Harbour Bridge Tax
Mr. A. A. Marks, a property owner in the Circular Quay area, writes protesting against the continuance of the property tax for the cost of the Harbour Bridge. He adds: "The city…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1936
10,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250
Romance of the Roads
THROUGH all parts of our sunny State they wind — roads. By sea and river, wooded forest, and open valley. They are so much a part of us that we accept them without questioning — like some old, tried, familiar thing that has become an essence of our…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Funeral Train Reaches Windsor
No further incidents marked the progress of the procession to Paddington, where it arrived late, delaying the start of the funeral train 28 minutes. The vast arch of the station…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Train Stops Two Mins
When the Canberra express stopped on the tracks a few miles on the Sydney side of Goulburn at 12 noon yesterday, the passengers, who had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Harbour Bridge Rate Reduction in City Area
The Sydney City Council has been informed by the Main Roads Department that the Harbour Bridge rate will be reduced from one-third of a penny in the £1 to two-ninths of a penny in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Narrandera Bridge over Murrumbidgee River, N.S.W.
Government Printer, N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hit by Train Mutilated Body of Man Found on Rails
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The mutilated body of a man, found near Broadmeadaw railway station last night, was to-day identified as that of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Swagmen on Roads Claiming to be Ex-soldiers. Imposition Alleged. Byron Bay
The retiring president of Bangalow subbranch of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. Chester Snow), in his annual report, said that only half the men "on the track" who…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Toll of the Road Turned Over Five Times Truck Is Wrecked
TURNING over five times when the steering gear suddenly jammed while rounding a bend in Pennant Hills Road, Carlingford, late yesterday, a utility truck was wrecked, three young men being injured, two seriously. They were: --…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motoring at St Moritz
As a centre for motoring, St. Moritz is one of the best places in the Alps for long or short tours. A wide choice lies at the disposal of the motorist. Six roads traverse mountain passes, and it depends entirely on spring snowfalls how early these passes are open, and on early snowfalls as to…
Continued on Trove, page 52 →Motoring Little Cars for Lean Purses. An Untouched Market for Special Models
ANYONE who predicted thirty years ago that within a few decades every tenth inhabitant of Australia would own a motor-car, or that in the densely settled United Kingdom the…
Continued on Trove, page 49 →Motor Cyclists Injured. in Trophy Races. Lithgow
There were several accidents during the Tourist Trophy road races held on the Hartley Circuit yesterday by Western Suburbs Motor Cycle Club. Three riders were…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →MOTORING. Perth to Sydney. Double Crossing of Australia
Motorists are showing keen interest in the proposed motor race, suggested by Mr. Harry James, of Melbourne, from Perth to Sydney, via Adelaide and Melbourne, a distance of about 6640 miles. This…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Motor Cyclist Killed
R. Limon, of Schwebel-street, Marrickville, was fatally injured yesterday when his motor cycle, in taking the turn at the overhead bridge at Lawson, skidded and hit the brick wall of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Newcastle News. Railway Fatality. Newcastle
The man whose mutilated body was found on the railway line near Broadmeadow early this morning was identified to-day as that of Samuel Grant, 40, of the Broadway Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motor Accidents. Gosford
A motor accident occurred on the Terrigal-Gosford road last night. A sedan car owned by Mr. N. Ferris, of Gladstone-road, Lindfield, and driven by Mr. P. J. Campbell, of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Anniversary Day. Heavy Railway Traffic
The acting Secretary for Railways said yesterday that the traffic out of Sydney during the week-end was exceptionally heavy, and all the rolling-stock of the department had…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Railway Plan Mt. Isa To Gulf BRISBANE
Mr. J. P. Blaikle Webster (chairman of Mt. Isa Mines, Ltd.) announced to-day that the company had applied to the Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motor Taxation
Now that the Federal Treasurer has made it clear that the petrol tax is a revenue tax, I would suggest that the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Year's Work Rewarded Railway Institute Exams. Passes for All Sections Sydney and Country
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