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Railways, roads & transport, 1934

9,505 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 250

Gale Brings Death, Smashes, Rescues And Damage Many Hurt As Trams & Lorries Crash Shipping Is Tied Up in All Ports Fire Engine Skids tote Wall Of Bridge Traffic Delays

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 5

ATTAINING a velocity of 60 miles an hour, yesterday's terrific gale wrought havoc in the metropolitan area and on…

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C Grade Penrith v Penrith Railway (Played on Penrith Park)

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 7

Penrith.—First Innings: F. Thomas, c Price b Payne, 0; B. O'Donohue, b Bickford, 14; E. Douglas, c Fitch b Payne, 3; F. Plunkett, c sub b…

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Wheat Receivals. Railways in Southern Districts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 11

WAGGA, Friday.—The superintendent of railways has furnished a report regarding wheat received at railways in the southern districts during the harvest, carting of which…

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Motor Discounts Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 15

Motor Discounts, Ltd., reports a net profit of £1276 for the year ended November 30, compared with £1161 the previous year. With £63 brought forward, there is £1339…

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Noisy Railway Engines. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 14

Visitors who leave the city for a quiet holiday on the Mountains complain that they are frequently awakened by the noise of railway engines. Guest-house proprietors in the…

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Motor Cycling. Parramatta Speedway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 16

The Wednesday of Parramatta Speedway has announced that there will be no racing there to-night or next Wednesday, as previously intimated. Mr. N. T. Willams, the speedway manager, said…

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Railway Fares

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 8

A correspondent, in a letter to the Editor of the "Herald," says the absence of a list of fares at booking offices on suburban railway stations causes inconvenience and delay…

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Railway Log. Cabinet Approves Move. Overlapping Creates Confusion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 8

The State Cabinet is anxious that overlapping Federal and State awards governing State employees, particularly in the transport services, should be abolished, and that there…

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Street Traffic. Tramway Delays Upset Time-tables

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 13

The new traffic regulations for pedestrians in Sydney had a further trial yesterday under the worst of conditions on a stormy day. The main provision of the new regulations is…

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Fire Engine Suspended Above Railway Line

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 13

Trains on the northern suburbs line were delayed yesterday afternoon when a fire engine crashed into the parapet of a bridge at Pymble and hurled huge masses of masonry…

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Motoring the Heart of the Petrol Problem Lies in Your Carburettor

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 14

DURING the past year or two radical alterations from conventional design have, in many instances, demanded that we re-educate ourselves in driving methods in order to secure best results, and no better illustration can be cited than in operating the popular type of down draft carburettor. Although it must be admitted that petrol is now cheaper than it has been far many years, yet the fact remains,…

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Death and Injury in Fierce Rioting Tramcars Wrecked & BURNED Streets Barricaded By Rebels Strike Call Barcelona

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 1

ONE man was killed and many injured--several seriously--when rioting broke out at Castellon to-day…

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Motor Trucks Increase

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 7

"It is a significant fact that the number of motor lorries now registered is greater than at any other time in the history of the State."…

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Wild Dash By Train Was In Vain

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 2

A desperate, but unsuccessful, race in an attempt to save life was last night staged by a train crew, after a man had collapsed…

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Slam Zone in Contract Bridge When Daring Does It

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 3

"WE get a little slam, partner, but of course we could never have bid it." This remark is heard from time…

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The Truth About Motors and Motoring Standard Chevrolet Offers Splendid Value For Money and Performs Well Nice to Drive and Economical

Truth · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 9

THE 1934 series of automobile tests over "Truth's" gruelling course commenced last week when a Standard Chevrolet Sedan was put through its paces to register a performance that was most convincing in every way…

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Tramway Swimming Carnival

Truth · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 7

TO-MORROW morning. Tramway are staging a big carnival at Rushcutter Bay Baths. The tit-bit of the carnival is a 50 yards invitation…

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Motor Yachts at Port Hacking Branch of R.m.y.c. in Gunnamatta Bay

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1934 · page 15

A branch of the Royal Motor Yacht Club has been formed at Port Hacking, with headquarters at Gunnamatta Bay. Cruisers and speed boats…

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Woman Stopped on Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 10

A special constable on duty on the Harbour Bridge stopped a middle-aged woman at the southern approach to the footway last night. The woman, who was greatly agitated said at…

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Woman Arrested on the Bridge

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 6

BELIEVING from a statement she was alleged to have made that she intended jumping from the…

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