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Railways, roads & transport, 1936

10,096 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

Train and Motor Car Ferry

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 5

It is stated that the new cross- Channel train and motor car ferry service between Dover and Dunkirk will begin running this…

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10000-Mile Road

The World's News · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 26

EUROPEAN Highway No. 1 is the name selected for a model motor highway that is intended to cross the whole Continent of Europe. Its construction…

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Toll of the Road Two Motor Cyclists Die Many Bad Smashes

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 6

WITH the death yesterday afternoon of Edgar Albert Miller, 24, of Kingsclear Road, Alexandria, lives reported to have been lost already this year through motor accidents in the State show an average of one daily, while the lives of a number…

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Road Fatalities. Verdicts of Accidental Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 8

Verdicts of accidental death were recorded by the City Coroner (Mr. Oram) in three cases of road fatalities yesterday. On December 20, Joseph Patrick Dolman,…

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Two Boys Killed on Road Crossed Behind Other Vehicles

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Two boys were killed instantly in motor car accidents late to-day. Graeme John Fullerton, 4, of East…

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Digger And His Dog On The Open Road WELLINGTON

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 12

Having tramped 41,000 miles along the roads of all States, Digger Isaac Wilson (late 60th Batt.), with his dog "Gundi." passed through…

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Red Hill Railway. First Stage of Job Started

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 15

THE first stage of work oh the Red Hill Port Augusta railway job was started on Monday morning, when 120 men employed by the Commonwealth Railways…

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Broken Hill Strike Bonus Granted to Tramway Workers

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 8

Negotiations were opened last week with a view to ending the strike of employees of the Silverton Tramway Company Ltd. at Broken Hill. The strike was brought…

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Some Queensland Notes Motor v. Coach

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 4

MENTION of how the motor has wiped out the coaches moves me to mention also how small townships have been killed in their march of progress. Euraberrie…

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National Defence and the Car Scope for Motorists in Militia

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 43

MANY months ago a very estimable lady with whom we were slightly acquainted paid an unexpected call with a view to winning a new convert to a…

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Motoring a New Year of Good Promise

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 43

THE curtain has fallen on the last act of a year of returning prosperity with the happy climax of a holiday season of unprecedented activity. If those living in troubled and impoverished…

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Tramp Shipping Subsidy. 90 Per Cent. Figure Maintained

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 7

The Tramp Shipping Subsidy Committee, in pursuance of the scheme for adjusting the amounts of subsidy payable to shipowners…

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Two Trams. Collision at Balmain. Five Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 13

When a tram from Balmain to Circular Quay, via Forest Lodge, was standing at the Barnes-street crossing, Balmain, at 6.30 a.m. yesterday, it was crashed into by a tram from…

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Hoardings on Railway Ground. Kogarah Protests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 17

The Kogarah Council is indignant with the Raliway Department because it has erected a hoarding on railway property facing the main Kogarah shopping area, and refuses to…

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Offer Aid Motoring Bodies School Course

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 21

INQUIRIES as to whether the educational authorities would be willing, with the assistance of motoring organisations, to institute…

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Tram Victim Identified

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 7

The man who received fatal injuries when he fell from a tram in New South Head Road, Rose Bay, on Saturday night last, was…

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Repainting Trams

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 7

Replying to representations by the Council, the Department of Road Transport and Tramways informed Manly Council last night that some…

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Trams in Smash at Balmain Eighteen Injured; Five Taken To Hospital Terrific Bump

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 5

FIVE persons were taken to hospital for treatment and 13 others slightly injured, according to police, when two…

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Motor Cyclist's Death

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Through the motor cycle he was riding colliding with a motor car at the intersection of Lawson and Alexander…

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New Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 16

The engineer of the Woy Woy Shire has reported to the touring department of the N.R.M.A., that during the summer holidays, traffic will Be able to reach…

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