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Railways, roads & transport, 1934

9,505 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250

Cash Transactions Return of Confidence Helps the Motor Industry

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 11

THE following notes have been taken from the annual report of the Motor Traders' Association of N.S.W. The report throughout points to…

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Motors and Motoring Personalities Prominent Figures at the Motor Traders' Annual Dinner

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 11

AS I looked round the dining hall of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia last Tuesday evening, during the annual dinner of the Motor Traders'…

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Improved Position Motor Traders' Optimistic Regarding Near Future

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 11

WOOL prices and world conditions have naturally had a very big bearing on our improved position, said the president of the Motor Traders'…

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Motor Sport and Motoring Disqualifications and Records Big Night at Speedway Royale

Referee · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 24

IT is a pleasure to see "Tiger" Stevenson ride, but it is getting difficult to write about his riding—one's supply at superlatives is running low…

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Do You Know That— a Motor Camping Holiday. No Need to Rough it too Much

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 12

A MOTORING holiday complete with camping tent and outfit is one of the joys of the holidaymaker. Families In which there are boys in their teens…

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British Tramp Tankers. Appeal for Temporary Subsidy

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 5

At a meeting of the tanker section of the Chamber of Shipping held at the end of last month the position of British tanker owners and…

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Queensland Floods. Water Over Railway Lines. Horseman Drowned in Creek. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 10

Heavy rains continue to fall in north Queensland, and railway traffic north from Townsville has been been disorganised. This morning flood waters were 16ft deep over the rail…

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Motor Thieves Demand and Receive £50. for Return of Car. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 10

A startling development in motor car stealing is disclosed by the experience of a resident of Malvern, who to-day was forced to pay £ 50 to a gang of thieves to obtain the return…

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Railway Freights. Local and Imported Goods. Differential Rates to Be Abolished

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 10

The Railway Commissioner (Mr. Hartigan) has decided to establish differential freight rates on the railways for imported goods. It has been decided that a standard railway rate…

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Lorry on Railway Line. Wrecked by Engine. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 10

When an Italian fruiterer at Leura backed his lorry across the railway line at the station to-day and started to unload empty fruit cases he did not notice a pilot engine which…

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Fall From Motor Lorry. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 10

P. A. Golsby, 50, of Rockley, was critically injured when thrown from the rear of a motor lorry this afternoon. Golsby was riding on the rear of the lorry, which was driven by…

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Youth Killed Motor Cycles In Collision

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 11

Frank Woodward (20), of Ch[?]holm-street, Greenwich, was killed, and David Butler (17), of Saville-street. Gore Hill, critically injured…

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At Gun Point Tram Conductor Is Robbed Of £4

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 9

Herbert Crollick a tram conductor, was robbed of £4 in R[?]ley-street, Darlinghurst, last night, by a man who stopped him in the street and…

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Central Railway Station Smiles

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 9

In the pursuit of happy smiles, "The Sun" Smile photographer will be at the Central Railway Station between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. tomorrow. For…

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City Gossip Allied Motor Co. Ratrut Tin Motor Co.'s Liabilities

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 7

Discussions at the annual meeting of shareholders of Allied Motor Interests Ltd., in Melbourne yesterday, centred around a proposal of the…

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Repairing Tram Tracks

The Labor Daily · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 4

Randwick Council has decided to make further representations to the Department of Road Transport to carry out the regrading of the…

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Lad Killed in Crash Cycle and Motor Lorry in Collision Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 1

SHOCKINGLY injured when his bicycle collided with a motor lorry at the Union Street, intersection of Hunter Street, Newcastle…

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Crushing Blow to Aust. Industry Govt. Cancels Preferential Rates On Railways Surrender Of Home Markets Paving Way for Importers Standard Rate

The Labor Daily · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 1

THE Stevens Government, having destroyed internal purchasing power through its policy of continuous wageslashing, has now turned its attention to…

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Cut Throat Before Wife Railway Employee Suicides

The Labor Daily · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 6

"I'll do it this time, You can't stop me," said Frederick Campbell Harris, 68, of Kemp Street. Mortdale, last night when he gashed his…

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D'hurst Tram Victim Identified

The Labor Daily · Thursday 25 January 1934 · page 5

The middle-aged woman who was knocked down by a tram last Thursday at Flinders and Dowling Streets, Darlinghurst, and who died without…

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