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Railways, roads & transport, 1933

8,894 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

Tramway Trust Robs Employee MELBOURNE

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 1

The recent case of victimisation of a conductor at the Hawthorn tram depot conveys to us the immediate necessity of setting up a shop…

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DOWN 3d Wholesale Price Of Motor Oil

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 9

From to-day the wholesale price of first grade motor lubricating oil marketed by the major oil companies will be reduced by 3d a gallon…

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Railway Salaries Four to Receive £1500 Less Cuts

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 9

The salaries of the new heads of the civil engineering, locomotive, electrical, and traffic branches of the Railway Department will, it is…

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INTERFERENCE Politicians And The Railways LONDON

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 10

Political control of the railways of Australia, particularly in New South Wales, is appalling, Mr. G. R. T. Taylor a director of the London…

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Motor Mechanic for Trial

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 10

Stanley William Osborne, 26, motor mechanic, was committed for trial from Paddington Court to-day, on two charges of stealing and…

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Motor Boating St. George Club

The St George Call · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 4

The above club will be holdng its usual roftnightly races to–morrow, on the club’s course, Kogarah Bay, which will comprise C Class in three heats of…

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When You Motor in Japan

The Propeller · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 8

Rules of the road which visitors to Japan may understand have been prepared by the Tokio police office. Their intention is most courteous and kindly,…

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Motor Cyclists Collide

The Propeller · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

When two motor cyclists collided on General Holmes Drive, Brighton-le-Sands, on Wednesday, Mr. Eric Neville, of the New South Wales Golf Club,…

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Accidents of the Week. Railway Linesman Injured

The Propeller · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

On Tuesday afternoon Walter Oliviera, aged 40 years, of Leichhardt, a railway linesman, was working on a 20 feet ladder affecting repairs to the…

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Hints to Motorists. Sticking Valves

The Propeller · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 7

A sticking intake valve will cause the engine to back-fire; a sticking exhaust valve causes the engine to miss…

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Tram Passes for Diggers

The Propeller · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 4

The Returned Soldiers' League has been informed that the free tram passes recently issued to incapacitated returned soldiers may be used on all…

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Motor Cyclist Badly Injured

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 1

When his motor cycle skidded and crashed into a telegraph pole at the corner of Byron Street and Coogee Bay Road, Coogee, last night,…

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Knocked Down by Tram

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 1

Knocked down by a tram at the corner of Brisbane and Oxford Streets, City, last night, Edward Davies, 80 of Kippax Street, City,…

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500 Men to Get Jobs Tram Contract Is Work-finder 200 New Cars

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 8

About 500 men will find jobs as a result of the letting of the contract for the 200 new trams to the Clyde…

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Safety Sense Is Cultivated Preventing Rail and Tram Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 7

Accidents on railways and tramways are kept at a minimum by the alertness of the Safety First organisation…

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Railway to Pay for Fence Cathedral Dispute Ends Amicably

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 9

Negotiations between the Railway Department and St. Andrew's Cathedral authorities with regard to the City Railway resumption are closing…

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Working Their Passage Around World Two Friends Here on Tramp Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 9

Two young Englishmen who arrived yesterday by the steamer White Crest from Barry, Wales, are working their way…

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Readers Say-- New Trams

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 6

THE Commissioner for Transport (Mr. Maddocks) has announced that the tender for 200 new tramcars has been accepted, the price…

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Motor Cycling

The Biz · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 8

At Fivedock Motor Cycle Club's day's racing at Prospect, H. Hinton, of Canley Vale, won the 60 miles senior scratch race on his Norton,…

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The Railways "Retrenchment Not Needed."

The Biz · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 4

The Government's decision to dismiss about 2000 railway employees is not necessary, according to Mr. W. Skelton, Federal secretary of…

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