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Railways, roads & transport, 1936

10,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250

Pluto to Train at Palm Beach

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 3

WEST Australian welter and middleweight champion, Cyril Pluto, returned to Sydney on Monday…

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Gigantic Bridge Project Radio Plays Important Part

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 16

Across San Francisco Bay to Oakland is being constructed one of the world's biggest bridges. The work has been in hand for more than a year now. It was in 1932 that sufficient loan money was…

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Tunnel Or Bridge In Auckland AUCKLAND, February 13

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 6

FOR many years there has been talk of a harbor bridge for Auckland, but just recently, probably as the result of the change of…

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Tyre on Passenger Engine Breaks Tamworth to Sydney Train Crippled

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--A tyre on a leading wheel of the engine of the Tamworth passenger train to Sydney broke to-day between Hexham and…

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Engine Disabled. Tyre of Wheel Broken. Tamworth Train Delayed. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 13

The Sydney-bound passenger train from Tamworth was pulled up at 3.5 p.m. to-day between Hexham and Sandgate, with the tyre of the left leading wheel of the engine broken…

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Modernism in Flats and Shops at Ne W South Head Road. Edgecliff, Sydney

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 7

Dudley Ward, Architect. R. Danks, Builder…

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Toll Of The Road Nurses in a Fatal Accident One Killed ; Two Others Are Injured Cyclist Dies

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 7

TWO more lives were lost in motor accidents yesterday, a nurse and a motor cyclist being the victims. The motor cyclist crashed into a…

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Wedding Of Interest In East. Suburbs Swimming Circles A Long Tulle Train Effective Pink And White Color Scheme Forty Guests

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 11

A WEDDING of interest, particularly in swimming circles, took place at Holy Cross Church, Woollahra, when Miss Myrtle Stubbs,…

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MOTORING: Cars for the Multitude Plans for Popular German Light Model

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 53

MENTION was made recently in these columns of the tendency among Continental car-manufacturers to evolve very light and cheap popular models which the…

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Charles L.d. New Motorship

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 1

Under charter to Messageries Maritimes, L. Dreyfus & Co.'s fast new motorship Charles L.D. arrived at Sydney on February 10 and sailed again on February 18 for Dunkirk, Antwerp and Le Havre, via Melbourne, with a…

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What the Southern Railway of England Is Doing

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 1

The year 1935 saw the introduction of many improvements and innovations on the Southern Railway of England…

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Overhead Lights "Tend to Contuse Motorists." Coroner's Comments. Queanbeyan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 17

The deputy coroner (Mr. E. R. Boardman) criticised overhead street lighting during an inquest into the death of Daniel Francis Harriott, who was fatally injured by a car…

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Motor Accidents. Berry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 14

Willam Montieth, a carrier, of Berry, was driving a motor truck along the Prince's Highway at Jasper's Brush Creek when it skidded and overturned. Montieth suffered…

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Cricket. Interstate Railway Officers. New South Wales Leads Victoria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 18

The final match of the series for the "Administrative Officers' Shield" was commenced at Coogee Oval yesterday between administrative officers of New South Wales and Victorian railways. The…

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Views Vary Motorists On Bill

The Sun · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 14

"I think that all persons concerned will agree, that third party insurance should be made compulsory," said the president of the…

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George's River Bridge

The Propeller · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 7

The tollmaster of the George's River Bridge (Mr. Macfarlane) reported at last night's meeting of Sutherland Shire Council that the traffic…

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Road Safety

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 17

The N.R.M.A. has been advised that a nation-wide, five-year campaign to reduce motor vehicle deaths at least 35 per cent. by the end of 1940, looking toward…

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The Steam Train

The Propeller · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 8

III. A fiery dragon is eating the night. Oh, see the red glare of its breath! And see how its eye fills the station…

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Old Man Fell From Train

The Labor Daily · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 5

A 90-years-old man, Henry Steadman, of Lakemba. had his left thigh fractured last night when he fell from a…

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Train Travelling (To the Editor)

The Broadcaster · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 1

Sir,—I think it is time someone wrote about the peak-hour trains. Men and girls who stand all day working are forced to stand up from Sydney as far…

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