Contract Bridge. The Interstate Match. STRATEGY
The interstate duplicate contract bridge match, just, concluded in favour of the Victorian team, was won on the swing of the Pendulum, yet it would be unfair to state…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1934
9,505 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250
"Confidence Trick" Randwick Resents Main Roads Grab
That the Stevens Government was working the confidence trick on local governing bodies was the view of Alderman Baker, at Randwick,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Father's Anxiety. Rush to Sick Daughter's Bedside Aeroplane Chartered. Perth
Mr. W. A. Mackay, senior partner in Macdonald, Hamilton, and Co., left by a special aeroplane for Adelaide at daylight this morning, en route for Sydney, where his only…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Train Robbery Stolen Notes Believed In Sydney
The Sydney C.I.B. has reason to believe that several £1 notes, which were included in a parcel of £1000 stolen from a train between…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Road Smash Three Women Killed in Crash near Gundagai
When the rear axle of a motor coach broke on the Hume Highway, near Gundagai, to-day (Thursday), the vehicle turned over and caught fire. Three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prisoner's Escape. Leap from Moving Train. Police Escort Injured. Casino
A prisoner, Edward Milton Murray, alias Edgar William Young, made a sensational escape from a police escort by jumping from the North Coast mail train between Casino…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Police Encircle Forest For Train Escapee Pursuer Breaks an Arm in Chase
THIRTY police, drawn in a circle around a patch of forest, kept vigil all last night in the hope of intercepting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fog Camera on Bridge of Ship. Use of Infra-Red Rays. LONDON, Jan. 9
When the United States liner Manhattan arrived at Plymouth she had on the bridge a fog camera, which the commander described as the most epoch-making aid to navigation…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Prisoner Leaps to Freedom Police Escort Held Captive By Accomplice Moving Train Casino, Wed
WHILE one prisoner, William Burke, held their escort captive, another, Edward William Murray, alias Edward William…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AFFAIR of HONOR Pretty Girls' Fight Over An Error At Bridge! BUDAPEST, Hungary. December 15
IT was all due to Mr. Culbertson. It was he who decreed that if your partner makes a force bid, and you…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →STAGE & Screen Story of Youth on the Road Thousands Who Have To Leave Home Strong Bill
CAPITOL: "Wild Boys of the Road," with Frankie Darro. Dorothy Coonan, Rochella Hudson, Ann Hovey. "The Chief," with Ed. Wynn,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Brisbane Express Parts When Coupling Snaps Mishap As Train Was Near City Unpleasant Thrill For Passengers In Carriage Dept. to Test
FOLLOWING the reports published in yesterday's "Labor Daily" concerning the number of ineffective brakes discovered on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Pioneer Merrylands Link With Early Days
A Merrylands link with the pioneering days of railway construction in New Zealand is broken by the death at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The World on Wheels Motorists Week
Though the date has not yet been definitely decided upon it is probable that the combined protest of motorists throughout Australian against the heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Baron Nuffield Great British Motor Magtiate's New Title
Sir William Morris, who was among those who were raised to the peerage in the New Year honors, has selected the title of Baron Nuffield. Nuffield is the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Remarkable Increase Motor Chassis Imports for the Year 1932-1933
DURING the 1932-1933 financial year imports of unassembled motor vehicle chasses were valued at £1,000,370, as compared with £332,167 during the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motoring Memos
"THE advantage of travelling or touring, by motor is that the actual journey is part of the holiday, and perhaps the most enjoyable part of it, and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bright Outlook Review of Australian Motor Industry's 1934 Prospects
THE following extracts have been taken from a long review by Mr. H. B. James, a noted Australian motor historian and writer, regarding the bright…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Stud Sheep How to Obtain Railway Concession Rates
THE secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Society of Breeders of British Sheep (Mr. P. A. Mills) states that recently it has come…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Sport and Motoring
VICTORY! "Bill" Williamson, in dark pullover, driver: Squadron Leader Johnny Summers, mechanic; and the hard-travelled Riley, being acclaimed after their win in the recent 100 miler at Phillip Island…
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