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Railways, roads & transport, 1937

9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 250

Week-end Tram Services

The Sun · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 3

Special tram services will be run from Circular Quay and Railway to the motor cycling at the Agricultural Ground and band contest at the…

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Tram And Beetle ''Experiment" How Boy Met His Sad End Mate's Story Of Fall Under Lorry CURIOSITY

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 8

THE natural morbid curiosity so often exhibited by children in their innocent "experiments" with insects led to the tragic death on…

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Special Tram Services

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 5

The Commissioner for Road Transport and Transport advises that in connection with Randwick. Races to-day. special services of trams will be run from Circular…

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Pete the Tramp-- (Every Wednesday And Saturday) --Bit The Hand That Fed It

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 11

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Chapman Motors and Launches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 18

Retail distribution on terms of Chapman marine motors and stock launches is the object of a new Sydney company, Chapman Engine Distributors…

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Roads To-day

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 25

PRINCE'S HIGHWAY: Care needed at road work between Gerringong and Berry, otherwise good to Nowrs…

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Harbor Bridge Risks

Truth · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 12

SEVERAL examples of bad driving on the Sydney Harbor Bridge have been brought under the notice of the N.R.M.A. recently. The…

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Gregory's Road Map

Truth · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 13

"GREGORY'S Road Map of Sydney and Environs," printed in five colors and measuring 30in. by 40in., shows in heavy outline the…

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New Suspension Bridge Closing Old Structure to Pedestrians

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 14

Tenders for the construction of a suspension bridge at Middle Harbor to replace the bridge which was closed to vehicular traffic some time ago,…

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Man Killed; Wife Badly Hurt Car Crashes Into Pole on Bridge Brisbane

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 2

When a car crashed into a telegraph pole on Virginia bridge tonight, Boyd Steer, 30, of Wickham- terrace, was killed and his wife…

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Motor Boating. Boyce Boys O.K., But Did Not Collect Cravena Consistent

Truth · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 10

THE Boyce boys were well in the picture in the speed boat racing under the auspices of the Royal Motor Yacht Club…

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Truth About Motors and Motoring Testing the Dictator Studebaker's Safety Features Prove Valuable

Truth · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 12

THE 1937 Studebaker Dictator model with automatic over-drive and Planar front springing, the more expensive of the two new types, is an up-to-the-minute large car with wheelbase of 116 inches, and in sedan form is listed at…

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Truth About Motors MORRIS 14 H.P. MODEL Attractive and Cheaply-Priced Proposition

Truth · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 13

THE Morris "14/43" holds a midway position in the 1937 range of cars of that make and is an enlightening reflection of the successful combination of flow production combined with specialised workmanship…

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N.R.M.A. Members Should Know About N.R.M.A. Magic Name Brings Grist to Many Mills Motorists Should Be Interested in Revelations

Truth · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 16

THOSE members of the National Roads and Motorists' Association who may have the impression that the Association to which they have given much moral and…

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Tramp Freights Up London

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 11

The Tramp Shipping Committee has decided on all-round Increases in minimum freight rates, Including 43 a ton on the Australian rate…

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One Million Homeless--700 Dead in U.S.A. But Flood Not Yet At Its Height 35,000 Motor Trucks Stand By In Ohio Valley Stunned Country Waits for Dykes to Give Next Week Vancouver

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 11

Seven hundred people are dead, one million are homeless, and loss in property so far totals £100,000,000 in the mightiest flood ever to strike America. Influenza is raging in the flooded areas, and there is…

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Onus Of Proof On Motorist

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 25

These notes are not intended to deal with the proposed alteration of the law in fixing speed limits, hut to examine the "prima facie"…

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"Sunday Sun" Motor Notes Self-Preservation Factor In Speed Problem

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 25

There is dancer that early concentration of interest upon the contentious issue of speed limitation may rob the many other…

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Motor Cyclist's Agony Brisbane

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 18

Collin Wyllie (23), bank clerk, of Grange-street, Grange, suffered terrible agony when his motor cycle and sidecar left the road near Loganlea…

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Nazis Purchase Railway Hailed As Step Into Austria Berlin

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1937 · page 12

Austria's most famous mountain railway, the Zugspitze funicular, has been sold to Germany for £90,000. The greater part of the price is…

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