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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1939

6,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 250

Motor Cycle News--Every Friday Reliability Contest A Complete Success Machines Prove Worth In Three-Day Ride; 69 Gain Full Points

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 9

THE Daily Telegraph-A.C.U. three-day reliability contest at New Year was the most successful event of its kind ever held in New South Wales. Veteran riders who have competed in many reliability events claim that the…

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Big Railway Programme Announced Lines to Be Electrified in Suburbs New Pilliga Line in 2-Year Plan

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 5

A £140,000 railway electrification and construction programme has been approved by the State Government…

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Allied Motor Interests

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 12

Reduction of capital of Allied Motor Interests, Ltd., has been confirmed by the Court…

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"Jumped" Train: Fined

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 5

For riding on the buffers between two cars of the Brisbane express, Stanley Burton, 24, laborer, was fined £2, costs 5, or five days' jail, at North Sydney…

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Plea for Safer Roads

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Road defects were criticised by the District Coroner (Mr. Chiplin) at two inquests today. Constable Hillier gave evidence that…

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Harbour Bridge Pylon Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 11

The exhibition at the south-eastern pylon on the Harbour Bridge is open daily from 10 a.m. till 5.30 p.m. The lens of the giant electrically-operated camera obscura enables any scene within its…

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Bus on Brink of Bridge

Daily News · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 1

PASSENGERS and crew of a Manly-bound bus miraculously escaped death last night when it crashed…

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Ugliness On The Road

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 4

A large number of citizens will agree with Mr. Bruxner that a frontal attack should be made on the unsightly advertising…

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Bus Breaks Through Railing of Spit Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 18

While crossing The Spit Bridge last night, this Manly-bound bus broke through the railing half-way across the bridge and stopped with one front wheel overhanging a drop of 30 feet to the water. The driver received a broken arm, and the conductor and the only two passengers were uninjured…

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Train Crushes Man Slipped On Station Platform

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 3

Running across Hurstville railway platform to-day. a man believed to be John Ohlback. 61, of Blekesley-road, Kogarah. slipped and fell…

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Road Accidents. Taxi Companies Support Campaign

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 18

Operators of the larger taxi-cab services yesterday said they desired to co-operate with the Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, in his campaign to reduce road accidents…

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Fall From Bridge Woman's Escape Caught On Platform

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 1

Falling from the Harbor Bridge late to-day, a young woman struck the platform used by painters about 20…

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Spit Bridge Crash. Omnibus Breaks Railings. Driver Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 17

Four passengers had remarkable escapes last night when a motor bus travelling to the Manly Wharf crashed through the railings of the Spit Bridge…

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The Bridge Toll. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 10

Sir,—Admittedly there are difficulties in apportioning the toll reduction charges on periodical railway tickets, but North Shore passengers feel that a childish deception has…

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[?] "Four" Bridge Club Part I.—the Three Black Spots

The World's News · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 34

WE sat comfortably at ease before the cheerful fire in. the well-appointed den of our host, Professor John Jackson, R.C.S…

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Hoardings on Roads. Control by Councils. Value of Change Doubted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 17

The secretary of the Local Government Association, Mr. A. R. Bluett said yesterday that while no municipal council would disagree with the…

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N.Z. Has Fewer Road Deaths Auckland

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 3

The Minister for Transport (Mr Simple) expresses appreciation of the substantial improvement to the holiday accident figures compared…

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Bus Driver Off Road Pulls Up Hanging Over Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 2

A St. Leonards-Manly bus crashed through the side railing of the Spit Bridge at 7 o'clock last night…

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Bruxner v. Road Hogs "Fight Is Only Just Beginning" Plans For Making Traffic Safer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 5

"I've only just started to fight," said the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) last night outlining his road…

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Quay Railway. Construction Delay Criticism of Premier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 18

The secretary of the Circular Quay Association, Mr. A. D. Carson, yesterday criticised the Premier, Mr. Stevens, for the delay in the completion of the city…

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