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Railways, roads & transport, 1935

9,904 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 250

A Tropical Motor TRIP

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1935 · page 15

NEW Britain and New Ireland are islands in the Bismark Archipelago, the former…

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Motor Hints 5s Award for Publication in "The Telegraph"

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1935 · page 7

Readers help each other in the "Wheels and Wings" section of "The Telegraph" on Thursdays by forwarding hints on car maintenance and how to overcome troubles…

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Grants for Roads

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 10

Granville Council has been informed by the Minister for Local Government that the Government has decided to provide £300,000 for…

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Car Hits Bridge Pedestrian and Three Motorists Hurt

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 5

Out of control, a car struck a pedestrian and the railings of a bridge on Princes Highway, Kogarah, yesterday…

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The Road To Beauty

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 9

To diminish your waistline, try this exercise, performed lying flat on the floor. Keeping the shoulders fiat, roll the body from the waist…

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Contract Bridge Player Who Squeezed Himself

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 4

Sometimes a declarer may squeeze himself. In the hand below South was so pleased with his first play…

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Ryde Bridge Rise in Land Values Caused

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 9

Although the bridge over the Parramatta River at Uhr's Point which will link Ryde and Rhodes will not be completed until the end of the…

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Near Death Old Lady Was Calm Stepped From Moving Train

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

When a woman of 70 slipped between the platform and the carriage of a moving train at Pendle Hill station last Thursday, she had a very narrow escape…

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Under Age Driver of Motor Lorry

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 1

When Peter Duffy, produce merchant, was before Ryde Police Court last Thursday, charged with allowing a youth under age to drive his motor lorry, he…

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New Year Beer Motorist Had Few Pints Was Driven to Police Station

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 1

"I've only been having a few pints of New Year beer," Arthur Clarence McKellar said to Constable Kent last Thursday,…

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Fares and Timetables Motor Service Owners

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

The Government Tourist Bureau, Wishing to make available to the travelling public complete details of fares and times of arrival and departure of cars…

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"Showing Off" Motorist Charged "Tried to Frighten Girls"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

Swerving his car from side to side to frighten his girl passengers, Thomas Dunbar drove along Southern-road, Liverpool, on December 16…

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Two Charges Motorist Fined

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 3

"His license has already once been suspended; he might he a danger to the public," commented the magistrate (Mr. Pickup), at the Liverpool Police Court…

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Trespassers on the Railway. Sergeant Swims Dirty Creek to Make Arrest. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 8

There was considerable excitement at Taree railway station yesterday when three men were arrested. Giving evidence at the police court later in the day Albert Ernest Stevens,…

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Motor Accidents. Little Girl Killed. Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 8

After being unconscious for more than 24 hours, the death occurred last night of Nola May Saunders, 4, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Saunders, of Ballina. Yesterday she…

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Motor Boating. St. George M.b.c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 11

St. George Motor Boat Club's events at Kogarah Bay, Sans Souci, on Saturday afternoon, resulted:- Everon Trophy, speedboat handicap, three heats of two miles each.—First heat: Miss Victory (R…

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Motor Cycling. Speedway Meeting To-night

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 11

The motor cycle speedway races which were to have been decided at the Royal Showground on Saturday night, were postponed on account of the rain until to-night, at 8 o'clock…

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Railway Institutes' Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 11

Victorian and Queensland Raliway Institutes' teams will be in Sydney from February 17 to 24, to revive the annual cricket matches against the New South Wales Railway Institute representatives. The…

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Motoring Party's Escape. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 8

Mr. J. J. Sweeney, president of the Forbes Show Society, had a narrow escape from serious injury when returning from Orange with Mrs. Sweeney and his niece. Miss Mary…

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Strike Fear Railway Outlook Can Judge Act? Vic. Chiefs Slated

The Sun · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 9

THE opinion that an order nisi, obtained by the Victorian Commissioners from a High Court judge did…

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