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Railways, roads & transport, 1935

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Cook's River Dulwich Hill Tram Fares

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 10

A regulation for the fixing of fares for passengers on the Cook's River Dulwich Hill tram line has been gazetted. On and after to-day the…

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Eastern Subs. Railway

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 4

A public meeting with the cooperation of Paddington, Randwick, Vaucluse, Woollahra, and Waverley councils, to urge for the…

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Motor-cycle Run Is to Be Filmed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 7

FROM far and wide throughout N.S.W. motor cyclists soon will be converging on Sydney for "The Telegraph" motor…

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Champions Train

The Sun · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 1

From left: W. McFarlane (Scotland). Eddie Tolan (U.S.A.) and Austin Robertson (Australia) in a training run in Melbourne, It was…

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Hampton-oberon Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 5

At a point two miles on the Jenolan Caves side of Hampton there is a branch road running to the right, which goes across country to Oberon, 14 miles distant. This road…

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Yass-canberra Road. Yass

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 10

Preparations are being made to start work on the reconstruction of the yass-canberra road. Local unemployed said they had applied to the engineer on the job for…

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Lorry's Crash Hit Bridge; Three Men Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 9

KATOOMBA, Monday. -- While proceeding from Lithgow to Katoomba this afternoon a Main Roads Board three ton lorry loaded with pipes for…

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Killed on Roads. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 3

Sir,—In your issue of Tuesday, 15th, under the heading, "Killed on Roads," you reported a motion passed by the Junee branch of the Graziers' Association. This motion was a…

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Says Road Is Dangerous Bilpin to Mt. Irvine

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 6

IN the opinion of the N.R.M.A., the new road from Bllpin to Mount Irvine is unsuitable for tourist traffic, and is likely to be dangerous under…

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Less Bad Money Harbor Bridge Lords It Over the George's

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 5

The George's River Bridge toll collectors took only 137 of bad money in every £1000 toll last year, but Sydney Harbor Bridge men seem to have…

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The New Road. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 8

Sir,—In your issue of the 17th instant, the Hon. J. C. Watson adversely criticises the new Bowens Creek-road to Mount Irvine and Mount Wilson. With the greatest respect to…

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Death on Roads Caution Is Urged by the N.r.m.a

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 8

That a serious attempt should be made to protect the Sydney pedestrian from the results of his own negligence as well as that of the…

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Yass Road Jobs Local Men Will Have the First Claims

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 9

Pears by unemployed of Yass district that labor will be sent from Sydney or Canberra for work on the Yass-Canberra road were not…

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The Floods. Isolated Boggabilla Reached by Train. First Time for a Week

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 9

Taking over an hour to traverse one section of seven miles the train from Moree managed to reach Boggabilla yesterday…

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Death of Railway Veteran. Guyra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 10

The death occurred in Armidale Hospital of Henry Arthur Townend, in his 90th year. He was born in Melbourne and, as a youns man, worked on the construction of the…

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Motoring Harley-davidson Cycles. 1935 Models Reviewed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 5

A new and very complete range of 1935 model Harley-Davidson motor cycles has just been placed on display. The two distinctive types are 750 c.c. and 1200 c.c. machines, all…

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Victorian Ban. Albury Car Service. Competition with Railways Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 9

One of the most servere blow delivered against border motor transport occurred to-day, when Victorian transport legulation officers placed a ban on the Albury-Melbourme…

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Science Congress. Noise Research. Methods of Measurements. Sydney's Trams. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 10

Mole papers of scientific and public interest were read to-day when sections of the Congress of the Association for the Advancomcnt of Science resumed their sittings. Two of the…

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Girl in Path of Tram Narrow Escape at Newtown

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 1

WHEN she stopped off the wrong side of a tram bound for Cook's River in King Street, Newtown, yesterday afternoon, Vera Thornton, 20,…

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The World Of Motoring GOGGLES

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 8

MORRIE BIRTLES, popular member and assistant vice-captain of the North Sydney Club, gave the boys a thrill at the recent acceleration test. Birties, who rides a "hot"…

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