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Railways, roads & transport, 1934

9,505 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 250

To-day's Special Tram Services

The Labor Daily · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 2

The Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways advises that in connection with the cricket match at the Sydney Cricket Ground, to-day…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Crashed Into Fence

The Labor Daily · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 6

Frank Oscar Bull, 87 of 74th Street, Ashbury, was killed instantly last night when his motor cycle crushed, into a fence at the…

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150,000 on Trams Figures for Holiday

The Labor Daily · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 14

Over 150,000 passengers were carried by trams yesterday while thousands of persons travelled by train…

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Railway Excursions Popular Figures for December

The Labor Daily · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 6

Figures made available by the Railway Department reveal that excursion traffic during December, was popular with travellers due to the…

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Cricket Ground Trams

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 9

For the match at Sydney Cricket Ground to-day, special trams will be run from Circular Quay and Railway, commencing at 10 a.m., and to…

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Contract Bridge. Standard of Play Revelations at Tournaments

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1934 · page 3

"These tournaments have made many contract players realise that the general standard of bidding and play in…

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Wooed Death, But Lived To Sing Of Life Man Who Leapt Off Bridge Tells

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1934 · page 1

Three weeks ago, when a new year was just starting, Charles Gallagher, 40, weighed the uncertainties of…

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New Northern Road Will Prove a National Asset Isolation Of Important Sugar Settlement Ended

Truth · Sunday 28 January 1934 · page 12

THE name of "Cook" given to the new Highway has a double significance—it…

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Motors Speed Up

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1934 · page 4

WITH markets in sight, many of the American motor-cars--Ford, Chevrolet, Plymouth, Hudson--are being made at…

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Suggested New Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 17

A correspondent, in a letter to the Editor of the "Herald," suggests that a road should be built to Cottage Point, where there are 30 cottages. He says the road of six miles…

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Loyalty's Aid On Road To Success

The Sun · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 7

WITHOUT character success is impossible--and the cardinal point of character is loyalty, the president of the Y.M.C.A. (Sir Arthur Cocks), told more thn 150 unemployed youths, who enrolled at the newly formed free…

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By Train and 'Plane Relatives Dash to Bedsides

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 6

LONG trips by air and rail to reach the bedsides of sick relatives, were made by Persons over the week -end. The aeroplane…

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London Topics. a Rival Aerodrome. the Police and Frederick. (From Our Special Correspondent.) London. Dec. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 10

London is already a great airport, but to give it a leading position it is proposed to extend and modernise the Gatwick aerodrome as a rival to the world-famous terminus at…

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Motor Cyclist Injured. Thrown Under Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 12

Arthur Linton, 40, of Liney-avenue, South Campsle, was critically injured late last night when his motor cycle collided with a tram at the intersection of Parramatta-road and…

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Railway and Tramway Institute. Blacksmithing. Boilermaking

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 8

Stage I.—Pass Colin Bloke John A. Bruce Harry Clay Robert G. Crawford Fronds M. Farrell, Harry B. Harrison Gordon K. Johnston, Russell F. Lawrence Alexander Melville stanley Meredith…

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Red Roll of Road in Melb. One Man Killed & 21 Others Are Injured Lucky Escapes Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 5

IN one of the worst week-end series of smashes for months a man was Killed and 21 persons injured. two critically, yesterday,…

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Motorcycling. Speedway Royal. Stevenson Beats Huxley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 16

A record crowd at the Speedway Royal on Saturday night saw H. M. Stevenson, the British open champion, beat V. Huxley, the Australian champion, in two straight heats of a match race for what…

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Jay Motoring. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 5

Sir,—Your correspondent "Non-motorist" has pointed out the dangers of crossing at intersections in the city. It is quite safe to say that much of the "jay-walking" is the fruit…

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Motor Boating. Australian M.y.s

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 17

Seven races decided by the Australian Motor Yacht Squadron at Middle Harbour on Saturday resulted:- General Handicaps for Outboard Motors 2m…

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A Sportsman Mr. Spencer Gollan Killed By Motor 'Bus LONDON

The Sun · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 1

Mr. Spencer Herbert Gollan, the famous sportsman, was instantly killed in Oxford-street, London, tonight when a motor 'bus ran over…

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