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Railways, roads & transport, 1937

9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250

Trams Delayed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 18

Trams were delayed, some for 20 minutes, about 6 o'clock last night when power wires fell in Belmore-road, Randwing Only one set of lines could be used while repais were…

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Motor Factory Project. Victorian Site. Official Denial

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

An emphatic denial to the suggestion telegraphed from Melbourne that the Chrysler group was negotiating with the Victorian Government in…

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Motor Cycling. Metro 50

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 21

Entries for the Eastwood and District Motor Cvcle Stub's annual Metro 50 series of road races, which will be decided at Schofield on February 1, will close on Monday. January 25. Already more…

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Strikes in U.S.A. Thousands Idle in Motor Industry. WASHINGTON. Jan. 22

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

The Secretary for Labour 'Miss Frances Perkins), the Governor of Michigan (Mr. Frank Murphy), and the chairman of the Committee of Industrial Organisation (Mr…

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Motor-cycle Into Shop Window

The Sun · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 6

When his motor-cycle and sidecar crashed into two plate-glass windows of a shop in Pitt-street, Circular Quay. to-day. Reginald' Arrowsmith…

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Strange But True Thing that happen occasionall Motorist's Shave

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 19

On the Hume Highway, just out from Camden (N.S.W.), early one morning we noticed a car pulled off the road. As we passed, we saw the solitary…

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Motorists' Failure to Close Gates

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 8

The Shell Company has received advice from its Perth office that station owners on the overland route from Adelaide to Perth are raising…

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New South Wales Tramway Band

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 5

This [?] red coats will provide a colorful touch in the "A" grade contests of the [?] Band Championships which take place from January 26 to February 1…

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Pete the Tramp-- (Every Wednesday And Saturday)--A Wake-Up

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 12

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Prima Facie Speed Limits May Be Adopted Recommended By Road Safety Conference Placing Onus on the Drivers Other Vital Matters Neglected 30 m.p.h. in Some Areas

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 January 1937 · page 7

WHILE such vital matters affecting the problem of road accidents as the constitution of traffic subways and overhead ways, with escalators, where necessary, and arterial roads, are neglected, the Road Safety Conference is going ahead with its…

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Roads To-day

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1937 · page 48

PRINCE'S HIGHWAY: Road work still in progress between Gerringong and Barry, otherwise good to Nowra…

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Pooley Bridge Wins on the Flat Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1937 · page 43

Pooley Bridge, Australia's best hurdler, won his fifth successive race when he took the Cranmallan Trial Handicap, at Moonee Valley to-day…

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Truth About Motors Luxurious Wolseley New 14/56 H.P. Model Proves Its Mettle On Road

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1937 · page 10

THE 1937 Wolseley models are yet another feather in Lord Nuffield's cap and among the most interesting of them from the standpoint of the motorist seeking a roomy and genuinely de luxe car of economical performance the new…

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Two Die in Road Accidents Victorian Teacher a Victim

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1937 · page 2

Gordon Nicholls (45), a schoolteacher from Melbourne, staying with relatives at Sunnyholt-road, Blacktown, was fatally injured when…

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Defence Lesson for Commonwealth in Northern Territory Trucks Bogged for Weeks on Only Road Tennant Creek

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1937 · page 2

The only road over which Australia could transport men and arms to the defence of its north coast in a time of emergency, has been impassable for weeks…

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Shots Fired After Motor Car

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1937 · page 24

AN exciting chase by a police constable on January 16. during which three revolver shots were fired, had a sequel at the Kogarah Police Court…

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Motor Vehicle Totals Big Increase for N.S.W. in 1936

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1937 · page 10

STATISTICS of motor vehicle registrations for New South Wales released by the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. S. A…

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Motoring News and Reviews Novel Motor School London's Course For Practice

Truth · Sunday 24 January 1937 · page 11

A PRIVATE 3-mile "learner's course" where newcomers to the motoring ranks can practise driving to their heart's content, has been…

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The Motor in New South Wales To-day

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1937 · page 11

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Motorists' Cry Is Same The World Over

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1937 · page 48

"Its the same the whole world over," it seems, with regard to the motorist as a source of Government…

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