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Railways, roads & transport, 1934

9,505 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Overturned Motor Coach at Scene of Gundagai Disaster

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 16

Three women were killed, and nine injured when this motor coach overturned on Thursday morning, near Gundagai…

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Motor Tragedy. Condition of the Injured. Steadily Improving

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 16

Reports from Gundagai Hospital yesterday indicated that the condition of all the nine persons who were injured in the motor coach smash near Gundagai on Thursday had…

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Motor Car Engulfed in Quicksands

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 18

This Motor car, owned by Mr. H. Foster, of Sydney, was embedded in quicksands near Cooma. Mr. and Mrs. Foster had a narrow escape…

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Tempe-east Hills Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 16

Commencing next Mondav passengers on the 7.55 a.m. train from Kingsgrove, which formerly ran through to St. James, will have to change trains at Tempe. They will…

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Canvas Comfort Motorists' Elaborate Equipment Girls Buy Car

The Sun · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 7

Increasing numbers of people are spending their annual holidays under canvas, and undeterred by the sudden rainstorms which are a feature of…

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For Life Motorist's Licence Suspended LONDON

The Sun · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 1

Frame Hills, the motorist who crashed into the crowd outside Buckingham Palace on October 6, killing four men, and injuring more…

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MOTORING Demands For a Vigorous Overhaul; Cars That Are Growing Old, But Not Gracefully

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 18

IT must be abundantly clear to every motorist in this country that we have slipped badly during the past four years and that to-day our motor fleet is, in the main, mutely demanding a vigorous overhaul and a very careful and thoughtful investigation. When we realise that more than 600,000 cars and trucks are registered in the various…

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Complaint by Tram Men Must Keep Caps On, Is Order

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 6

Pin-pricking methods said to be employed by certain officials Tramway Department, are causing members of the traffic…

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Motor Registrations in Britain London

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 1

The gross amount received in Britain from motor licences during last year amounted to £20,201,000. The number, of motor vehicles, exclusive…

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Motor Fatality Sequel Unlicensed Driver Is Fined at N'castle Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 6

An echo of the motor lorry fatality in Newcastle on December 10, when a passenger was killed, was heard at the Police Court to-day…

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Husband Saw Her Killed Woman Struck by Motor Car

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 January 1934 · page 5

MRS. Sylvia Nicholls, 48, of Albany Road, Petersham, was run over and killed by a car last night. Mrs. Nicholls was crossing…

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Third Bridge Olympic

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1934 · page 46

The New South Wales section of the third World Bridge Olympic will be played at 8 p.m. on February 2 at David Jones's, and it…

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Their First Glimpse of the Sea Boys Have First Trip in a Train

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1934 · page 9

GOULBURN, Saturday. -- Fifty-five schoolboys, aged 11 to 18, who left here to-day for a week at Wollongong as guests of the Rotary Club…

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Motoring Broadcasting Service Bureau Look After Your Auto. Leading Oil Co. Commends "Truth's" Aid to Motorists See You Get the Right Oil

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1934 · page 9

WHILE expressing its approval of the interesting series of useful articles published on this page telling motorists how to get the best results from their automobiles, the Vacuum Oil Company, Limited, commends "Truth's" action in…

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Struck by Motor Cycle Woman Dead; Youth and Girl Hurt

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1934 · page 2

Struck by a motor cycle in Cleveland-street, Redfern, last night, Mrs. Caroline Bush, 58, of Edward-street, Redfern, died in Royal Prince Alfred…

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A Day in the Life of a Tramp

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1934 · page 59

THE sun was rising over the hill. It was a beautiful sunrise, which colored the landscape a yellowish gold. It even sent warm rays into…

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"Wild Boys of Road"

The Sun · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 2

Taken as a picture of absorbing interest, "Wild Boys of the Road" Justifies itself at the Capitol Theatre. It is a tragic story, but is mercifully…

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The Road to Recovery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 8

It is possible that the damage done by the recent floods throughout this State amounts to over half a million pounds. Measured in pounds, shillings,…

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Man Dead in Hangar. Suspended from Aeroplane Wing. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 10

When the hangar at the Essendon Ae[?] drome used by the Hart Aircraft Services was opened this afternoon the body of Harold Jenkins, 40, formerly of Sydney, was found…

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Topics for Women Aeroplane Landed in Fog Sydney Woman's Scare Trip Abroad

The Sun · Monday 15 January 1934 · page 12

Mrs. C. Bousche, of Cremorne, who returned by the Remo from a trip abroad, had an exciting experience when a French aeroplane in which she…

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