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Railways, roads & transport, 1937

9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 250

Harbor Bridge Pays Its Way Now Surplus of £8663 Is Shown on the Half-year

The Sun · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 2

THE Sydney Harbor Bridge is already paying its way. The deficiency for 1935-36 was £1641, but the operations for last half year show a working surplus of £8663. The road toll gives the bridge…

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Pooley Bridge Pleases His Australian Cup Admirers Finishing Effort at Williamstown Makes Him Favorite For Long Race

Referee · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 6

pOOLEY BRIDGE, winner of the G.N. Hurdle, the Doutta Galla Hurdle, and the Australian Hurdle, enhanced his prospects of winning the Australian Cup by his brilliant finishing effort in the Australia Day Cup at Williamstown on Monday, He is now favorite for the long…

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Toll of the Road Crushed to Death by Bales Fell From Lorry On Boy In Collision Tragic Scene

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 5

AFTER his bicycle and a motor lorry had collided yesterday in Botany Road, Botany, JOHN JAMES ARTHUR TROUGHTON, 14. of King…

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CRICKET G. Devlin's Fine. Bowling Emu-railway Match in Doubt

Nepean Times · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 2

The preliminary rounds of A and C Grades are now well advanced, and will conclude in three more Saturdays, after which the semi-finals will be…

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News for Penrith Motorists

Nepean Times · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 5

You can now have your tyres safely re-built in a modern full circle plant There is no extra cost, and there is no need to look beyond Penrith Tyre…

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Motoring Notes Service Stations

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 15

Practically completing their chain of road service stations along the South Coast, the Royal Automobile Club of Australia has appointed Godfrey's…

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Motoring Memos

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 12

REPORTS received by the N.R.M.A. touring department indicate that the road from Hume Highway to Burrinjuck Dam is badly worn in places, calling for…

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MOTORS and MOTORING Pontiac Keeps Big Staff of Test Drivers

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 12

THE experimental division of the Pontiac Motor Co., maintains a permanent staff of from twenty-five to thirty test drivers for the sole purpose of…

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Motor Cycling Italian Designs on the World's Records

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 13

IT is reported from Rome that some of the leading Italian motor cycle makers have laid themselves out to win the world'a motor cycle blue riband speed…

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MOTORS and MOTORING The 1937 De Soto Models Beauty of Design and Fine Performance Attracts Admiration of Motorists Latest Safety Steel Bodies

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 13

FROM the graceful easy curve of the stream-lined grille to the simple sweeping lines of the luggage compartment, the 1937 De Soto claims the admiration of motorists for its unadorned beauty of engineering and body-building craftsmanship…

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Motor Boats Hold-up Over Hydroplane Championship

Referee · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 22

A BOIL-OVER has occurred in the Australasian Hydroplane Championship Race for the Griffith Cup, valued at 250 guineas…

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Motor Boating Yachting Accoutics Lively Swimming Meeting Selection Methods Attacked £10 Fines in Future

Referee · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 22

VIGOROUS attacks upon the methods employed by the Australian Olympic Federation for the selection of swimming…

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Motor Sport and Motoring Pringle Beats Hot Field in Australian T.T. Stanley Woods's Fine Effort

Referee · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 17

TIMMY PRINGLE, motor cycle road racing star, first of South Australia, once of Victoria, and now of New South Wales, has figured, in many contests on the Phillip Island circuit, but he will remember none better than that of Monday last, when he defeated Clem Foster, winner of the…

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Motor Driving [?]

The Broadcaster · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 2

The National Safety [?] with the[?] District in building a [?]ractice [?] for would be [?]rivere…

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Our MOTORING Section

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 10

"The Pilot" will be glad to give our motoring readers advice on the driving and maintenance of their cars. Advice will be given on the selection of a new car. All questions relating to repairs or maintenance should state the year or model of the car. Correspondence to be addressed "The Pilot," care "The Editor,"…

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For the Catholic Motorist Notes and News From the N.r.m.a. Highway Work Near Goulburn

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 11

Extensive improvement work is being carried out on the Hume Highway five miles on the Sydney side of Goulburn, advises the N.R.M.A. The work extends…

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A Few Tyre Truths for Motorists

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 11

"Tread-Burn" la not a now disease developed by tyres. It's just a new and very descriptive name for the damage that happens to your tyros particularly under…

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Supreme Court. Vacation Causes. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Owen and jury.) Motor Car and Bicycle Collision. Claim for Damages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 5

Harry Roland Lees, aged 17, of South Strathfield, was plaintiff in an action for damages against Constance Attwill. The action arose out of a collision on the…

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Railway Cars. Coronation Accommodation. L.N.E.R. SCHEME

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 18

SOME idea of the congestion in accommodation expected in London at coronation time may be obtained from the proposal of the London and…

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Effort to Settle Motor Strike

The Sun · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 21

DETROIT (Michigan), Wednesday, Representatives of workmen and employers conferred to-day in an effort to find a basis of settlement of…

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