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Railways, roads & transport, 1936

10,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250

Open Door Hit Cyclist Motorist Is Fined

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 9

On each of charges of having driven in a manner dangerous to the public, and having failed to stop after an accident. Bertram Edward…

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No Additional Trams

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 6

At its last meeting, Erskineville Council made a second request for an improved tram service. The Minister for Transport. Mr. Bruxner,…

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Bandit Obliged Motorist Served Petrol During Hold-up Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 12

Two armed and masked bandits held up the attendant and a companion at a service station at Queen's Bridge early this morning…

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Trams for Randwick

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 12

The Deputy-Commissioner of Road Transport and Tramways advises that, in connection with Randwick races to-day, special services of…

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Motorist Fined

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 14

"I have sold my car, and will not drive again," declared Herbert William Barker, 47, shearer, when appealing for leniency at Central…

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To-day's Race Trams

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 4

Special trams will run to-day from Circular Quay and Railway, to Randwick racecourse, commencing at 11.40 a.m…

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Horror Posters on Roads Soon: First on Bridge?

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 9

Police safety campaign posters are in the hands of a printer and arrangements are being made to place them along main routes in the…

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Good Roads Help N.Z. Motorists

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 32

Reciprocation in the encouragement of motor tourist traffic in Australia and New Zealand, and the improving of trade relationships, were…

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Bridge and Food

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 21

AT a recent meeting of graziers, a somewhat sad gentleman interested in his profession as a meat salesman complained bitterly that many of the serious and regular "bridge-playing women"…

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Road Music

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 3

At a remarkable concert held recently in the town of Nauen, Germany, under the auspices of the Prussian Transport Ministry, the instruments used were not…

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Train for Employment

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 8

WHEN the chances of ready employment for youth were shattered in the crash of the Depression, nearly all systems of training and apprenticeship were broken. No new adjustment has yet been made; and a situation arises in which Mr. Stevens…

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To South Motoring Tour Road Report

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 10

Motoring conditions along the principal cross country roads between the southern highlands and the south coast…

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Missing Boat Found Adrift. Located by Aeroplane

The Propeller · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 3

A motor launch owned by Mr. Chaffey, of Gunnamatta Bay, Cronulla, which left for the shores of National Park on Monday, and did not…

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America's Super Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 3

After 22 years of work, an all-weather, hard-surfaced road now stretches for 3300 miles across the Continent of America. The last section, 34 miles of…

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A Tint Train Trip

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 15

"PEACH DLOMOM" yarrahairdal).—I am eleven years old, and in sixth class at school. I like a school very much. For my pots i have a little pony called birtdy, and a dog…

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Girl Falls From Train

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 5

Standing near the open door at an electric train last Tuesday, Beryl Joyee Taylor (J6), of Flemington-street, Lidcombe combe, fainted and fell out between…

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£29,124,000 IN 16 Years on Roads Motorists' Contribution £[?]418,113

The Broadcaster · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 4

The Main Roads Board in its 10 years existence, has spent £29,124,000. Of this sum, £12,960,994 came from motor taxation and [?]11[?] from the petrol tax…

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Animals on the Road

The Propeller · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 6

The natural instinct of almost every motorist is to swerve abruptly and brake hard in order to avoid a dog which has rushed suddenly in his path,…

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George's River Bridge. Record Holiday Traffic

The Propeller · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 7

Last Monday's traffic over the George's River Bridge was the largest ever since it was opened in 1929. There were 13,300 tickets issued, with…

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Fell Out of Train Youth Critically Hurt

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 5

Falling on to the permanent way from an electric train at Stanmore at about midnight last night, William Evans, 20, of Waters Road,…

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