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Railways, roads & transport, 1938

7,611 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Motoring Alvis Silver Crest. New 20 h.p. MODEL. Interesting Quality Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 5

A new 20 h.p. Alvis, known as the Silver Crest model, has just been landed in Sydney by the local distributors, and though considerably lower in price, is a…

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Motor Sport. Australian Grand Prix

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 16

Arrangements are now well in hand for the first motor car road race held in New South Wales, the Australian Grand Prix, which will be decided on the Mt. Panorama circuit, Buthurst, on Easter…

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Railway Comfort. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 7

Sir,—In your issue of January 8, I see that Mr. Hartigan has been good enough to inform us that the air-conditioning of railway carriages is a luxury. He is not disposed, he…

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Princess Juliana Goes Motoring. London, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 12

Despite a raging gale Princess Juliana, of Holland, accompanied by her mother-in-law, motored for an hour near the Soestdijk Palace. Other motor traffic was suspended…

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Motor Driver Fined. Cootamundra

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

Rupert Lawrence Borland, who pleaded guilty to a charge of having driven a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor, was fined £10, in default 20 days'…

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Motor Traders In Conference

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 12

The annual meeting of the Motor Traders' Association will commence with a meeting of country dealers at 9.15 a.m. on Thursday, followed by a…

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Women At The Wheel Famous Aviator's Wife Is Experienced Motorist

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 15

MRS. C. W. A. SCOTT, wife of the famous airman, who is a keen motorist, says that she much prefers driving in the thick of the…

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Signals by Motor Drivers

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 10

The Department of Road Transport yesterday drew attention to the fact that many drivers fall to give signals which are sufficiently clear…

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Lady Gowrie's Escape Two Men Injured in Motor Smash Vice-regal Party Unharmed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Monday.--Lady Gowrie and four women companions escaped serious injury when a…

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Motored to Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 10

MISS DOROTHY MacMAHON, of Darling Point, who has been staying with her sister and brother-in-law, Dr, and Mrs .J .J. Daly, of Northcote…

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Waves Sweep Island Roads

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Waves broke over the roads tonight on the south coast of Stradbroke Island, where the sea yesterday…

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Editorial Make Way For The Bridge Bus!

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 1

There is an agitation in the northern suburbs for more bus services across the Harbor Bridge. The present limitation is thoroughly unfair to dwellers in quarters chiefly served by buses…

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Buses Over Bridge. Proposal for More Services

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 17

A conference of northern suburbs municipal councils will be held shortly to discuss proposals for seeking permission from the Government for more bus services to cross the…

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Toll Of The Road Cars Leap Of 23 Yards Two Occupants Die

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 5

ONE man was killed instantly and another fatally injured early yesterday morning when a motor car failed to negotiate a turn approaching the Yagobie Bridge, in the Moree district, and crashed to the bottom of the creek bed…

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The South Australian Worker Adelaide, Monday. Motor Car Bodies

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 15

WE are to have a further improvement or alteration in the fabrication of motor car bodies which will shortly be made in four pieces. These…

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W. A. RAILWAYMEN Dissatisfied with Award

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 7

A BALLOT is being conducted by the Western Australian Amalgamated Society of Railway Employees to determine whether its members are in…

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New Motor Tanker British Fortitude at Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 5

On her first visit to Sydney, the British Tanker Company's new motor tanker, British Fortitude, one oil the 18 ships built by the…

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MOTORING— Trailers and Caravans Their Growing Use in Country Touring

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 54

ANY motorist who travels the roads of New South Wales at about this time of the year cannot help but be impressed by the growing use of…

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Motor Cycling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 23

Eastern Suburbs Club.—Sunday, at in 10 a.m. 10 laps grass track races, followed by consolation race…

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Traffic Charges. "Speeding" Motor Cyclist. Licence Cancelled for Two Years

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 8

At the Traffic Court yesterday, Maxwell James Neal, motor cycle delivery driver, of Penshurst Street, Willoughby, was fined £7 for having driven a motor cycle alongg the…

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