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Railways, roads & transport, 1937

9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250

Lang Followers Overwhelmed in Railway Vote Rebels Will Continue to Dominate Union

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 2

SUPPORTERS of Mr. Lang were badly beaten in the annual ballot for election of State and Australian councillors of the Australian Railways Union--one of the most powerful unions in the State…

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Drove Car Past Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 2

John McCulloch, of Ramsgate Avenue, Bondi, was fined £2, with 8 costs and £166 witnesses' expenses, at the Traffic Court yesterday on a charge…

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Riot Fears Grow In U.S.A. Motor Strike Detroit (U.s.a.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 3

FEARS of serious disorders arise as the strike in General Motors Corporation plants spreads at an alarming rate. Already 72,000 employees are involved, and a general stoppage…

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Notable Motor Boat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 6

The 16ft, motor boat Pup, in which Mr. W. Pankhurst travelled from Sydney to Thursday Island, drew large crowds to Rose Bay during the…

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Pyrmont Bridge Renovation

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1937 · page 11

THE N.R.M.A. touring department has been advised that Pyrmont Bridge will be closed to road tragic from 12.30 a.m. to 8 a.m…

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Glebe Island Bridge

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1937 · page 6

THE little trams, the beetle trams Come swinging round White Bay…

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Contract Bridge a Novel Bidding Competition

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1937 · page 15

SO convinced is Mr. A. E. Whitelaw of the superiority of his Pachabo system over all other systems of bidding that he is…

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Tramwaymen Slate Motorists ADELAIDE

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1937 · page 5

Although the South Australian Parliament decided last session against legislation introducing practical driving tests for…

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£500 a Week From Motorists Paying For the Pleasure Of Owning a Car

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1937 · page 17

IF things go on apace at the present rate we may live to see the day when the Traffic Court will become a revenue producing "factory" challenging some of the big social revenue departments of the country…

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Motor Insurance Premium Plunder First Shot In Attempt To Pillage Public N.R.M.A. Says It Will Not Increase Rates

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1937 · page 18

LAST WEEK "Truth" exhorted motorists to present a united front against the contemplated attempt of insurance companies to raise motor car premiums. Associated…

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Railway Excursions During January

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1937 · page 10

THE Acting-Secretary for Railways announces that the excursion programme this month includes a State-wide series during the week commencing January 25,…

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Goldfield Comfort Luxurious Motor Caravan

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1937 · page 11

WITH a two-ton caravan hitched to his Ford V-8 car, Mr. J. Branagan, of Melbourne, set out for Smeaton, Victoria, where the…

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Truth About Motors Round Australia by Car Vacuum Coy's Survey

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1937 · page 11

THE Vacuum Oil Company's party, who left Sydney by car on October 19 to survey the round-Australia route, returned to Sydney on…

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"Sunday Sun" Motor Notes

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1937 · page 44

Because young hero worshippers, at various centres which he visits, have been disappointed in the past to see him without his bicycle, Hubert Opperman, the famous cyclist, now carries his machine at the back of his recently purchased Ford V[?] Coupe…

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Pointed Motor Mascots Now Illegal in New Zealand Auckland

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1937 · page 11

Projecting mascots and ornaments on radiators of cars in New Zealand must be removed. Anyone failing to do so lays himself open to…

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Footboard Trams Still Remain in Sydney Accident List Is Disquieting

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1937 · page 11

Sydney is likely to see the old footboard trams, of which there are 1251 running in the metropolitan…

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Motor Cycle v. Sprinter Off The Mark

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1937 · page 44

Jack Parker, captain of the English speedway test team, is ready to back the powers of acceleration of a motor cycle…

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Insurance Upon Motor Cars Companies Silent on New Rates

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1937 · page 5

Motoring organisations continue to protest against proposals to increase the motor-car insurance rate from £9 5s for the first £100 to £11 or £12…

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Longest Motor Road?

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 4

Slowly, what is stated to be the longest motor road in the world, is nearing completion. It was the Automobile Club of Southern California that devised the plan…

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World Train Record

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 11

The Bulletin of the Department of Oversea Trade states that on November 16 a new record for railway speed was set up by a London Midland and Scottish test train which…

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