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Railways, roads & transport, 1936

10,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 250

World Of Motoring GOGGLES

The Labor Daily · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 4

"GOGGLES" received a nervously-Written letter from a very new father yesterday, saying that a baby boy had been born in "Rossby" private hospital, Forest…

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Motoring Wisdom

The Labor Daily · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 4

The man who pats dents in [?] is not always the "denial [?]-- sometimes he the cos ca[?]…

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Drove Without a Licence Costs Motorist £13

The Labor Daily · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 14

JOHN MASCOT O'GRADY, of Edgecliff Road, Woollahra, appeared at Paddington Court yesterday, on counts of dangerous driving in New…

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City Railway--Quay Section Start to Be Made This Year Employment For 600 Men

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 1

THE State Government intends to commence the building of the Circular Quay section of the…

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Injured in Motor Smash

The Biz · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 1

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Williams, of Harold-street Fairfield, were involved in a head-on collision in their motor cycle [?]n Monday. with a motor car at Bass…

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London Train Crash

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 1

The London driver of a Penzance-Paddington express was killed and 26 passengers injured when he train crashed into runaway roods trucks near Shrivenham. Wiltshire, on January 15. Most of the injured were in the first three coaches of the express, all of which were derailed. The dead driver was trapped beneath coal when the engine left the rails and fell on its side, and it was more than an hour before he could be…

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Special Train to Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 18

On Monday passengers for stations on the Mudgee branch line (Irondale to Mudgee inclusive) will not be allowed to board the 10 a.m. western train at Central Station. They will be provided for by a…

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Fall From Train. Nurse Critically Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 17

Shocking injures were suffered by Miss Audrey Knight, 2[?], when she fell from a passenger train between Sydenham and Tempe yesterday morning. Her skull was…

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Chapel Road, Bankstown Golden Jubilee

The Methodist · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 6

The Jubilee Services, which commenced last Sunday, are to be continued on Sunday, 2nd Feb­ruary, in thanksgiving services, which will be con­ducted at 11 a.m. by Rev. W. T. Dyer, and at 7…

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Chances Bridge Technique Selection If Game Possible

The Sun · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 4

HOW much easier it is to criticise than to perform! In bridge clubs there are usually to be seen gentlemen of…

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Several Die in Train Disaster Sunbury (Pennsylvania), Fri

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 1

Speeding from Philadelphia to New York, a passenger train plunged down an embankment near here today, killing several and injuring many…

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Fainted; Fell From Train Nurse Badly Hurt Near Tempe

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 6

Audrey Knight, a nurse, aged about 20, fell from a fast-moving train between Tempe and Sydenham yesterday afternoon and suffered terrible…

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Nurse Is Terribly Injured Scalp Almost Torn Off Fall From Train

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 5

TERRIBLE injuries were suffered by Audrey Knight, 24, nurse, of Clarence Street, North Sydney, when she collapsed…

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Motor Cyclist's Death Inquest on Lapstone Fatality

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 8

That Ian Livingstone Ramsay died in Nepean District Hospital on 21st January from a fracture of the skull accidentally receives on the night…

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A Grade Railway Saves

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 6

With five down for 50, in reply to Crescent's 139, Railway resumed their first innings, which finished at 102. T. Davies (4 for 36) was chief…

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B Grade Innings Win to Railway

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 6

Continuing with five down for 26, in reply to Railway's fine effort of 165, Kingswood (one short) reached 65 before the last wicket fell, R. Waters (27)…

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Motoring. Speed Championships

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 21

Contests for 1936 will be inaugurated this afternoon by the New South Wales Light Car Club in association with the Royal Automobile Club of Australia at Conbena, where the annual speed competitions…

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Taree Railway Station. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 18

The Taree, railway station has been exceptionally busy in the last eight months. Extra goods trains averaged 84 a month, exclusive of ballast trains. A new signal-box has been…

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Men on the Tramp. Returned Soldiers. Proposed Concentration Camp Moss Vale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 18

The president of the Moss Vale sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League (Dr.Alcorn) declared to-day that it was the responsibility of the league executive to take up with the…

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Freight on Coal. Excessive Charges Alleged. Railways Criticised. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 17

The president of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce (Mr. W. E. Alexander) has written to the Premier (Mr. Stevens), claiming that the establishment of a new coal shipping…

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