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Railways, roads & transport, 1936

10,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

Killed, Hidden From View Strange Chance in Road Smash in S.a

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Monday. -- Clement William Correll (23), of Woodside, was killed near Woodside yesterday when his motor-cycle left the road…

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Story for the Kiddies The Adventures Of Will Wattle-Gum A Slight Accident On The Bushland Road

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 9

ON and on went the Walloping Caravan through Bushland. Sometimes it went bumping over bridges; sometimes It bounced over the worst…

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Toll of the Road Cyclist Met End in Storm Head-on Collision On The Bulli Pass Heavy Fog

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 5

RIDING his motor cycle through a heavy fog and driving rain on Bulli Pass yesterday, Leslie Arthur Smith 18…

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Fatal Fall From Tram. Dispute Over Bottle of Beer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 13

The City Coroner (Mr. Oram). after hearing evidence from a number of witnesses, yesterday found that Francis Stuart Duncan, 43, of Ancrum-street, North Sydney, died at the…

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Fast Motor Ship. Records on Voyage from London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 13

The British motorship Wairangl, which reached Sydney yesterday, demonstrated its speed in striking fashion during the trip from England. The journey from London to…

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Motoring. New Willys "77" Models

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 5

The 1936 type of the Willys "77" is a sleek car, of well balanced contours, and has a very different appearance from the first version of this make, which some critics thought…

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Motor Signals To Help with the Traffic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 8

Quite an appreciable proportion of motor drivers are under the impression that mechanical signals are neither recognised nor approved by the traffic authorities. As a…

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Railway Station Gardens. Queanbeyan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 10

For the second time in succession the Queanbeyan railway station staff has won the first prize for the station garden in section 4 of the New South Wales railways garden…

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Motor Mechanics' Exam

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 6

The annual examination of Motor mechanics for the N.R.M.A. Certi[?]cate will be conducted at the Sydney Technical College on the night of…

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Tram. Swimmers to Toe Carpet

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 3

MEMBERS of the Waverley Tramway Depot Amateur Swimming Club may have to toe the carpet at the next…

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The World Of Motoring GOGGLES

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 8

CLEM MITCHELL contributed to one of the best races yet seen at the Royale, when contesting his heat in the Australian championship on Saturday night Getting the break…

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No Tram Stops at Hospital

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 5

"Once again Paddington has been turned down in its request for an alteration of tram stops to assist hospital patients," said the Mayor of…

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No More Footboard Trams

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 10

The Minister for Transport replied last night to Paddington Council's request for the introduction of corridor trams throughout the…

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Licence Restored to Motorist

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 10

George Robert MoKay, of Knox Street, Double Bay, successfully appealed against the disqualification of his motor driver's licence until…

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Cinema Train

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 4

One of the queerest trains in the world belongs to the Eastern Bengal Railway, India. It consists of an immense bogie carriage, which serves as a permanent…

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For Cup Bridge Tournament

The Sun · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 19

Play in the tournament for the David Jones Bridge Challenge Cup will begin on Friday, January 17, in David Jones's Auditorium and will…

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Bridge Barricaded. Railway Commissioners' Action. Dispute with Council. Kyogle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 15

The Railway Commissioners and the Kyogle Council are at war, and the first casualties were persons who wished to-day to use the overhead bridge over the railway line at…

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Law Case. Aeroplane Accident. Grein v. Imperial Airways Ltd

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 5

This was an action brought by Mrs. Else Charlotte Grein, widow, of Parkstrasse, Wiesbaden, Germany, in which she claimed from Imperial Airways Ltd. damages for the death of her husband, Louis John Herman Grein, who was…

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Alleged Robbery on Train. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 16

Jack Wilson, who was arrested at Goulburn, with three other youths, who [?] boarded the Cooma Mail at Penrose and [?] den in a sleeping car to Goulburn, according…

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Jet of Flame in Road

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1936 · page 1

A big jet of flame, burning steadily in Prince Edward Street, Gladesville, yesterday, attracted considerable attention…

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