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Railways, roads & transport, 1933

8,894 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250

Bridge Series For Free Kindergarten

The Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 19

THE first of a series of card parties organised by a committee of girls to raise funds for the Little Citizens' Free Kindergarten was…

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Bridge Parties. Kindergarten Younger Set

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 7

As their first large effort for this year to raise funds for the Little Citizens' Kindergarten, the members of the kindergarten's younger set arranged a series of bridge parties…

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Developmental Roads on the North Coast of New South Wales

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 4

It is not long since the idea was current that a railway was necessary in order to develop a district for purposes of primary production. Hence the large number of short…

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Railway Thefts Estimated at £10,000 a Year. Gang with a Motor Lorry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 13

Railway Detective Patching stated at the Quaiter Sessions yesterday that the railways lost £10,000 a year owing to thefts of goods in transit. During 1932 the detective, added,…

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Footballers Train-- Why Not Cricketers? "Fitness" for Tests Is Essential Call for Physical Endurance

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 8

Larwood's under study, "Gubby" Allen, apparently takes his cricket most seriously. The experts have described…

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A Wheel and Awing More Motor-paced Records at Melb. Motordrome Lamb and Armfield Both Score

Referee · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 24

THERE can be no doubt about the suitability of the big 3-lap concrete track at the Melbourne Motordrome for motor-paced cycling. Within the last 12 months there have been some remarkable performance on this track by pace-followers. Hubert Opperman's 860…

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AUTOMOTIVES Passenger and Utility Vehicles. Interesting Contrast Early and Modern Motoring

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 5

The steady development of mechanical control in the motor car so that it can all but operate itself is indicated in the following contrast between old and new. Only those drivers who long ago struggled with the machines which then passed for the very latest thing in design can really appreciate the vast change which has taken place in…

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Motoring "Jolting to Health"

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 44

THE last impression that the typical cars of thirty years ago would be likely to excite in the mind of a bystander would be that they were remarkable…

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MOTORING Cures for Voracious Engines More Miles on Less Petrol

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 43

Car-owners who are baffled by the poor petrol mileage which they secure from their vehicles will find in the following article many suggestions which wilt help them to…

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Tramping Across Lapland Four Hundred Miles in the Magic North

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 33

AT 1 a.m. during the month of July a small steamer, which three and a half days previously had set sail from Spitzbergen, drew alongside the wharf at Kirkenes, a Norwegian seaport…

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Queensland Floods. Railway Traffic Delayed. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 13

Flood waters in the Burdekin River are still over the raliway line in the north and passengers had to be ferried across the swollen stream this afternoon. The waters are…

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Motor Car Burnt. Passengers' Narrow Escape. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 17

Three residents of Oaklands (NSW) narrowly escaped death early this morning when a motor car in which they were travelling to Melbourne overturned and was wrecked near…

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Man with Revolver. Motorist's Experience. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 17

While he was sitting in a motor car with a woman friend in Robertson-road, Virginia, a suburb of Brisbane on Sunday night, Jack Schmidt, of South BUsbane, heard two shots…

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District Court. (Before Judge Edwards and a jury of four.) Struck by Motor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 10

Mary Flower,of St. Catherine-street Mortdale, sought to recover from Jack Munro, of The Crescent.Vauciuse, £150 damages for injuries received as the result of being struck…

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Quarter Sessions. (Before Acting-Judge Lloyd.) (Senior Crown Prosecutor, Mr. McKean, K.C., instructed by Mr. R. V. Edwards.) Railway Thefts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 9

The case of Christopher Salmon and others, is reported in another column. Mr. J. J. B. Kinkead (instructed by Mr. Fred. A. Newnham) appeared for Salmon; Mr…

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Supreme Court. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir Philip Street, Mr. Justice Davidson, and Mr. Justice Halse Rogers.) Appeal Allowed. Morrison v Commissioner for Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 9

The hearing was concluded of the appeal by the Commissioner for Railways, defendant in an action in which the plaintiff, Gladys Joseph Morrison, who sued on behalf of…

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New Route Fewer Trams In Elizabeth-st

The Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 9

From next Monday, trams to and from Alexandria, Bay-street, Botany, Bunnerong Loop, Daceyville, Henderson-road and Rosebery will be…

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Conference Resents Disruptive Move Clique is Given Stinging Rebuke for Efforts to Drive a Wedge into the A.L.P. Unions Remain Loyal To Lang And "The Labor Daily" Tactics of Coterie Repudiated Attempt To Ditch Trammen Beaten Leagues Are Beginning To Move

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 1

NOT only has the entire Movement responded to "The Labor Daily's" exposure of the tactics being pursued by the clique that was in control of the A.L.P. Metropolitan Conference, but the Conference itself last night, resentful of the disruptive tactics adopted during the last three days, emphatically…

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Another Plum for Eager Pal Manager of Railway Refreshment Rooms Men's Protest

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 5

STRONG criticism of the action of the Government in advertising outside the service for a manager of the railway refreshment…

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Injured by Motor Car

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 5

Struck by a car at the corner of Yurong and William Streets, East Sydney, last night. Albert Hilton, 28, of Buckland Street,…

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