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Railways, roads & transport, 1935

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Sunday Train Service. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 10

The increase in the Sunday passenger traffic has influenced the Railway Department to replace the rail motor service between Dubbo and Orange with a steam train, which it is…

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Late News Youth Under Train

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Frank Kenne. 17, of Nhill. slipped when attempting to board a goods train to Melbourne from Dimboola, and…

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Contract Bridge Pars for World Olympic

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 4

MANY enquiries have been received from contract bridge enthusiasts as to the pars for the Olympic Bridge hands played…

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The Road Among The Gum Trees-- International Runners' Styles

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 16

WHERE Prince's-highway winds its way through the gum-trees near Bateman's Bay. International…

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COLLISION At Level Crossing. Rail Motor and Truck. Man and Boy Killed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 9

A boy was killed instantly and a man was fatally injured when a rail motor crashed into a motor truck at a level crossing five miles from…

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City Railway. Longer Tunnel at St. James. 130 Men to Be Employed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 9

The city underground tunnel is to be extended northward from St. James station at an estimated cost of £40,000. About 130 additional permanent way and other men will…

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Apprentices' Tram Fares

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 10

A plea for a reduction in tram fares for working girls and boys is made by a correspondent in a letter to the Editor. The correspondent suggests that weekly concession tickets,…

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Motor Cycling. Speedway Charity Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 13

Representative English and Australian motor-cycle speedway riders, as well as a number of prominent local exponents, voluntarily participated in a diversified and lengthy programme at the Royal…

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Motor Cycle Collides with Cow. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 10

When a motor cycle, ridden by L. McNamara, of South Grafton, collided with a cow which doubled back across the road, he was thrown to the road, and suffered an injury to his…

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The Railways. Special Investigating Officer. MR. W. B. Rogers Appointed

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

The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Har[?]gan) announced yesterday that Mr. W. B. Rogers had been appointed special investigating officer of the Railway Department…

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Rodgers' Job In The Railways

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 9

Mr. Sanders asked the Minister for Railways in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon if he had noticed the appointment of Mr. W. B…

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Railway Orders Preference Policy

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 9

Railway officers concerned with departmental purchases of equipment and materials have been advised that the Premier (Mr Stevens) has…

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Crashed to Death Boy Over Railway Cutting on Line Drop of 60 Feet Was Playing Oatley Tragedy

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 9

WHILE playing with his five-year-old brother, near his home, Yarran-road, Oatley, to-day, John Clarkson, 4,…

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"Telegraph" Motor-cycle Trial

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 12

Competitors in "The Telegraph" motor-cycle trial who finished without loss of points, and have not yet been photographed by "The…

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Tyrol Railway Blocked

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 13

Innsbruck, Monday.--There seems little possibility that the railway line through the Arlberg tunnel, which is 6½ miles long, will be…

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Gear Gone Railways' Loss

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 8

Resulting from the receipt of an anonymous letter, a check-up in the country has revealed what railway officers regard as an alarmingly…

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Motor Cycle and Car Collide Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 7

When Frank Spriggs, of Mt. Keira, was riding his motor cycle along the Prince's Highway, near Geard's Hill (West Wollongong) with Miss Mabel…

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Stop Press Tram Guard's Condition

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 1

The condition of Milton Maries, the tram conductor who was injured on the footboard of a tram on Iron Cove Bridge on…

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Investigating Officer Railway Appointment

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 4

Mr. W. B. Rogers, formerly assistant to the chief mechanical engineer of the Department of Railways, has been appointed mechanical…

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Enticement of the Open Footboards Boy Went to Jump on Tram Inquest Story Of How He Met His Death Ran Into Car

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 8

FOLLOWING the City Coroners condemnation last week of tram footboards, which, he said, were an enticement for boys to imperil…

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