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Railways, roads & transport, 1934

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Motoring Now Motorists Can Have Radio Music Wherever They Go

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 9

LOOKING back over the past year, Australian motorists will no doubt agree that greater progress has been made, from an engineering point of view, during this period, than in any previous five years. Motors are developing greater power for given capacity, and are practically…

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Special Tram Services

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 4

The Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways advises that special tram services will be run from Circular Quay Railway to the…

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The World of Motoring Goggles

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 3

LLOYD ("Tiger") KELLOWAY, erstwhile captain and one ef the founders of North Sydney M.C.C. is on a visit to his parents at Manly, having left his…

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1934 A.j.s. Motor Cycles Now in Sydney

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 3

The distributors of A.J.S. motorcycles, P. and R. Williams, Ltd., Wentworth Avenue, Sydney have advised that they have landed the 1934 A.J.S. models…

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The Railway Escalators

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 January 1934 · page 4

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Australia's Most Romantic Road

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 39

THE mystery of these mountains was a continual challenge to the early settlers who…

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Boom in Contract; Bridge: Stimulus of Interstate Matches

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 47

CONTRACT BRIDGE has been given a great fillip by the two successful interstate matches held in Sydney during…

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Increase in Pay of Railway Chief Was Shock Govt's Spirit of Economy Yet Rank and File's Sacrifices Are Not Eased

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 40

SUPPOSE Mr. T. J. Hartigan to be a very prince of achievement among Railway Commissioners:--and it cannot be denied that in his management he has done good work. Suppose the railway finances to have shown a much greater…

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"Monster" Appears Again Motor-cyclist Nearly Ran Over It London

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 1

Although some newspapers scoff at the Loch Ness "monster" stories, all publish a graphic narrative of how Arthur Grant, veterinary student…

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The Toll of the Motor

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1934 · page 2

The graph above vividly illustrates the alarming growth of traffic accidents from the year 1921, reaching its peak in 1929, since when a praiseworthy decline has taken place, until the year just past. Tram accidents have remained at a consistently low level throughout…

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Noiseless Aeroplane

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 5

It is reported in the Chinese Press that a chemist of Canton claims to have invented a noiseless aeroplane. In place of petrol, carbonic fuel will be…

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Aeroplane in Submarine

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 2

One of the needs of naval aviation is an aeroplane that will fold into the least possible space. Experiments have shown it practicabe for a submarine to carry such a…

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Several Hurt in Smashes Victims Of Cycle And Motor Car Accidents Toll of Road

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 6

TWO motor-cycle riders--one ridding pillion--were badly injured yesterday, when their machine came into collision with a motor…

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Roads Impassable N.R.M.A. Reports On Damage

The Sun · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 10

The main road from Wagga through Henty to Albury is impassable, reports the N.R.M.A. The Prince's Highway is impassable near Mogo, where a…

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Four Hurt When Cars Crash Collision on Great Western Road

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 8

The occupants of two cars were injured in a collision on the Great Western Road, Pendle Hill, yesterday…

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Second Win for Beath Takes League Cycling Road Race Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 6

W. Beath scored his second successive win in the Newcastle League Club's three-mile handicap race at Adamstown yesterday afternoon…

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Shipbuilding in 1934. Forecast of "The Motor Ship."

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 4

According to figures of the latest issue of the publication "The Motor Ship," a distinct improvement in shipbuilding throughout the world is…

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New Motorship. Maori Custom Revived. LONDON, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 9

A Maori custom was revived at a function on board the new Commonwealth and Dominion motorship Port Chalmers, which is to sail on her maiden voyage to New Zealand…

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Railwayman's Escape. Engine Crashes Into Tricycle. DUBBO

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 11

When a railway engine crashed into a motor tricycle in a cutting near Toongi last night, Charles Holmes, Dennison-street, Dubbo, had a miraculous escape…

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Motor Cycling. Speedway Meetings Postponed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 13

Both the Speedway Royal and Parramatta Speedway dirt track motor cycle races were postponed until next Saturday night, owing to the heavy [?]…

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