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Railways, roads & transport, 1936

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Road Reports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 5

Motorists who do not wish to travel by way of Jenolan Caves to Oberon may take a shortcut by way of Duckmaloi River, advises the N.R.M.A. About two miles on the Caves'…

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Club Notes. Dangerous Road Camber

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 5

The safety department of the N.R.M.A. suggests that many accidents are caused through the failure of drivers to keep suffi[?]cently to the left to enable faster traffic to…

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Sky Train 'Plane with String of Gliders

The Land · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 13

The first international sky-train, consisting of two gliders towed by an aeroplane, was flown from Miami, in Florida, recently, according to…

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First Drop Road Casualties LONDON

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 1

EVER since the motor car was invented, the number of road deaths in Britain mounted year by year until last year, when, for the…

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Country News. Cars Collide on Bridge. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 10

A motor collision occurred on a narrow bridge on the Bethanga-road, and both cars were badly damaged. One car was driven by T. Griffith, of Delaware, Albury, who was…

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Toll of the Road Few Hurt in Accidents

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 5

John Egan, 57, tram driver, of Houston Road, South Kensington, suffered scalp wounds when he was knocked down by a car while…

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Records Flow From Don Bradman's Bat S.A. Well on Road to Shield Win

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Batting much more brightly than he did yesterday, Don Bradman, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-day,…

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Motors and Motoring Improvements, But No Radical Changes Cars for 1936 Exhibits at Overseas Shows

The Land · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 13

HAVING collected all the available data on the exhibits at the Olympia Motor Show, held in London in…

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Federal Railways. Air-conditioned Carriages on Transcontinental Line. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 10

Two air-conditioned carriages, a lounge car and dining car, will be added to the Transcontinental Express for the Port Augusta-Kalgoorlie section, before the end of January…

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Motoring Dennis Trucks. New Light-duty Models

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 5

The range of Dennis trucks, which hitherto comprised only heavy duty chassis, has been extended considerably by the introduction of several lighter types, all 1936 models. The…

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Railway Passengers. Increased December Revenue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 11

Railway tickets sold in December at the Sydney booking office at Central Station and the clty ticket office at Challis House, provided a revenue of £ 136,488. This is an increase of…

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Motor Traffic Dangers. to the Editor Op the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 8

Sir,—The reported 1936 policy of the police authorities to prosecute all offences against the traffic regulations will be supported by the motoring organisations if it is directed against…

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Knocked Down by Motor Car. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 10

Stepping from behind a motor bus on the Terrigal-road late this afternoon, W. Hawkins, 78, of Terrigal, was struck and knocked down by a motor car. It is thought that his right…

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Motoring News Many Critics Speed Limitation

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 10

Experience of fixed speed limitation in England, and discussion of the problem in the U.S.A., both have given rise to…

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New Link Motoring Bodies Old Club

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 9

YIELDING only to the Pickwick Club in England as the oldest organisation of its kind in the British Empire, the Sydney…

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Quay Extension Railway Attitude

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 7

Railway authorities are not eager to proceed with the completion of the City Railway to Circular Quay because, it is stated, coupled with…

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Motor Cycle Clubs Five Dock

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 10

Mr. B. L. Brook, representative of the Auto Cycle Union of Great Britain and manager of the English Test team. Cordy and Jack Milne, the two American…

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Motor Boating St. George Club

The St George Call · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 5

The above club will be in action once more this Saturday. On Boxing Day quite a number of boats visited Deepwater and certainly…

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Revenue From Railway Tickets

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 4

Railway tickets sold at the two main booking offices in Sydney--Central Station and Challis House --during December provided a…

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Motoring Wisdom

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 8

In this country many a man has been considered a here for "biasing the trail," but to-day his grandson is booked for "burning up the road."…

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