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Railways, roads & transport, 1937

9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Plan to Train Workless Men Government Begins with Building Trade: £100,000 Grant 2500 Men Who Await Their Chance in Life

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 1

The State Government will begin immediately a special campaign to train unemployed for industry. This follows the Premier's…

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Here's a Job for Mr. Bruxner Some Railwaymen Contract Too Many Debts

Truth · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 15

THE facts related below indicate that when the small, struggling shopkeeper is forced to lake legal action and obtain a court judgment against a creditor who may happen to be an employee of the Department of Railways, his troubles have only just begun…

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Truce in U.S. Motor Strike All America Is Overjoyed DETROIT

Truth · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 16

ALL America is overjoyed at the announcement of a truce in the strikes at General Motors' plants…

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Motoring News and Reviews Testing the "14" VAUXHALL An Outstanding Light Six

Truth · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 11

THE 1937 Vauxhall "14", details of whose mechanism and bodywork were reviewed recently in these columns gave an admirable demonstration over "Truth's" test course and indicated that good as was the…

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The Truth About Motors and Motoring Rootes Ltd. Export Enterprise

Truth · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 12

ROOTES, LTD., of London, a company renowned in the motor industry, and which controls the manufacture and export of…

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Introducing Eva to Motorists

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 9

Twenty new robot traffic signals which will be erected in Sydney shortly will not be installed at the very…

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Motor Laws

The Sun · Sunday 17 January 1937 · page 27

An owner of a motor vehicle who neglects to insure against his liability in case of an accident is foolish. Equally foolish is the driver of a…

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Brogo Bridge in Use

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. touring department advises that the new reinforced concrete high-level bridge over the Brogo River, on the Prince's Highway, between…

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Lack of Road Courtesy

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 4

Many motorists who toured in the country during the Christmas holidays have reported to the N.R.M.A. that they encountered driver who hugged the…

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"Not Warranted" Bridge Across River Minister's View

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 1

That a bridge across the Hawkesbury-river at Peat's Ferry is not yet warranted is the view of the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner)…

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Train Bump at Central Passengers' Minor Injuries

The Sun · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 5

Passengers suffered minor injuries yesterday in a collision between a carriage of a South Coast train and an engine at Central Station…

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Girl Injured in Road Crash Gosford

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 5

Mozely Cohen, a 14-year-old girl of Terrigal, suffered a fractured skull and concussion yesterday when she fell from a bicycle on the…

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More Than 100 Dead in Blazing Train Canton

The Sun · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 1

IT is feared that the death-roll of the fire on the Kowloon-Canton express will exceed 100. Of the 85 bodies that have been brought here, 35 are those of women and children…

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Toll of the Road Four Die in Tragic Smashes Motor Cyclists Again Figure In Heavy Week-end List Many in Danger

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 1

FOUR tragic road fatalities occurred during the week-end and a man injured On Friday night died in hospital on…

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N.S.W. Leading. Contract Bridge. Match Against New Zealand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 5

The second round of the match between teams representing New South Wales and New Zealand was played on Saturday night at the Sydney Bridge…

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Train Beat The World's Record Non-Stop LONDON, December 24

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 11

LONDON to Glasgow, 401½ miles, without a stop in less than six hours at an average start-to-stop speed of 68.2 miles…

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Express Train Ablaze. Heavy Death Roll. Chinese Trapped. Canton, Jan. 17

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

Fire broke out on the Kowloon-Canton express, and, because of the lack of a communication cord, the train sped on with three carriages blazing…

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New Flying-boat on the Job Cuts Out Train Trip For Air Mails BRINDISI

The Sun · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 11

The first craft on the Empire air mail route to fly direct from Britain to the Mediterranean, thus cutting out the 1150-miles train journey from…

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Broke Away After Three Hours Railway Trucks in Fatal Collision "Evidence Is Very Peculiar"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 4

Evidence that shortly before four trucks were involved in a fatal collision at Clyde Railway Yards on December 22, an unknown man was seen apparently braking them was a feature of the inquiry concluded by the district coroner (Mr. G. R. Williams) on Friday…

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Motor Accidents. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 4

Sir,—Pedestrians claim that the majority of motor casualties are due to careless drivers. To-day, I saw an elderly man walk to the middle of the road conning a notebook. He…

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