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Railways, roads & transport, 1937

9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

Motorists and Petrol Tax

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 12

That the motoring community; would not continue to suffer obvious Injustice at the hands of the Federal Government was the emphatic…

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MOTORING And Motor Cycling Smart Cars For This Year THE 1937 Austins Incorporate Fine New Features

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 12

MOTORISTS will enjoy a most pleasant surprise when they see the new Austin cars for 1937, which have been considerably improved in appearance. They also incorporate many…

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Motor Cycling News Miniature T.T. Races At Penrith

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 13

AT the Miniature T.T. meeting, promoted by the Harley Davidson Motor Cycle Club at Soper's Estate, near Penrith, on New Year's Day, the outstanding rider was Harry Hinton, who won the Junior Scratch Race on a standard stock model 349 c.c…

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Railway Men's Leave Unions Seek Increase

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 14

A deputation from the railway unions yesterday asked the Commissioner (Mr. Hartigan) to grant three weeks' annual leave, instead of one, to all…

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Railway Excursions

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 16

The railway excursion programme this month includes a State-wide series during the week commencing January 25. when at least, one service will be given to and…

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Bridge Pylon Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 12

The exhibition at the south-eastern pylon on the Harbour Bridge is open daily from 10 a.m. till 3.30 p.m. The lens of the giant electrically[?]perated camera obscura enables any scene within…

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Contract Bridge. New Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 14

A contest with conditions unique as far as bridge competitions in Australia are concerned has been arranged for the first weekend in February. Mr. A. E. Whitelaw is…

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Boy Killed, 2 Hurt on Road

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 5

One bey was killed and two others were injured in road accidents yesterday. A lad who has not yet been identified…

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Mystery Of The Week A Bridge Four For Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 4

FOUR murderers are invited to a dinner party. Their host is stabbed during a bright little game of bridge. Who did it?…

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Industrial Commission. (Before the Conciliation Commissioner and Committee.) Railway and Tramway Officers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 14

Applications were made by the New South Wales Railway and Tramway Officers' Association and the Commissioner for Railways for a variation of the award of the salaried officers…

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Making Drab Streets Glow with Beauty Use Our Heritage of Trees Civic Pride Shown By Road Decorations More Can Be Done

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 8

WHATEVER the reason may bo that induces people to settle in one particular place, their first desire is to build shelters and homes in which to live. Every natural feature of the land is swept away to…

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Toll of the Road Swift Death Of Child Ran Into Path of a Lorry Tragedy Was Seen By Crowd Many Hurt

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 1

STATED by many eye-witnesses to have run from the footpath into the path of a lorry, Thomas Sidney Walton,…

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Dispersed by Tear Gas. Marchers on Gaol. American Motor Strikes. 56,323 Workers Idle. DETROIT, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 18

Twenty plants and 56,323 employees of General Motors Corporation are idle as a result of strikes, and an additional 15,126 men, the…

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Non-paying Railways. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 10

Sir,—Mr. Arthur Griffith ("Herald," January 4) gives a vivid picture of the development of the country lying between Lake Cargelllco and West Wyalong, brought about by…

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Motorist Charged. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 14

Thomas Henry Reilly, of Saratoga, was fined £10, in default 20 days' imprisonment, by Mr. Carr Boyd, P.M., at the Gosford Court to-day on a charge of having driven a…

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Railway Excursions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 23
Also in The Labor Daily

The Acting Secretary for Railways said yesterday that the excursion programme for January includes a State-wide series during the week commencing January 25. At least…

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Motoring Through A London Fog Exciting Experiences On Way To Golf LONDON, December 11

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 16

EVERYBODY else has been grumbling about the November fogs, but, quite candidly, I have, relished them as a new experience. I am sure that this is a depraved attitude, because, to be…

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Another to Link Divine? a Chance For Hat Trick In Tramway HAROLDPARK

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 2

LINK DIVINE has scored at his only two starts behind the mechanical hare, and the Andy youngster appears to possess bright prospects of…

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Motorist Fined

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 6

John McCulloch, engineer, of Ramsgate Avenue, Bondi, pleaded not guilty at the Traffic Court yesterday on a charge of passing a…

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