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Railways, roads & transport, 1937

9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

Elusive City. Tourists Get Lost in Canberra. Motorists Pass It By. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 10

About 100 visitois to Canberra each year become lost after entering the city, because of the absence of adequate roadsigns. This statement was made at a meeting of the…

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Motor Vehicles. 276,712 at End of 1936. Great Increase Since Depression

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 17

The Premier (Mr. Stevens) said yesterday that there had been a consistent and substantial increase in motor traffic during recent years. Figures which he nad received from…

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Shaft Mystery. Search for Motorist Travelling in N.s.w

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 17

New South Wales police have not yet been able to trace Mr. A. P. Greenaway, who, the Victorian police believe, can identify the man found dead at the bottom of an…

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Unprofitable Railways. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 6

Sir,—With all due respect to Mr. Arthur Griffith, for whom I have a high regard, as also for and of his opinions geneially, I cannot resist saying that his contention that the…

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Law Report. Commonwealth Arbitration Court. (Before Mr. Justice Drake-Brockman.) Railway Electrical Trades

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 6

An application was made on behalf of the Electrical Trades Union for variation and/or interpretation of the New South Wales Railways (other than traffic) award. It was asked…

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Union Objects To Soldier Preference. Railway Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 11

The State secretary of the Australian Railways Union, Mr. Lloyd Ross, stated yesterday that the union had protested to the Government and to the Railway Commissioner…

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Unpaid Railway Fare

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 7

Robert W. Boyd, 31, labourer, was fined £2 with £1 costs, at the Central Police Court yesterday for having travelled in a train between Lithgow and Sydney without paying his…

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Motoring Conversion of Rolls Royce. Pleasing Lines. Rebuilt 1930 Model

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 7

The car illustrated on this page is extremely interesting as showing what can be achieved with a fairly old chassis of very high quality fitted with…

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Motorists and Straying Stock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 7

In answer to numerous inquiries, the Royal Automobile Club of Australia advises motorists of the regulations applying to moving and straying rattle and stock…

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Exhaust Fumes Cause Infant's Death. Leak in Motor Exhaust. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 11

Carbon monoxide fumes rising through floorboards from a leaky exhaust pipe caused the death'of Joyce Ellen Rees, aged 2 years and 9 months,…

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New British Motor Freighter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 17

The Queen Victoria, a new British motor vessel of 4900 tons, which arrived in Sydney on her maiden voyage yesterday, averaged 11 knots on the trip across the Pacific. Crossing the Atlantic the…

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Rail & Tram Workers Demand Share of Prosperity Federal Conference Paves Way For United Action FOR 25 Per Cent. More Pay and 40- Hour Week

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 1

SYDNEY, Jan. 15.—A decision to demand that the governments introduce a 40-hour week with a 25 per cent, increase in pay for all railway and tramway workers in Australia, and that all other transport workers do the same with their employers,…

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U.s.a. Strikes “Truce” in Motor Dispute

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 4

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17.— The splendid organisation and solidarity among the strikers in the Fisher body plant in Flint…

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To Abolish Grievances Protest March by Tramwaymen

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 1

SYDNEY, Jan. 15 To cooperate with the Tramways Union in the proposed demonstration to be held in the…

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Council Of Railway Shop Committees

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 4

SYDNEY.—The Central Council of Railway Shop Committees, at its meeting on January 9, decided to make representations to the…

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Big Deputation Asks for Railway Premier Promises Thorough Consideration

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 15

WITH a large bound volume before him of nearly 20,000 signatures of petitioners for an Eastwood-St. Leonards railway, the Premier (Mr. Stevens) said to-day that the Government would give the project the most thorough…

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40-Hour Week in France Huge Wage-Bill Rise On Railways PARIS

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 15

President Lebrun has signed a decree, enforcing a 40-hour week on the railways from January 25. It is expected to result in work…

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Hitch in Motor Strike Parley Detroit

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 15

After a brief meeting with officials of the General Motors Corporation, a union leader announced that the conference had been suspended and…

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Drink Test for Motorist "20 p.c. Below Par" Said Doctor

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 14

One test for drink put to James Mullane, 50, a motor driver, by a doctor on November 30 was to stand up with eyes closed and arms…

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'Best Contribution to Public Welfare' Emancipation and the Modern Motor Car

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 8

"THE modern car offers to its purchaser and to his family a value in safety of life which was not approached a few years ago. "We think it is the best contribution our industry has ever…

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