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Railways, roads & transport, 1933

8,894 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Altered Tram Routes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 11

Alterations in the routes, within tho city area, of Alexandria, Bay Street, Botany, Bunnerong, Daceyville, Henderson Road, and Rosebery…

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Railway Beauty Department Spends £4000 a Year

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 7

Gardens which ornament railway platforms throughout Sydney and N.S.W. cost the department, it is estimated, over £4000 a year…

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Tram Routes Altered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 14

The Commissioner for Tramways said yesterday that commencing on Monday next Alexandria, Bay-street, Botany, Bunnerong Loop, Daceyville, Henderson-road, and Rosebery…

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Sergeant Injured. Struck by Motor Cycle. Two Men Arrested. Milton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 14

Sergeant Simmons was struck by a motorcycle last evening and was rendered unconscious. A knee was dislocated, and he received abrasions to the right leg, hand, and…

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Motor Cycling. International Championship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 16

The international motor cycling meetings will be continued this evening at the Speedway Royale, when the racing will be of a more individual character, consisting of a continuation of a series of…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 8

The hearing was concluded of the action in which Thelms Harper, by her next friends, Ernest Harper, of Arnold-street, Waverley, sued Harcourt Garden, radio announcer, of…

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Victorian Railways. Discontinuance of Rationing. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1933 · page 12

It was announced to-day that on and from February 27 rationing on the railways would be discontinued…

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Roads

The Sun · Sunday 19 February 1933 · page 2

There's the smooth white rood of the city. Where the tram cars rattle by. And the long brown rood to the westward Where gaunt hills tower high…

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The Probabilities in Bridge

The Sun · Sunday 19 February 1933 · page 11

Wherever bridge players congregate, one hears comments on the remarkable Contract penalty (7700 points) reported in the…

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Landslide Report Saved Passenger Train

The Sun · Sunday 19 February 1933 · page 2

LITHGOW, Saturday.--It was fortunate for travellers by the westbound passenger train yesterday afternoon, that the driver of the goods…

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Truth About Motors Edge on Australia "Sydney Streets Perfect But for Lumbering Trams" Wages Grow with Duties

Truth · Sunday 19 February 1933 · page 11

AFTER a brief visit to the land of his birth, the well-known English motor authority, S. F. Edge, left Sydney by the R.M.S. Cathay last week for London. THE views of such a prominent automobile expert as Mr. Edge…

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Favorites Flopped Astute Wa[?] it And Motor Missed Yosela Bets

Truth · Sunday 19 February 1933 · page 3

WHEN the Farra Novice came on yesterday, Peter Riddle had ideas of taking the bookies "for a ride" in Motor. Jack…

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Freight Cuts Urged Greater Business For Railways

The Sun · Sunday 19 February 1933 · page 9

The Graziers' Association of N.S.W. suggests that a general reduction in rail freigths on livestock would be good business…

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Tramway Men to Protest Re-engaged Employees Badly Treated ?

The Sun · Sunday 19 February 1933 · page 3

Mass meetings of the Tramway Employees' Union will be held on Wednesday at 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. to protest against the operations of…

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Tram Lines of Descent Sydney's New Robots Look Back Across a Century

The Sun · Sunday 19 February 1933 · page 15

TRAMS are strange monsters; they have character and even--witness their breakdowns--temperament. Thus we can well imagine those new, luxurious limousines that have been promised to the patient…

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New Rates? North Shore Train Fares Bridge Costs

The Sun · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 9

TRAIN fares between the City and the North Shore are being investigated by the Minister for…

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Bridge Closed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 2

Motorists using the overland route to Adelnide by way of Ray and Mildura are advised by the N.R.M.A. touring department that a bridge about two miles…

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North Coast Roads

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 3

Until the road work at present in progress at Oakley Flat, on Pacific Highway, a few miles south of Woodburn, has been completed, motorists are…

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Railway Bridge Unsafe at Normal Speeds. No Money for Repairs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 9

Fears are entertained for the safety of the steel railway [?]dge over the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga. For several months past all trains,…

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Holdsworthy Bridge Prospect of Repairs

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 20 February 1933 · page 5

Mr. J. McGirr, M.L.A., has informed Liverpool Council that a sum of money has been made available by the Government for the painting, tarring, and…

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