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Railways, roads & transport, 1934

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Lonesome Road Our Short Story

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 5

BROWN as a coffee-berry, rugged, pistoled, spurred, wary, indefeasible, I saw my old friend, Deputy-Marshal…

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New Road Proposal Katoomba

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 6

The advisableness of constructing a rood from Wentworth Falls to Burragorang Valley is receiving the consideration of the Blue Mountains…

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PLAFOND. Rival for Contract Bridge. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 8

Major John H. Montague, who was for 17 years secretary of the Portland Club, and is now one of its honorary life members, thinks that American conventions and large…

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RAIL v Road Transport. Hay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 10

A joint meeting of committees of the Hay branch of the Graziers' Association and Hay branch of the Pastoralists' Union of Victoria and Southern Riverina took place at Hay…

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Solitary Man Took His Life Had Lived Apart From Wife Bridge Victim

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 8

HAVING undergone treatment for a sore on the palm of his band, and stated by witnesses at the City Coroner's inquest…

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Trolley Buses on the Road Both Comfortable And Speedy First Route

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 6

WITH a simple manipulation of the control switch the Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, in the presence of a…

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The Unions. Railway Employees' Log

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 10

The State secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen (Mr. W. Fletcher) has sent a letter to the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner), asking him to direct the Commissioner…

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Motor Cycle Grand Prix

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 6

The Australian Motor Cycle Grand Prix will be contested over the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria on January 29. The event is one of the premier motor cycle competitions in…

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Motoring Buying a New Car. Hints to Novices

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 6

In the selection of a new vehicle price is the predominating factor, but when a fairly wide margin of purchasing power exists the buyer should ask himself whether he is "buying for…

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Railway Sleepers. Big Cargo for New Zealand. ULLADULLA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 10

The Port Waikato, the largest vessel to visit Ulladulla, entered the harbour at 7.30 o'clock this morning, and berthed without difficulty. She is loading between 12,000 and…

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Queensland Floods Railway Services Affected TOWNSVILLE

The Sun · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 15

Cyclonic conditions have been responsible for torrential rains, and indications, are that train services will be disorganised…

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RECOVERY Impetus In Motor Trade

The Sun · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 4

AN optimistic note was struck by the president of the Motor Traders Association, Mr. L. E. Doran,…

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Money, Mines and Markets City Gossip Midland R'way (W.a.) Union Bank Div. Midland Railway (W.A.) Results

The Sun · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 4

The Midland Railway Co. of Western Australia, Ltd., cables the London representative of "The Sun," after transferring £2000 to taxation…

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One Dead Railway Crossing Smash MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 8

William Mills (28), of Banks-road, Koweerup, died in hospital, and William Richards (58) of Queens-parade, North Fitzroy, is in a critical…

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Killed on New Motor-cycle Tragic Story Told at Inquest

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 6

PURCHASING a motor cycle on December 21, Robert Thomas Ronald Fulton, 22, of Canberra Street, Lane, Cove, was riding it…

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Steps to Oppose New Log Rail & Tram Unions To Meet Keen Fight

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 6

A COMBINED meeting of the whole of the unions in the rail and tram services to make arrangements for the taking of…

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Government And The Railways

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 4

IT is just another revelation of the hypocrisy, to say nothing of the viciousness, of the Stevens Government that while it boasts that the State has returned to "prosperity," it is seeking still further to lower the wages and make more burdensome the conditions…

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Railway Bridge Finance

The Sun · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 20

"It is not our responsibility," said the Mayor of Kurlng-gal (Ald. Selby), last night when the Main Roads Department inquired whether…

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Not Bridge Victim?

The Sun · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 12

The post mortem examination conducted to-day revealed no signs of serious injury on the body of Oscar Descamps, old age pensioner, of…

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Contract Bridge. Challenge Contest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1934 · page 9

Play was resumed yesterday in the duplicate contract bridge contest for the David Jones' challenge cup between an official team, representing the Bridge Association of New South…

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