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Railways, roads & transport, 1935

9,904 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 250

Dangerous Corner Condemned by Coroner. Death of Young Motorist. Berry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 9

The Coroner (Mr. Reuben King), when returning a verdict of accidental death at the inquest concerning David Mahlon Cowlishaw, who was killed when his car overturned on the…

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Explosives Buried Under Railway. One Cache Not Located. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 10

About half a mile of railway line on the Portland side of Mount Gambler has been dug up by police and railway authorities in an attempt to locale a cache of gelignite,…

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Motor Cycling. Challenge Speedway Match. N.S.W. Beats England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 13

The New South Wales motor cycle speedway team beat a strong English side by 28 points to 24 at the Royal Agricultural Ground on Saturday night, as part of a programme of racing that provided a…

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Motor Boating Close Finish in Ocean Race

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 13

The second ocean race of the season from Rose Bay to Port Hacking was promoted on Saturday by the Port Hacking branch of the Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales, and resulted in…

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Railway Extension. Coonabarabran

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 10

Coonabarabran Chamber of Commerce [?] urging that the Gwabegar railway line should be extended to connect with the north-western line at the point considered by the…

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General Cable News. Banks Help Motor Company. London, Feb. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 10

French banks are advancing Citroens, the motor car manufacturers, £670,000 for running expenses, pending reorganisation, which it is expected will be completed at the end…

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Tram and Car Collide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 10

A man and two children were injured when a car and a tram collided at Narrabeen last night. Florence Luscombe, 7. of Premier-street, Marrickville, and Jean Betteridge, 13,…

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Motor Accidents. Boy Killed. Car Overturns After Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 10

Neil Higgs, 8, of Mintaro-avenue, Strathfield, was killed instantly yesterday afternoon when the car in which he was riding overturned after a collision on the main Western-road,…

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Motor Cyclist Killed. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 10

Robert Kloss, aged about 50, of Adelaide, died in the Adelaide Hospital to-day as the result of a fracture of the skull suffered when the motor cycle he was riding came…

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Casualties. Tram Conductor Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 10

Milton Marles, 32, tram conductor, of Connecticut-avenue, Fivedock, was seriously injured on Saturday night while collecting fares from the running board of a tram when the…

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New Post Special Officer Mr. B. Rogers Railway Surprise

The Sun · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 7

A SURPRISE move has been made by the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan) in appointing as…

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Fishing Quest Own Motor Cruiser

The Sun · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 5

When the big fighting fish disappointed in tropic seas, Messrs. Hugo Rutherford, of New York, and Ralph Poole, of Chicago, who reached…

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Ex-railway Officer's Death

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 4

A former railway official, Michael Usher, collapsed and died during the week-end at the Salvation Army Hostel in Albion Street, City. Death…

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Tram Conductor's Sudden Death

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 4

While talking to other employees at Wavericy tramway depot on Saturday, George Sweeney, 53, tram conductor, of Bondi, collapsed and…

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Motor Cyclist's Fatal Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--Robert Kloss, 50, of Adelaide, died in Adelaide Hospital to-day from injuries received when a motor cycle he was…

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Car-tram Collision Four People Receive Minor Injuries

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 7

Four persons received minor injuries last night when a oar was wrecked in a head-on collision with a tram in Frenchman's Road, Randwick, and…

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Emergency Aerodrome On Bathurst Island. DARWIN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 8

Work will begin within the next fortnight on the new emergency landing ground, which will be constructed at. Cape Fourcroy, on the south-eastern extremity of Bathurst Island…

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Motoring Road Safety. How Motorists Might Help

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 5

There are almost countless ways in which the driver of a motor vehicle might further the cause of road safety, and many of them are so obvious to any person of normal…

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Season Tickets Bridge Question

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 11

North Shore residents who motor across the Harbor Bridge have raised the question of season toll tickets, such as are issued for crossing the…

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Man and Boy Killed Train Crashed Into Motor Truck Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 1

IN a collision between a motor a truck and a train at the Coonawarra level crossing near Leongatha to-day, Neville Slater, 10, of…

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