Ghosts of Past at Centenary of Bridge
YOU closed your eyes and across the gulf of 100 years floated the harsh clank of leg irons and the muttered curses…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1934
9,505 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250
Lansdowne Bridge. Centenary Celebrations. Commemorative Tablet Unveiled
One hundred years ago after floods had washed away successive wooden structures, Governor Richard Bourke laid the foundation stone of a bridge across Prospect Creek, which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Leap From Bridge. Women's Report to Police
A report that a young man had jumped from the Harbour Bridge was received by the water police late last night. A search was made for his body without result…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Train Disaster. Defective Recording Graph. LONDON, Dec. 31
Legal action against high railway officials is being taken, as a result of the investigation into the railway disaster last week at Lagny, 10 miles from Paris, in which 203 persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Train Delay in Wynyard Tunnel Breakdown Affects Thousands
When the 4.34 p.m. train from Wynyard to Hornsby broke down in the tunnel yesterday, traffic was held up for over an hour. Thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Was on Brink Girl's Attempt To Go Over Bridge
An hour after a man is believed to have made his fatal leap from the Harbor Bridge last night rescuers saved a young girl from making a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Contract Bridge. The Interstate Matches. "Will O' the Wisp."
The feature of the interstate contract bridge matches has been the "psychic" bidding of the Victorian players, led by Mr. Joske. For a while in both matches, he had the New South…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fog Crash Twenty Injured London Train People Drowned London
IN the densest fog m recent memory, 20 passengers were injured in London when an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jesting Girls See Bridge Leap "He Might Do" As Victim Jumped
AS two girls, walking across the Harbor Bridge last night, jokingly spoke of jumping over, they saw a man…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Peril at Central-sq. Traffic Risk Need for Bridge (No. 2)
WITH four lines of trams and intense vehicular traffic converging from six points, Central Square,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Veteran Car Wins Big Road Race Williamson Victor at Phillip Is
COWES (Vic.), Monday. -- With one of the three Riley cars that a party of Australian women drove to Monte Carlo…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Racing on Phillip Island, Near Melbourne, Yesterday
Two of the competitors, N. Putt (driving an M.G. Magna) nearest the camera, and G. B. Dentry (Riley) rounding Heaven corner in the 100 miles road race. A picturegram received from Melbourne last night…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Cycling. Parramatta Speedway
Spectacular riding, numerous broadside skids, and falls marked a lengthy programme of dirt track motor-cycle races at Parramatta Speedway last night. Interest was particularly centred upon two…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Scene of Motor Fatality on Bulli Pass
This motor car skidded through a fence at the elbow bend on Bulli Pass yesterday afternoon and killed a pedestrian and seriously injured another…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Outlook for 1934. Probable Trend of Motor Trade
Speculation is rife about the probable trend of the motor trade in Australia during 1934. All the omens are most favourable, but there is some divergence of opinion about how far…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Boating. George's River Regatta
At the annual regatta of the George's River Motor Boat Club at Oatley yesterday, the main race was the Como Bridge cup contest Commodore W. Grady with his motor yacht Thelma, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motoring New Model. Austin Light Sixteen
In the range of 1934 Austin models are two types which have not previously been offered in the Australian market; the Light Sixteen and the Light Twenty, but the distributors…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Accident. Woman Killed
Gladys Gow, 27, of Atchinson-road, Wollongong, was killed, and Walter Jones. 25, of Bourke-street, Wollongong, received injuries, which, it is feared, will prove fatal, when they…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Are Courteous Tribute To Sydney Tram Officials
High commendations of the courtesy of Sydney tramguards are paid by interstate deaf and dumb visitors who have been in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Motor Smash
HILLSTON, Tuesday.--Messrs. Andrew Doggett, a leading Hillston business man, and Sam Edwards were driving in a motor truck between…
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