11

BATHURST, Tuesday. NO. 34, the fastest goods train from the west to Sydney, was derailed, a…

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Tram Windows Shattered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 10

When a city-bound tram was travelling along Ramsay-street. Haberfield, late last night, the windows in the rear compartment were shattered. The conductor declared that…

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Railway Thefts Alleged. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 10

Following inquiries into recent robberies on the railway at East and West Maitland, the police arrested five men. James Murray, 30, John Dunne, 28, and William Taylor, 28, were…

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FLOODS. Railway Lines Under Water. Further Rainfalls. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 9

Train services are still interrupted in North Queensland as a result of floods. The Tully River this afternoon was 7ft 4 inches over the railway lines, having fallen…

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Ulster Railways. All Traffic to Cease. LONDON, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 10

The Great Northern Railway Company has decided to close down the Ulster system and terminate the services of clerks, salaried officials and lower paid servants, all of whom…

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£281 for Settler Dry Grass Near Railway YASS

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 11

IN a District Court case, which extended over three days, before Judge Coyle and a jury of four, a…

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Chorus of "No" Tramway Season Tickets

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 8

"Well, it seems they are at least unanimous," commented Ald. Meldrum at Willoughby Council last night, when negative replies were…

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£500,000 Relief To Tram Travellers

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 8

The Department of Road Transport and Tramways informed Erskineville Council last night that the introduction of season and transfer tickets…

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Rail and Tram Appeals Boards

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 12

The Executive Council to-day appointed Mr. J. E. McCulloch, J.M., chairman of the Railway Appeals Board for a term of five years. Mr…

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Tram Bombarded Larrikins' Shower Of Missiles

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 8

Larrikins, it is believed, were responsible for an attack on a moving tram in Ramsay-road, Haberfield, last night, when leaden slugs, blue metal…

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Restoration of Cut Refused Melb. Tramways Board Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 5

The Melbourne Tramways Board to-day announced that it was impossible to grant' the claim of the tramwaymen for the restoration of…

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Motorist on Death Charge Woman Feloniously Slain, Is Coroner's Finding "Negligence"

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 6

"I CAN come to only one conclusion, and that is that the driver of the car was not only negligent, but criminally negligent,"…

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Mystery Bullet Hits Tram Passenger's Lucky Escape

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 7

Missing a passenger's head by a few inches, a bullet crashed through two panes of glass in a tram at Haberfield last night…

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Train Robbery Is Unsolved Perth

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 1

W.A. postal officials are inquiring so far without success, into the disappearances of portion of the contents of a mailbag, valued in all at…

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The Roseville Bridge and Middle Harbour, Near Sydney

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 44

The bridge gives direct access from the North Shore suburbs to French's Forest and the Manly district…

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