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Railways, roads & transport, 1937

9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 250

Tram and Train Collide Boy Is Injured

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 7

A passenger in a city-bound tram, which collided at Matraville with a locomotive, near Bunnerong Power Station yesterday morning, Ronald…

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Train Hits Cow

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 2

A cow which had roamed from Mascot yesterday afternoon, was run down on the Bunnerong-Sydneham train line…

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Road to Burrinjuck

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 7

Reports received by the N.R.M.A. touring department Indicate that the road from Hume Highway to Burrinjuc. Dam is badly worn in places…

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Dangerous Driving on Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 6

Several examples of bad driving on the Sydney harbour bridge have been brought to the notice of the N.R.M.A. recently. The trouble is said to be worst during the peak hours of…

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The Holiday. Bright Scenes on Harbour. Roads and Beaches Crowded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 10

The weather yesterday was ideal for every holiday enterprise, and particularly for the Anniversary Day Regatta. The harbour sparkled brilliantly under a bright sun and a…

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Road Deaths Mounting in S.A. ADELAIDE

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 6

Thirteen deaths occurred In road accidents in South Australia during January, and If the average since June 30 is kept up the number of…

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Car Crashes Into Train. Man and Woman Injured. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 12

A man and a woman were injured to-night when their racing car crashed into a train at a railway level crossing near Hastings. Clement Hetherington, 30, of Flinders Naval Depot,…

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Put Arm Round a Girl Window Smashed In Train Fight

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 10

In a train going to Newcastle, a young man out his arm round another young man's girl. The second young man objected…

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Toll of the Road Boy Dies After Struck By Car

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 5

NEARLY six hours after he was struck by a car in Anzac Parade, Maroubra, last night, WILLIAM MILNE died in Prince Henry Hospital. Milne was staying with some relatives in Anzac Parade while on holiday from the country…

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Two Men Killed in Smash Loaded Bus Charged From Road MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 14

Two miners, Percy Trickey, married, and Alan Smith, single, were killed near Avoca early this morning when a motor 'bus charged off the…

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Motor Industry Strike. Efforts for Settlement. "Strikers Ready to Resist Force." Detroit, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 11

The Governor of Michigan (Mr. Frank Murphy) has started a series of conferences with spokesmen of the union and General Motors Corporation in an effort to bring about…

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Engine and Tram Collide. One Person Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 11

An engine attached to a number of empty coal trucks collided with a tram at Beauchamp-road intersection. Botany, yesterday morning…

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Motoring New British Fourteen. Lanchester Roadrider. Leading Make Returns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 6

Arrangements were completed recently for the distribution of Manchester and Daimler cars in New South Wales, after an interval of some years. These cars are the product of one…

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Country News. Motor Fatalities. Byron Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 9

Alarm at the increase in motor fatalit[?] was expressed by the Syron Bay and District improvement Association, which carried a motion urging the introduction by the…

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Wages Increased In S.A. Tramways New Agreement

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 4

ADELAIDE. — At two meetings covering the different shifts, the Adelaide Tramways Union decided by a total of 194 to 127 to accept…

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Example for Liners Subsidies Save Tramp Ships London

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 11

THE success of tramp shipping subsidies is an excellent precedent, for liners. The report on their working says…

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Holiday Tramway Traffic Fewer Travellers To Most Surf Beaches RACEGOERS

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 6

ACCORDING to tramway passen- get figures, Bondl was the most popular beach with yesterday's holidaymakers. Passengers to Bondi…

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Half Million in Sun Beaches Attract Biggest Crowds: 22,800 at Races Heavy Railway Holiday Traffic: 15,000 Campers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 2

OF Sydney's population of 1,235,267, more than one-third spent the Anniversary holiday out of doors, exclusive of thousands who enjoyed walking excursions in the bright, warm sunshine…

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Pooley Bridge in Demand

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 9

Bookmakers operating on the Melbourne autumn double are taking no risk with the hurdler, Pooley Bridge…

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Aeroplane Lost Second Forced Down Hobart

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 15

TWO Air Force planes attached to Richmond, New South Wales, lost their way in dense fog…

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