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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The Harbour Bridge Pylon offiers visitors a first-class entertainment. One of the main attractions is the electrically-operated camera obscura, which reflects any scene within its range in natural…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The name "Mascot Aerodrome" on the notice board near the main entrance gates to Sidneys airport has been painted over by a signwriter, who has received instructions to…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Speakers at a special meeting of the council of Associated Motor Transport of New South Wales yesterday criticised the statement by the Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, that to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →DARWIN, Friday.--Two aboriginal witnesses in a murder charge escaped from the train which was bringing them to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PREPARING FOR SURF CARNIVAL.--North Wollongong surf life-saving team lifting Hope Main up on their reel at Manly yesterday. The team, has been in training for the Australian surf championships, which will be held at Manly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Adelaide-Alice Springs train was three months late recently. These pictures show why. Left is a view of the Stevenson River, seen from the train. Centre, two children throw stones into the flood waters alongside the track. Right: Overturned trucks; the engine was nearly derailed at the same time, owing to collapse of the permanent way…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The first qualifying round for the J. Gordon Jones trophy for championship pairs, playea by 84 competitors during the week at the Sydney Bridge Club, resulted as…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →A car to patrol the north-western highways has arrived here in charge of Constables Hession and Mulcahy. It will be controlled from the local broadcasting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Peter and George, two aborigines required to give evidence in a murder case, broke from the [?]ustdy of Constable J. Mannion, of Maranboy, while on their way to Darwin in a train…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"What might be termed a 'new deal' for road safety work has been inaugurated since the calamitous Christmas holiday season," said the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two hundred and fifty men began work yesterday at Echo Point, Katoomba, on the construction of a road on the face of the cliffs from Echo Point to Gordon Falls, Leura…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A mass meeting of railway traffic employees numbering from 3.000 to 4.000 will be held in Transport House to-morrow afternoon to discuss the proposed new award drafted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The German railways rolling stock programme for 1940-43 includes 6,000 locomotives, 10,000 passenger coacnes, 112,000 goods trucks, and 173,000 tenders. The cost will be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Minister for Transport Mr. Bruxner, said that the reason for the increased prices of meals in railway refreshment rooms was increased costs—miinly for wages, but also…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A tram travelling down the Trafalgar Street hill, Petersham, towards Canterbury, yesterday, crashed into a lorry loaded with five tons of metal screenings. The front of the tram…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Thomas Henry Molloy, 27, labourer, was fined £8 at the Newtown Police Court yesterday for having driven a motor car while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, in…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →A tram driver, H. Nolan, of Ultimo depot, leapt to safety a few seconds before a crash yesterday. His tram and a five-ton lorry collided at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bernard Anthony Jackson, 8, of Moore Street, Leichhardt, had his left foot crushed by the wheels of a tram in Catherine Street, Leichhardt, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Against the blue of morning skies It stands uplifted, crescent wise, When mists of morning clear, A nation's symbol, wrought in steel…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Conditional on an early settlement. of claims in respect of resumed properties, the City Council will shortly demolish…
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