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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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A sharpened stake fatally injured Cleveland Powell, of Bayview Road, Seddon, during a sports outing conducted at Altona to-day by the Footscray Imperial Motor Cycle Club…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →A motor lorry, weighing about 30cwt., and a Double Bay-bound tram, were in collision in William-street, city, today, the tram being derailed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Amid sleet, snow and blizzard, Japanese columns are driving towards the vital junction of Soochow, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious depreciation in the German railways is being kept quiet by the Nazi authorities. The "Daily Herald" states that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IMPALED on the pointed end of a stake to which a flag was attached while he was competing as a sidecar passenger in a motor cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →John Frederick Hawkins, 62, of Holdsworth Street, Woollahra, had a close escape from death late on Saturday afternoon, when he fell under a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The annual general meeting of the New South Wales Bridge Association will be held at the Millions Club, 9 Rowe Street, Sydney, on Thursday, January…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MEAT waggon, a motor lorry and a horse-drawn produce waggon figured in a crash at the corner of Illawarra Road and Marrickville Road, Marrickville, yesterday afternoon. The only injuries sustained were by the driver of the meat waggon, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Biggest event of the 150th Anniversary year, from N.S.W. motorists' point of view, may be the commencement of a bridge to span the break in Pacific Highway, main coastal road to Newcastle and northward, caused…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →During 1938 two distinct models of the De Soto Six will be marketed, the first time for some years that more than one chassis type of this make has been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The "Daily Herald" states that, the German authorities are making desperate efforts to recall the 10,000 copies of the current issue of the "Reichsbahn" the official organ of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Special railway excursion fares will [?] charged to-day and to-morrow to the city from a number of country districts. Sydney residents who wish to visit the country will also…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →While scores of people were crossing the intersection of Market and Castlereagh Streets, city, shortly before 5 p.m. yesterday, there was an explosion followed by sparks and flame,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"You might have killed someone," said Mr. Reed, S.M., at the Central Police Court to-day when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An unique entity in the Australian motor industry is the Chrysler Dodge Distributors (Aust.) Pty., which swum into the public ken when the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A DOGMAN, Norman Cox, of Balmain, made contact with a 600-volt current from a severed tramway wire in Castlereagh Street, yesterday, and was unharmed. Cox was working in a crane…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEXT time you are arranging a bridge party, vary the prosale idea of making cakes in the shope of diamonds, spades, etc., and follow a more original…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Although the Victorian cricketers desired to see the Anniversary celebrations in Sydney today, they were ordered to leave for…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →For many decades in the early history of Australia the stage-coach was the only means by which regular overland transit could be effected, and, despite the roughness of the roads and of the accommodation, this method of transport was often enough an exhilarating experience. The above picture, which depicts one of the Royal Mail coaches of the famous firm of Cobb and Co. traversing a patch of rough country in a storm, shows, however, that a coach journey could be anything but pleasant. Great distances were often covered on horseback, with a packhorse "in tow," loaded with food and the various impedimenta required for the camp. The…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →IN the road vehicles census for the final quarter of last year the general indication is that abo[?]e one-third of the vehicles in use are five…
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