The Inquiry DEPARTMENT This Inquiry Department service is free to subscribers, who are invited to avail themselves of it. Timely advice by our solicitor or our vet. may save you many pounds. Replies to urgent questions will be posted, where a stamped addressed envelope is enclosed with the inquiry. The name and address of the subscriber must accompany every inquiry (not necessarily for publication). Address all inquiries to the Editor, "The Land," Box 1558E., G.P.O., Sydney. Stock on Roads
The Land · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 15
"Agistment": If the inquirer lives within any municipality or shire then the council alone has the power to impound animals whether registered or not if straying on…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 8
The Secretary for Railways advises that on Sunday, February 6, an additional passenger train will be run from Sydney to Mount Victoria, leaving Sydney at 8.40 a.m., and…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 10
On Monday, the first aerodr[?] post office in Australia will be opened at the Mascot Aerodrome. The office will deal with all air mail matter…
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Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 20
THOSE aerial stowaways mentioned A by W.H. ("S.W.," 8138) are likely to prove a real menace to Australia with the increase of air-travel…
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The Sun · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 2
To-morrow an additional passenger train will be run from Sydney to Mount Victoria, leaving Sydney at 8.40, a.m. and serving all stations…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 17
About 1000 people attended the Sydney Stadium yesterday afternoon to watch leading boxers preparing, for fights…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 2
At 7.30 a.m. yesterday, half an hour after he had fallen from a speeding train near Glenbrook, Stanley Wild, 54, of Darley Road, Randwick, was found…
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The Sun · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 3
Victor Herbert Meade, 40, of Raglan-parade, Warrnambool, was killed in a level-crossing smash to-day on the Princes Highway, three miles on…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 1
AUCKLAND, Friday.--Mrs. Emily Dutch, 56, slipped and fell under the wheels of the Rotorua express when it was pulling out of Auckland station…
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The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 7
With his skull fractured and both collarbones broken, Stanley Wild, 54, of Parley Street, Manly, was found unconscious in a cutting at…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 12
Stanley Wild, 54, of Darley Road, Manly, was found lying on the side of the railway line near Glenbrook yesterday morning by a fettler. His skull and collarbones were broken, and…
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The Sun · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 2
Brutally attacked by three men who hired his taxi, a taxi-driver early to-day was robbed of his night's takings--£4 10s--in a lonely part of Bunnerong-road, Matraville…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Toll of the Road Tragic Death of Boy Bicycle Hits Lorry Two Hurt
The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 1
BARRY SHUGG, 13, of Doyle Street, Redfern, was killed instantly yesterday when his bicycle collided with a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At Melbourne Aus. Cup Favorite to Race Pooley Bridge In Wyndham a Good Trial Melbourne
The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 4
EX-CHAMPION hurdler Pooley Bridge, one of the favorites for the Australian Cup will have an excellent trial for that event in the…
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Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 5
The motorship Tirranna, built by F. Schichau, G.m.b.H. Danzig, for Messrs. Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Oslo, was launched at the end of…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 16
Cruisers will race for the C. W. Clarke Trophy in events promoted by the Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales at Rose Bay this afternoon. The first event will start at 2.30 p.m. The…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 8
James Pearce, colliery employee, who was injured when a motor cycle which he was riding skidded and capsized, was admitted to Lithgow Hospital this morning in a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Noted Bloodstock Exporter. Mr. John Crawford Killed in Motor Accident
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 16
Mr. George Rowe, secretary of the A.J.C., has been advised from Melbourne that Mr. John Crawford, a director of the British Bloodstock Agency, was killed a few days…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 17
The Secretary for Railways has announced a new anangement for the convenience of those who wish to make a quick journey through some of the most favoured parts of the State…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 18
Sir Stenson Cooke, general secretary of the Automobile Association of Great Britain, will reach Sydney on March 2, and will leave two days later for New…
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