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Railways, roads & transport, 1938

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

Our MOTORING Section Carburation Experiments. Many Fallacies Exist Concerning Items Such As Air-intake Temperature, Forced Induction and Allied Carburetter Topics

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 13

The question of providing an efficient hot-spot on which the mixture from the carburetter impinges before reaching the cylinders has always received…

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Speeding Up George Street Trams. Loop Line at Hay Street

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

The Commissioner for Road Transport and Tromways, Mr. C. N. Neale, announced yesterday that in order to expedite the movement of trams on the George Street route…

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Abuse of Motor Horns. to the Editor of the Herald

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

Sir,—The "Herald" is to be commended for drawing attention to motor horn nuisance. Fa[?] too often the horn is used as a means of blasting a way through the traffic by…

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Motor Horn Nuisance. British Regulations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 8

Three or four years ago revolutionary regu[?]tions to reduce the noise nuisance caused by motor horns were put into force in Britain. These make it an offence for any…

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Railway Institute Cricket

The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 36

Arrangements are being made for a team representative of the New South Wales Railways Institute to contest the annual cricket fixtures…

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Man and a Motor Car. New Year's Eve Sequel

The Propeller · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 3

"I found defendant seated in his car on New Year's Eve with the two front wheels up on the footpath," stated Constable Burwood at the…

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Four Persons Injured. In Motor Car Collision

The Propeller · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 1

Four persons were injured on Monday night when a motor cycle and a motor car collided at the intersection of Riley and Campbell Streets,…

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Hints to Motorists. Brake Adjustments

The Propeller · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 6

Numerous cars are now equipped with hydraulic four-wheel foot brakes and cable-operated rear wheel hand brakes. Usually there is a main…

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New Tramway Loop Line

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 4

The Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, Mr. Neale, announced yesterday that with a view of minimising traffic congestion and…

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Railway Matters on South Coast Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 10

Mr. W. Davies. M.L.A., has been notified that the request of the Illawarra Trades and Labor Council for a platform at Cringils to be lengthened, was at present…

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Motor Cyclist Killed in Collision

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 5

Jack Hewes, 23, a fitter, of Hargrave Street, Paddington, was killed shortly after 11 o'clock last night when his motor cycle crashed into…

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Motor Horns for Emergencies

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 2

The N.R.M.A. is opposed to any official action which would prevent a motor driver sounding his horn in an emergency…

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Railways Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 24

The 1938 interstate railways cricket carnival will be held at the Sydney Cricket Ground on February 24, 25, 28, and March 1…

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New Haymarket Tram Loop Line

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 7

A new tram loop from George Street, via Hay, Parker, arid Barlow Streets, to the suburbs, will be opened next Monday. The Transport Commissioner (Mr…

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Fighting Airways Progress Better Railways Planned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 7

ALARMED at the growth of interstate air travel, Victoria and South Australia have agreed to co-operate on an…

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A Motoring Glossary. Terms Explained "Simply."

Liverpool News · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 3

I have (at very great cost) composed the following 'Motorists' Dictionary": Ampere: Amusing little crea[?]ur[?]s. Sometimes you can see them jerking up and…

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New Aerodrome. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 9

Work will start in a few days on Wagga's new aerodrome, four miles along the Tarcutta Road from the Wagga Post Office. The Wagga Municipal Council purchased the land—220…

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Newcastle Dog Train

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 23

Special carriages for dogs competing at Newcastle tonight will be attached to[?] the train which will leave Central Station at 2.5 p.m. The usual special train at…

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Lights Fail at Aerodrome. for Nearly Two Hours

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 11

Consideiable inconvenience was caused at the Kingsford Smith Aeiodiomc, Mascot, yesterday, when aerodrome lights fused. The signalling device used by the control…

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Contract Bridge. Teams Championship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 16

Matches played at the Sydney Bridge Club on Wednesday night in the teams-of-four championship for the David Jones's trophy resulted as follows:—Mr. L. F. Cohen's team…

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