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Railways, roads & transport, 1938

7,611 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250

Motor Horn Nuisance. Restriction May be Considered. Complaints of Loudness

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 6

Consideration may shortly be given to the advisability of restricting the use of motor horns, although the imposition of a "loudness limit." to avoid annoyance to pedestrians and…

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Survey of New Railway. Bungendore-Captain's Flat. Construction Soon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 6

An early start is to be made with the construction of the new railway line from Bungendore to Captain's Flat, which will connect the rich ore deposits…

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Motorists Wise. Abroad Early to Miss Queues

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 6

According to tolima[?]ers and Main Roads Boiud officials on bridges along the main highways motor-tourists, probably enlightened by previous experiences, look preacautions to…

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Motor Cycle and Car Collide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 8

Four persons were injured when the motor cycle and the car, shown above, collided at the intersection of Campbell and Riley Streets, East Sydney, last night…

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Dodged Death in Railway Tunnel Officials Find Body

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 1

DRIVERS of underground electric trains were warned to travel slowly to-day on the Wynyard section, while ambulance officers, police and railway officials carried the body of an unknown woman a mile through the tunnel…

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Rail & Tram Figures Increase Shown

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 1

TRAVELLERS yesterday expended £3979 in train fares from the city to all parts of the country. This was an increase of £723 over the…

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Hundreds Of Motorists Flout 30 m.p.h. Speed Limit Many 'Booked' by Police Object to Slow Drivers Claims Made That Cutting-in Necessary Races Rush

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 5

THE 30-miles-an-hour speed limit was flouted by hundreds of motorists yesterday when main roads carried the heaviest traffic of the…

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Arab Motorists Searched for Arms in Palestine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 3

BRITISH CREW OF AN ARMORED CAR in Palestine, searching Arab passengers of a car on the Safad road. Precautions were taken because of the murder of police and civilians by armed Arabs…

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7 Injured In Motor Collisions

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 2

SEVEN people were injured in motor accidents in the city last night. This brought the New Year…

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11 Words--£200 Winning Title in "Give It a Name" Railway Man's Success

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 1

FIRST prize of £200 in the Daily Telegraph's "Give It A Name" Competition, No. 1, has been awarded to Mr. L…

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Narromine Aerodrome. Narromine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 12

The Narromine Aero Club reports that a record number of landings of aeroplanes on the local aerodrome look place in 1937. The number was [?]84 an increase of more than…

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Aerodrome Facilities. Narooma

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 12

Although a scheme to reclaim land at present under water, adjacent to the urban swimming baths at Narooma, for use as an acrodrome was recently investigated by the…

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New Bridge at Port Kembla

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 4

The new bridge over Lake Illawarra at Windang was opened for traffic on Sunday, 19th December although the official opening ceremony has been deferred until February 26th, 1938, to coincide…

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Tragedy in City Tunnel. Woman Killed by Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 15

The driver of an electric train passing through the tunnel between the Harbour Bridge and Wynyard Station yesterday morning saw something lying…

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Real Estate Road Alignment. Dissatisfaction with Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 7

The realignment of properties, as the result of the widening of the highways under the Main Roads Act is causing concern to some owners and real estate…

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Train Derailed. Many Casualties in China. Hong Kong, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 16

One hundred Chinese were killed or. injured in a train derailment caused by the subsidence of the roadbed in North Kwangtung, on the Hankow-Canton railway…

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Fall in Holiday Road Toll Figures Show 18 Deaths

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 8

Christmas and New Year holiday deaths from road accidents this year were below those for the same period in 1936-37, according…

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Fewer Road Deaths. 17 Holiday Fatalities. Speed Limit Benefits

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 11

During the Christmas and New Year holidays, 17 persons were killed in road accidents in New South Wales, compared with 22 over the corresponding…

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Judge Suggests Flats Limit 3-Story Height Martin-road Finding

The Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 3

THE erection of flats, without restriction, on a property in Martin-road, overlooking Centennial Park,…

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Body in Tunnel Woman's Fall From City Train Carried 100 Feet to Death

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 7

FALLING from an electric train, underground between Wynyard Station and the Bridge, yesterday, a woman was…

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