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Railways, roads & transport, 1934

9,505 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

Motor Boom in U.S.A. Hard to Keep Up with Orders Detroit

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 8

For one first time in five years the motor car industry is selling cars faster than it can produce them. Mr. Henry Ford, who showed new…

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Death Crash Motor Cycles Met Head-on

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

When two motor cycles collided head-on at the intersection of Greenwich Road and Chisholm Street, Greenwich, yesterday, Frank…

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Excursions All Over State Railway Department Favors New Idea

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 6

Rail figures for the Christmas season indicate that the department's experiment in extending excursion fares throughout the State has been…

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Motorist Fined

The Biz · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 5

William Hatton, for driving a minor lorry on Sydney-road, Granville, without an approved number-plate, was fined £1, costs 8/, at Parramatta Court on Monday…

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Railway Gardens

The Biz · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 4

Railway station garden competitions, which were discontinued in 1930 for cconomy reasons, are to be reintroduced by order of the Commissioner, who has…

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Road Accidents

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 1

WHILE Mr. R. Roffe's lorry was travelling along the Main Western Road, Lapstone, the towing pole became detached, and a passing car…

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Emu and the Sunday Train

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 1

THE Secretary for Railways, in reply to the representations of the Blue Mountains Shire Council, that the recently added Sunday [?]ning…

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Wrong Card Value Of Leads In Bridge EXAMPLES

The Sun · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 4

CORRECT leading is of great importance in bridge, and many points are lost because the wrong card is played. Numbers…

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Car Crashes Over the South Creek Bridge Serious Injuries

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 5

A car travelling toward Sydney skidded and crashed through the railing of South Creek Bridge, St. Marys, on Thursday, and fe[?]…

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French Train Disaster in Which More Than 200 Perished

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 18

A photograph received by air mail showing the wreckage of the Strasbourg express after the collision at Lagny, near Paris, in which more than 200 holiday-makers were killed…

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For the Children. the Road to Goblin Town

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 7

A winding and awindlng goes the road to Goblin Town, Atwisting and atwining far across a purple down;…

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Emu v. Railway (Played on Penrith Park)

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 7

Emu.—1st Innings, 50. 2nd Innings! L. Dukes, not out, 36; C. Bloomfifild, c Bickford b Hartigan, 2; I. Curry, b Leaght, 1; P, Dukes, b Leaght, O; E…

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CRICKET T. Davies, 9 for 33 Railway Ii. Still Leads

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 7

The second series of matches in the, second round of A, B, and C Grades concluded on Saturday in good weather, Railway II maintains its lend in A…

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Late Rev. T. F. POTTS Death by Motor Accident

The Methodist · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 4

The news of the sudden death of the Rev. T. F. Potts by motor accident on Saturday evening last brought a shock of grief to many who had known him personally or by the publicity necessarily…

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Motor Cycling. Speedway Royal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 11

The draw for the pairs championship at the Speedway Royal to night when the motor cycle dirt track season will be continued is:- V. Huxley and W. Little (Australia), H. M…

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Man Killed. Companion Injured. Motor Cycle Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 15

Frank Bull, 37, of Forth-street, Ashbury, was killed, and Arthur Gordon Copeland, 34, of Beulah-street, South Kensington, was seriously injured last night, when the motor cycle,…

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Shot in Thigh Mystery Bullet On Tram

The Sun · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 3

DETECTIVES are investigating the wounding last night of Vincent Natoli, 21, Kellett-street, Darlinghurst…

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JAY-WALKING Motorists Will Help Police

The Sun · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 8

"Judging from the tone of letters received from N.R.M.A. members, motorists in general will give every assistance to the police in their…

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Mr. Maddocks' Troubles What Noise Annoys a Tram Passenger? Melbourne Idea Was No Good in Sydney

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 4

EVERYBODY has seen the pretty colored trams Mr, Maddocks has on the South Head run. And when they put on their brakes everybody hears them. The trams are green, but the language, used by green tram travellers…

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MOTORING Why Modern Cars Are Better Than Rip Van Winkle Of The "Good" Old Days

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 14

EVERY keen motorist must be genuinely interested in the lasting qualities of the modern car engine, for it means so much in hard cash over a…

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