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Railways, roads & transport, 1936

10,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250

Contract Bridge Aggressiveness Rewarded

The Sun · Sunday 26 January 1936 · page 35

AGGRESSIVE tactics on the part of Mr. Donaldson's team accounted for several games being bid and made in No-Trumps which were…

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Bridge Play Postponed First Session For The David Jones Cup Was Keen

The Sun · Sunday 26 January 1936 · page 7

Owing to the death of King George, the second and third sessions of the David Jones Challenge Cup, which were to have taken place last week,…

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The Truth About Motors THE 1936 PONTIACS Attractive Appearance and Nicely Finished Many Safety Features

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1936 · page 7

JUST as January ushers in the new year, so it brings the announcement of new Pontiac cars for 1936, which are now on display in the artistically lighted, modern showrooms of Stack & Co. Ltd., Crowle House, 105…

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Crashed Over an Embankment Motor Cyclist on His Way to Newcastle Gosford

The Sun · Sunday 26 January 1936 · page 2

Jack Robinson, 20, of 52 Shelley- street, Campsie, set out on his motor cycle from Sydney to day for a holiday in Newcastle, but finished in a…

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King Edward Shows He Is Impatient of Red Tape Court Circles' Shock No "Royal" Train For Return To His Home Brothers Will Act As His "Aides" Coronation Empire Tour London

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1936 · page 16

THE accession of King Edward will mark an era predominantly infused with the spirit of youth and modernity. Already there is consternation in certain Court circles because of the young King's new ideas. Even progressively-minded Cabinet Ministers are astonished…

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Bridge-high Seas Batter Liner

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 4

THE liner Niagara arrived in Sydney on Saturday showing signs of the frightful battering she received from a gale when she was 600…

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Fireman on Royal Train. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 8

The death has occurred at Goulburn, at the age of 60, of Alfred Charles King, of Victoria-street, who was a fireman on the pilot engine which brought the Royal train through…

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Man Dies From Shock Road Smash

The Sun · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 9

AN elderly man died from shock, following a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle and side car in…

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Toll of the Road Youth Died From Injury Others In Smashes

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 5

IN addition to many persons who were injured in road accidents during the week-end, a fourteen-years-old boy died in hospital from an injury received over a fortnight ago at Mascot. RUNNING from behind tram…

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Motor Cruiser Launched on

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 9

With champagne dripping from her bows, a motor launch slid into the waters of Neutral Bay on Saturday morning. She is wholly Empire-made…

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Railwaymen. Stop Work Strike Threatened at Brisbane. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 8

If Brisbane railway enginemen carry out the decision of a mass meeting held this afternoon all locomotives not placed in their sheds within the 45 minutes provided in the…

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Motor Bus Forced Under Shop Awning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 8

A young woman passenger and the conductor were fortunate to escape with slight injuries when a shop awning tore the upper deck from this double-deck bus after the vehicle had been forced on to the footpath following a collision in Pacific Highway, Crow's Nest…

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Motor Accidents. Two Men Seriously Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 8

While driving a car along Parramatta-road, Camperdown, on Saturday morning, Arthur John Farrelly, 27, of Goodrich-avenue, South Kensington, lost his hat. He alighted fiom…

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Motor Transport. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 4

Sir,—Mr. Fitzgerald, in his letter published in your journal to-day, claims that "drastic modification of the State Transport Act would set the wheels of the motor industry…

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Two Injured Motor Cycle Skidded

The Sun · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 9

The skidding of their motor cyclo in Berowra-road. Berowra, last night resulted in the rider Sydney [?]ard, 20, of Harriett-street…

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Motoring Road Test. Eight-cylinder Hupmobile

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 5

The new Hupmobile eight-cylinder sedan, known as the "Series 521-0," is a large and powerful model equipped with an imported all-steel body, which provides ample…

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D. Jones's Bridge Cup

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 8

The second session of the David Jones's Contract Bridge Challenge Cup match, postponed from last week, will be played in their…

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Holiday Record George's River Bridge

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 3

More vehicles crossed the George's River bridge yesterday than on any other day since the bridge was opened in 1929…

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Miler to Train at Dunleavy's

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 3

CALIFORNIAN heavyweight champion Miler, who will be here in a fortnight, will train at Jack…

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His Road to Stardom

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 9

CHARLES FARRELL, who arrived in Sydney by the Monterey yesterday to play the lead in "The Flying Doctor" for…

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