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Railways, roads & transport, 1936

10,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 250

Win for Union Queensland Railways Case BRISBANE

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 31

A dispute between the Commissioner for Railways and locomotive employees regarding time allowances at Mayne Junction and woolloongabba…

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Railway to Gulf Shipowner's Support BRISBANE

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 36

Strong support for a railway from Mt. Isa to the Gulf, application for which has been made to the Queensland and Federal Governments by…

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Police Curio Motor Cycle Chariot

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 36

One of the most unusual motor conveyances seen in Australia was given trials this afternoon on the Show Ground…

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Quay Railway "Not For 3 Years" OVERLOADING

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 27

The City Railway was built on the assumption that trains would run through Circular Quay, and the failure to construct the Quay section…

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Barelegged Guard Railway Line Flooded PERTH

The Sun · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 22

A barelegged guard had to pilot a train over several hundred yards of flooded rails, as a result of a cyclone which struck the railway siding at…

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Motor Cars in Collision

The Propeller · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 4

When two motor cars collided on Sunday at Brighton-le-Sands, Marie Savell, aged ten years, a passenger in one of the cars, received a probable…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 4

On Tuesday Hugh Rhodin, of Connell's Point Road, South Hurstville, was riding a motor cycle along Connell's Point Road, when he came into…

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Accidents of the Week. Motor Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 4

As he was trying to overtake a motor car in Prince's Highway, Rockdale, last Saturday, Arthur Rogerson, about 20, of Terry Street, Arncliffe,…

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Motorists Fined

The Propeller · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 8

Dudley Ross was fined £2, with 8- costs, for driving a motor lorry on the wrong side of Prince's Highway, Rockdale, in trying to pass two other…

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Kogarah Police Court. Dangerous Motor Driving

The Propeller · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 8

Bertram Edward West, 42, baker, was fined £3 for driving a motor car in Bay Street, Rockdale, in a dangerous manner. He was also fined an…

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Hints to Motorists. Cylinder Block

The Propeller · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 7

The average car should have the cylinder block tested, and if necessary reground and new pistons fitted after it has travelled from 20,000 to…

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Tramway Union Deputation

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 6

Following representations made oy a deputation from the electrical branch of the Tramway Union to the Chief Electrical engineer, Mr. corner, favorable consideration…

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Silverton Tramway Dividend Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 7

The stiverton Tramway company, Ltd., has declared a dividend of 9d a snare, payable on February 29…

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Railway Concession Sought Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 5

Mount Isa Mines Ltd. has applied to the Queensland Government for a concession to build a railway or tramway originally contemplated by…

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Motor Boats on Signalling -- and Some Fish

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 3

COMMODORE C. P. WHITE is concentrating on an invention to prevent the dinghy rope from fouling the propeller of his flagship Zelma…

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Two New Motorships

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 8

PERTH, Wednesday. -- Mr. N. R. H. Werring, partner of the Wilhelmsen Line, who arrived by the Troja today to visit all States, said that his…

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Bathurst Aerodrome. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 12

Long negotiations between the Bathurst Municipal Council and the Defence Department over the establishment of a local aerodrome have ended with an intimation from…

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Bridge Tournament

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 6

Entries are invited for an Auction Bridge tournament to be held shortly. No entrance fee is charged to members of the Institute, but members may enter…

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Road Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 6

A timber bridge has open completed across Port Hacking River in the National Park, a short distance upstream from the confluence of Port Hacking River and Kangaroo Creek,…

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Broken Hill Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 16

For the convenience of many far west travellers who are going home, an additional train will leave Sydney for Broken Hill at 8.20 a.m. to-morrow. In addition to…

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