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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
4,268 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 214
RESPITE the inevitably prejudicial effect of the war on trading conditions during the past few months, the motor industry in Australia has remained relatively buoyant, and the immediate future is far from…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →PUNTERS were very much astray in the Tramway Stake. They backed several in the race, which was open in appearance, but the winner turned up in the little fancied BJELKE. BJELKE is the sole representative of:…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →MISS VIVIAN PINCOMBE, of Vaucluse, just finishing her pharmacy course, announced her engagement, at her 21st birthday party…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fewer cars were stolen in 1939 than in 1938, and a slightly higher proportion, 98.63 per cent., were recovered. This series of pictures shows how the police set about recapturing stolen cars…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Formation of a Gaol Old Boys' Association was unanimously approved by a meeting of Gisborne…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday.--Exasperated by Finland's repeated victories over apparently superior forces, Russia has decided on total warfare…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →TWO motor cyclists and a three-year-old boy were killed and many people injured in road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two motor cyclists were killed in road accidents in the suburbs at the week-end, and a number of people were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The State women's four-oared crew to row in the Australian championship in Adelaide had further training spins during the weekend…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Three carloads of picnickers were involved in a head-on smash on Beach Road, Black[?]rock, tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boolooroo Shire Council has decided to prosecute prisons who allow wood to drop fiom vehicles on to loads. At a meeting of the council, Councillor W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Royal Motor Yacht Club held races for the trophies presented by Mr. H. Bowden on Saturday afternoon at Rose Bay, and there were dead heats on points for both the speedboats and the cruisers,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →An innocent-looking parcel found under the seat of an Ashfield-Mortlake tram early last night was handed to the conductor…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Officials of the Australian Railways Union announced last night that the fettlers employed on the railway line between Menindie and Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The shell case of a hand bomb, found in a tram in Burwood Road, Mortlake, last night, caused passengers an anxious few minutes while…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A 200-mile stretch of railway line between Ivanhoe and Broken Hill will be declared "dead" by the Railway Department…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A passenger on an Ashfield-Mortlake tram last night opened a parcel and found it contained a bomb. Passengers became alarmed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DUNGOG, Monday.--When the car he was driving collided with a lorry and overturned, Barry Pennock, 23, Mitchell Street, Stockton, was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →While the relations between Balkan States have become more cordial as the result of encouragement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway fettlers between Ivanhoe and Broken Hill went on strike at 4.45 p.m. yesterday. The last train to cross the area will leave for…
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