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Railways, roads & transport, 1934

9,505 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Motor Accidents. Aged Woman's Skull Fractured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 10

Two cars collided yesterday at the intersection of Hillcrest-avenue and Belmore-road, Hurstville. One car was overturned, and three passengers were injured. They were…

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Cricket Ground Trams

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 4

The Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways advised that special services of trams will be run from Circular Quay and the…

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M.l.a. Gets New Tram Put on

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 January 1934 · page 8

As a result of the continued representatives made by Mr. T. M. Keegan, M.L.A. (Glebe) on behalf of citizens of the district, in connection…

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The Suburbs. Harbour Bridge Charges

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 13

Lane Cove aldermen last night refused to support the decision of the recent municipal coalercnce to ask for the abolition of the Harbour Bridge tax on unimproved land…

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Mail Train Delayed. Temora

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 10

Heavy rain caused a washaway on, the railway between Ariah Park and Quandary, causing the Barellan mail train to be two hours late in leaving Temora. Yesterday a gang of…

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Flood Damage Many Roads Still Impassable

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 11

The flood position on the South Coast has improved slightly in parts and traffic is now able to get through as far as Moruya, reports the…

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Uniform Road Signs. Findings of British Committee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 5

The adoption of uniform road signs has been urged by traffic experts in many countries, and considerable progiess in that direction has been made in New South Wales. To…

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Designing the Bridge. to the Editor of the Herald

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

Sir,—On the 4th of August last year, by courtesy of the "Herald," a letter of mine was published, refuting a public statement by the Acting Premier, Colonel Bruxner, on the…

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Man's Body in Harbour. Believed to Have Leapt from Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 13

The body of Frederlck Charled Bootman, 33, who until recently lived at a city residential, was found floating in Berry's bay yesterday. The police believe that Bootman is…

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Looted by Bandits Five Injured In Train Hold-Up SHANGHAI

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 16

A passenger train on the Tientsin-Pukow railway was attacked early today by bandits, who obtained a considerable amount of booty. Five…

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May Be a Victim of Bridge Body Is Recovered From Berry's Bay Head Injured

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 1

WHAT is believed to be the body of the man who was seen to fall from the Harbor Bridge on New Year's Eve…

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Grisly Scene At Churchyard Coffins, Skulls Tumble On To Road LONDON

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 1

A SCORE of coffins and tombstones were flung to the roadway when the boundary wall of the graveyard and the tower of the…

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'Truth' Report Queried Tricycle Hits Train Late Shipping Complaints made at City Coroner's Inquest Rail Fatality Dubbo

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 6

FOLLOWING strong criticism by the City Coroner last week of a report of a motor fatality, published in the "Sydney Morning C. Holmes was travelling on a motor tricycle from Toogi to Dubbo when it ran into a wheat train. Holmes jumped clear, but hit the Arrivals: St. Vincetn de Paul, Kemble, 10.35 p.m.; Dimboola, Melbourne, 11.30 p.m.: Pelaw Main, Newcastle, 12.18 a.m…

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Life and Death, He Exclaimed Asked Taxi-Driver To Take Boy To Hospital Body on Road

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 6

LEFT in his father's car with four other children while the parent went to make a purchase in a fish shop in Willoughby Road…

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Australian Motor Industry Bright Outlook for 1934

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 3

That conditions have taken a turn for the better throughout the automotive industry of the Commonwealth is reflected in the fact that the sales of new motor vehicles in Australia for 1933 approximated 20,000, of which about…

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New Type Motor Trawler. For North Sea Fishing

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 5

The Ala, a motor trawler of a new type, just completed by Richards' Ironworks Ltd., Lowestoff, is the forerunner of twelve, and forms the basis…

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Fruit-carrying Motorships. Extra Tonnage

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 5

Taking advantage of the fact that the rapidly increasing world consumption of fresh fruit has required a special type of ship with extensive…

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Motorists Marooned. Many Without Food. (From Our Special Representative.) Bateman's Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 9

The heaviest [?] for 18 years have since Staurday marooned all motorists who were proceeding up or down Prince's Highway, and completely isolated Bateman's Bay…

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Motor Cycling. Little Matched with Stevenson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 13

The cancellation, owing to rain, of last Saturday night's Speedway Royal meeting, has necessitated a complete alteration of the programme for the coming week-end. Vic. Huxley has left…

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Motoring Tyre Mileage. Importance of Correct Inflation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 January 1934 · page 5

Most people are unwilling to accept without question advice offered about the upkeep of their cars, particularly if any routine duty or hard work is involved. Every owner-driver…

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