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Railways, roads & transport, 1937

9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250

Motorist Hit Policeman

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 8

Herbert Eric Hill of Oxford St., paddington, was fined £5 at the Traffic Court yesterday for having on October 24 driven his car in a…

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Overlapping Tram Fare Section

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 12

With & view of obviating the congestion in the vicinity of the Railway Square waiting-room caused by people coming from or proceeding in the direction of George St…

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Sydney-cronulla Motor Bus Service

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 12

An increase in the frequency of the Sydney-Cronulia motor bus service on Saturdays is announced by the Commissioner for Road Transport. The new timetable…

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Tramway March Postponed Meeting Other Unions

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 7

It was officially announced yesterday on behalf of the Tramway Employees' Union that the procession and demonstration, which was to…

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Leading Lights of Motordom

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 16

ALTHOUGH he has not been stationed in Sydney overlong, Mr. S. R. Lough, New South Wales manager for the Dunlop-Perdriau…

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Motor Cycling News Around The Clubs Five Dock

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 14

The first event for the A.C.U. Cup, a novelty trial, was held last Sunday. Don. Dixon rode with his usual good judgment, and clinched the major…

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Seeing Australia by Motor-cycle Enthusiast Tells of Trip to Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 14

MR. V. S. BURCHELL, of Fitzwilliam Road, Vaucluse, has written expressing appreciation of the article in last Friday's Daily Telegraph regarding touring by motor-cycle. "What you said concerning the…

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New Tram Section

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 8

An overlapping tramway fare section between waiting-room, Railway Square, and Regent Street, will start on Monday, January 25. This will overcame congestion in…

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Bridge Queries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 12

"R.L." (Coolamon): Honours count, whether held by the declarer, dummy, or by either defender. "S.P.": The bridge experts to compete in…

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Bridge Problem

The Sun · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 4

J.H.T. (Mosman): The declarer goes one spade. His dummy lays down A. K. Q. J. of trumps, whilst the other honor is in the opponents…

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Payten to Train Costly Colt

The Sun · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 7

The 1000-guinea colt by Beau Pere from Summertime, purchased in New Zealand by C. Wheeler this week, will be trained at Randwick by Bailey…

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Roads Board and Death of Scientist

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 9

IN an official statement issued on behalf of the secretary of the Department of Main Roads yesterday, it was stated that the department was…

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Report Asked on Tragic Road

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 5

The stretch of road near Yarra, where the late Dr. R. J. Tillyard met his death in a motor accident, was not Under the direct control of the…

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Train Leaps Rails Big Fish Off Heads Photonews

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 7

"ELECTRIC TRAINS STOP!"--And they did. Top: One of the wrecked cars of an empty electric train which leaped the rails during the peak traffic hour at Canterbury yesterday morning. Thousands of passengers city[?] bound were obliged to leave other trains and walk to the next station…

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Canterbury Train Smash. All-steel Cars Required Wooden Carriage Shattered Lengthy Delay

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 8

VIEWING yesterday's remarkable train smash at Canterbury, a railway official declared that it demonstrated the dire need for every railway carriage to be of all-steel construction to ensure safety for passengers…

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Empty Train Derailed. Carriage Torn in Two. Equipment Wrecked. Full Inquiry Ordered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 17

The derailment of two carriages of an empty electric train at Canterbury yesterday morning fouled both the up and down lines, as well as overhead…

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Air Mail Pictures of Governordesignate's Home Life in England — Train Derailment at Canterbury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 20

The photograph, above, of the Governor-Designate of New South Wales (Lord Wakehurst), and the pictures accompanying it, which arrived from London by air mail yesterday, give intimate glimpses of Lord Wakehurst's family life in England,…

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U.S. and Germany See Different Roads to Peace Hitler To Announce European Plan To World Next Week LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 3

DIFFERENT ideas on the best means of achieving world peace come from opposite sides of the Atlantic. In Germany Herr Hitler is said to be contemplating a…

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Toll of the Road Head Pulped by Heavy Lorry Relief Worker Victim Mates Witnessed Shocking Tragedy Many Hurt

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 1

ANOTHER frightful road death occurred yesterday when a man had his head crushed by a heavily-laden…

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New Motor Vessel For Island Trade

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 5

Mr. James Burns, chairman of Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd., prior to his departure from England by the Orontes on' 16th January,…

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