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Railways, roads & transport, 1933

8,894 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250

Rail Bridge Safe

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 9

Aldermen's fears at Kuring-ga[?] that the bridge over the railway line on the Pacific Highway, Turramurra, is defective, are said, officially, to…

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The Suburbs. Ryde Roads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 13

At the last meeting of the Ryde Council, the works committee reported that Mr. W. I. Munta, engineer, had been asked to report on the roads requiring urgent attention. He…

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Train Boys for Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 11

Partly to strengthen its defences, and partly to lessen unemployment, Australia should institute a sea-training system for youth, said a…

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Club Notes. Harbour Bridge Approaches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 5

A conference attended by representatives of the police and Main Roads departments and by Dr. Bradfield and officers of the N.R.M.A. was held at the southern approach to the…

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North Shore Train Fares Rail Comr to Consider

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 5

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Hartigan, yesterday promised a North Shore deputation that he would consider its request for…

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The Only Road. a Well-marked Route

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 3

THE glorious thing in Christianity is the ever-living Personality of Jesus Christ. In His mortal life Christ was confined to a particular place and time…

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Full Suits Amazing Hands It Happened Twice Family Bridge

The Sun · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 15

BRIDGE players, hold your breath. In a family game in Captain Piper's-road, Vaucluse, last night…

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Rented Roads May be Used by Public only far Traffic

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 14

"Stings" asks whether a bee farmer is entitled to place beehives on a road running through the properly that my correspondents tents from the Crown…

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Sensational Offer Progressive Parramatta Motor House

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 6

The well-known and progressive Parramatta firm, Brown's Tire and Motor Surgery, of 40 Macquarie-street, are making preparations for a sensational…

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Store Stock Rates Further Railway Concessions Granted

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 7

THE N.S.W. Railway Department has extended and simplified the arrangements under which cattle and sheep in store condition can be sent by rail at…

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Information and Help Uncle Wiseman Answers Questions Sale Agreement When the "Infant" Purchased a Motor Bicycle

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 14

"Manager" says that he sold a motor [?] to a seventeen-year-old youth, who paid a deport of £ 10, but has not paid any of the instalments dur on it, My…

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motoring memos

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 11

COUNTRY members of the Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales, who have been elected councillors for 1933, include the following:…

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Big Figures Ten Years' Development of Motor Transport

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 11

"A BRIEF review at the development in motor transport in the Commonwealth for the past ten years, provides some illuminating figures," writes…

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Motor Cycling England Wins International Championship

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 11

THE English rider, Jack Ormston, won the international track motor-cycling championship at the Speedway Royals (Sydney) last Saturday night,…

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Water Gas Producer Plants for Motors, Tractors and Engines

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 10

The monthly bulletin of the Department of Overseas Trade, for December, describing a producer gas plain for motor vehicles, says that in many sparsely…

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Motor Transport Trailers with Machinery Exempt from Fee

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 10

The N.S.W. Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) stated on Wednesday that he had had under notice the conditions under which tourist services and private…

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Mending Punctures Good Advice by a Motor Parts Firm

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 10

Do not use petrol to clean tho tube. Vie sandpaper, a fine wire brush or a roughener. Petrol contains oil; oil prevents the patch from adhering effectively…

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Motors and Motoring Bowden Wires Fitting and Adjusting the Control Mechanism

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 11

The following hints on the fitting and adjusting of Bowden control wires comes from Mr. Palmer, who a few weeks ago gave another series of hints for motor…

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General Motors-holdens. Preference Dividend Passed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 11

General Motors-Holdens, Ltd., report that no dividend has been declared on the 6 per cent. cumulative preference shares for the half-year ended December 31. No…

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Motor Chassis Imports. Considerable Increase in 1932

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1933 · page 10

Official statistics of the imports of assembled and unassembled chassis into Australia during 1932 are marked by a considerable increase in the imports from Canada, compared with…

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