Aeroplane in Submarine
One of the needs of naval aviation is an aeroplane that wlll fold into the least possible space. Experiments have shown it practicable for…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1934
9,505 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250
CENTENARY Lansdowne Bridge Ceremony
About 4000 people attended the ceremony held on the banks of Prospect Greek, Hume Highway, Liverpool, to-day, to mark the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fall From Bridge. Man's Remarkable Escape
Falling 175ft from the Harbour Bridge yesterday morning, Charles Gallagher escaped death, and is expected to recover. Gallagher, who is 43 years of age, has lately been earning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Who Fell From Bridge May Recover
"Charles Gallagher, 43, of Bathurst-street, city, who fell from the eastern footway of the Harbor Bridge, after stripping off his clothes, early…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Interstate Contract Bridge Interesting Play. N.S.W. Leads Victoria
At the end of the second day's play on Saturday at the Sydney Bridge Club, in the interstate duplicate contract bridge match, between teams selected by the bridge associations of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Naked Man In Bridge Plunge Victim of Poverty Picked Up Floating
JUST after dawn yesterday on the last day of 1933, a man undressed, as though for a quiet swim, put his clothes on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sleeper on Line. Bandits' Plan to Wreck Train. LONDON, Dec. 30
When a crowded passenger train was beginning the precipitous descent of a 170ft causeway near Porto (Portugal), the driver's quick eye detected a sleeper affixed to the line. He…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Recovered N.s.w. Now Leads Fine Bridge Games in Final Stages
A DRAMATIC "swingover" was witnessed in the official interstate bridge match on Saturday when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Nude Man Over the Bridge He Will Recover Think Police at Sunrise
STRIPPING off all his clothes while standing on the eastern footway of the Harbor Bridge in the early hours of yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycling. Dirt Track Test Match. First Win to Australia
Australia won the first of the dirt track motor cycle test matches against England at the Speed way Royal on Saturday night by 33 points to 16. A crowd estimated at about 15,000 was entertained…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Boating. Port Hacking P.b.c
Port Hacking Power Boat Club held a ladies' day at Lilli Pilli, Port Hacking, on Saturday after noon, when a three miles handicap in three heats for the Kuhl trophy, in which boats were steered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Accidents. Young Man Killed. Motor Cycle Crashes Into Gates. Armidale
William Edward Kimpton, 21, of Coolamon, was fatally injured last night when a motor cycle and side-car in which he was riding crashed at 40 miles an hour into the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To-day's Tram Services
The Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways advises that the timetabled in force to day will be Similar to week-days, with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Man in the Street (To The Editor.) Motorist's Appreciation
Sir.--I was very pleased to see in last week's "Labour Daily" that you had allowed two columns to the motor cycle, "Goggles" section, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Over a Dozen Injured Wild Confusion When Trams Collide BRISBANE
OVER a dozen persons were injured when two trams collided in Countess street, City, late last night. Wild confusion reigned. After the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Special Trams
From 10.30 a.m. to-day special trams will leave Circular Quay for Randwick races. The first-class tram is to go from the Bridge Street yard…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Another Man Over Bridge
IT was reported to the Water Police late last night that a man had fallen from the decking of the Harbor Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Road Race J. W. Williamson Wins. Narrow Escapes. Melbourne
Despite clouds of fine, white dust, which at times completely obscured the track, speeds of more than 100 miles an hour were reached in the 100 miles road race conducted [?] the Light…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →More Travelled By Tram And Train Clouds Did Not Keep Crowds at Home
THOUGH it had the expected effect on beach crowds the threatening weather did not prevent Sydney from enjoying…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →That Safety Fence on the Bridge
It is over six weeks since the Government, uneasy at the constant procession of suicides over the unprotected parapet of the Harbor Bridge, decided to build a safety fence which would make it impossible for anyone to take this way out. Since that decision five…
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