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Railways, roads & transport, 1938

7,611 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

The Truth About Motors and Motoring— North Coast Scenery Picturesque Tours Through Sub-Tropical Tracts and Tall Timber

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1938 · page 12

FOR those motorists who fancy sub-tropical scenery and the tall timber country, the N.R.M.A. outlines a tour taking in some of the most attractive portions of the central north coast…

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A Million Pound Baby Making The Modern Motor Months To Design New Model Car

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1938 · page 27

This time of the year brings us the million - pound brain-children of a thousand scientists, artists and…

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Looking Over Racing Sydney Jockeys Ride On A Wave Of Success In India's Sunshine High Class And Lady Cav May Bring Young Back Into Limelight Road to Tasmania Lures Tuckerbox

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1938 · page 19

Despite criticism which has been heaped upon them at times, Australian jockeys invariably do well when they travel abroad, and R. Maxwell, J. Munro, E. Britt and J. Simpson are among the Sydney "boys"…

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40 Killed in Train Collision Allahabad

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 5

FORTY persons were killed and 40 injured when an express collided with a goods train in a dense fog at Bamraull, near here, to-day…

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Road Accidents. Man and Son Hurt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 7

William John Anderson, 53, of Lenth[?] Street, Kensington, suffered a fiactured skul[?] and his son William, 18, received abrasions in a collision between theu motor-cycle and…

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N.Z. Road Deaths Auckland

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 2

Eighteen people were killed in road accidents in New Zealand during December. One hundred and nineteen were seriously injured and 217…

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Level Crossings. "Careless Motorists Cause Accidents." Railway Department's View

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 9

The Railway Department, replying to a request fiom the Graziers' Association of New South Wales that level railway crossings should be eliminated on main highways, and that…

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Returned Soldiers. Railways and Tramways. Treatment Complained Of

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 10

At the conference of the New South Wales Railways and Tramways Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Association on Saturday, Mr. Guhl. a past president, complained about the…

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Toll Of The Road Child Is Seriously Injured Skull Fractured In Accident

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 6

SERIOUS Injury was suffered by JUNE GRANT, 7, of Louth Park, when struck by a car while running along the road at Hexham yesterday…

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Terrific Smash at Level Crossing One Man Dies in Hospital Car Was Carried 100 Yards By Train Other Smashes Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 5

ONE man was killed and another injured when a sedan car came into collision with a train bound from Frankston to Mornington at…

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Mutilated Body Found on Railway Villawood Tragedy

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 1

Terribly mutilated, the body of Frederick Walther (23), of Johnston-road, Upper Bankstown, was found on the railway line near Villawood last week…

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Motor Boating. Results of Club Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 6

ROYAL MOTOR YACHT CLUB, at Rose Bay.— Cruiser handicap, 2 miles, first heat; Steady Hour (F. Harris) 1; Aloha (R. Green), 2; Cr[?]vena ([?] Morris) and Sylph (W. D. Lawson), [?] dead-heat,…

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Strike Expected. W.A. RAILWAYMEN. Dissatisfied with Award. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 9

Although counting of a ballot will not be completed until early this week, it is expected that the Western Australian Amalgamated Society of Railway Employees will…

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Train Crash Casualties

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 3

ALLAHABAD (India), Monday.--The casualties in yesterday's train wreck, six miles from the city, have now been determined at six dead and 20 injured…

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New Bridge at Murwillumbah. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 9

Murwillumbah Municipal Council has decided to make application to the authorities for the construction of a new bridge across the river at Murwillumbah…

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Hawkesbury Bridge. Tenders Invited in London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 9

Tenders are to be invited in London for the construction, at an estimated cost of about £400 000, of a bridge over the Hawkesbury River at Pe[?]t's Ferry, from Kangaroo…

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Good Roads to Solve the Traffic Problem

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 4

"ONE thousand million pounds has been spent upon major roads in the United States. The American road-maker has…

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A Challenge to Main Roads Dept. Goulburn

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 7

The Goulburn City Council has thrown down the gauntlet to the Deportment of Main Roads by refusing to remove certain signs outside…

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Train Overcrowding at Woy Woy Woy Woy

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 6

Mr. W. Nichols, divisional superintendent of the Northern line, called on "The Labor Daily" representative to-day in connection with the…

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N. Z. Road Accidents Wellington (N.z.), Mon

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 8

During December last 18 people were killed in road accidents in New Zealand, while 119 were seriously injured and 217 suffered minor…

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