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Railways, roads & transport, 1945

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Trams and 'Buses May Not Run in Sydney Next

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 2

No trams or buses will run in Sydney or Newcastle after the all night service is concluded early on Saturday morning, March 24, until the first normal…

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Batlow Railway Returns

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 4

The figures received from the Batlow railway station show that the amount of business for January transacted at Batlow still keeps on the four figure…

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Trams Collide Nine Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Nine persons were injured in a collision between two trams in Broadway today. One of them, Miss Bertha Gregory, 29, of…

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"TRAMMIES" May Reverse Decision

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A special meeting of Tramway and 'bus men has been convened for Friday morning next to reconsider last Monday's…

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Railway Truck on Fire

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 2

Near Stratton's flour mins. at Cootamundra, a railway truck containing empty cases caught, fire. Most of the cases were…

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Five Injured Car Crashes on Harbor Bridge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Five persons —two naval officers and three women—were injured when a jeep crashed into a safety fence on…

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German Army Facing Disaster U.S. Enveloping Move Enemy Destroys Mainz Bridge Allied Airmen Pound Crowded Nazi Traffic

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P ): Troops of the U.S. Third and Seventh Armies, which are closing in on the German First Army in the Saar, were less than 10 miles…

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Tram Collision Nine People Injured

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Nine people were injured and three were admitted to hospital after a tram collision in Broadway at 8 a.m. to-day. One tram…

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In Norway Railways Used by Germans Cut

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 March 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.—With a thoroughness that showed careful planning and completeness, and indicating that several…

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General News Girl Killed By Train—

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 March 1945 · page 4

A girl was killed when a milk cart was struck by the Melbourne-Mildura train at a rail crossing in Mildura She was Joan Frost, 11 of Northcote…

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Five-Year-Old From Yass Has Train Ride To Moss Vale

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 March 1945 · page 3

When Barry Good, aged five years of Yass, elected to take a train ride instead of going to school last Friday, he did not realise what trouble he was going to cause his parents and the Moss Vale police. So far as his parents were aware he was at school all afternoon, but…

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Far East War Australian Airmen Attack Bangkok-Singapore Railway

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 March 1945 · page 1

BOMBAY, Wednesday: Many Australians look part in the Eastern Air command's longest bombing mission yet, when…

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Railways and Coal Supplies

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 March 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA, Wednesday: Coal production over the Easter holidays would determine whether sleepers would be restored on…

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Stumbled on Bridge Woman's Ankle Injured

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 2

Mrs. N. Elrington of Park Avenue East, stumbled as she was crossing the railway bridge on her way to work at the Cannery on Wednesday…

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Daily Train Service For Easter Holidays

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 1

There will be a daily train service over the Easter holiday period both to and from Sydney, commencing on…

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Road Safety Council Leeton Branch Re-formed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 4

THE President of Willimbong Shire, Cr. R. A. Struck, occupied the chair at a public meeting in the Shire Chambers to…

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When Sailors Departed Train Pulled Out With Doors Open

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 3

Last night at a meeting of the Patriotic Committee, complaints were voiced at the dangerous manner with which the 6.30 p.m. train was…

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Sporting Notes the Turf Railway Handicap Had its Sensations

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 3

Although the Queensland noted sprinter, Repshot, passed the post first in the Railway Handicap at Rosehill on Saturday, when a hot favourite at…

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Railway Transfers

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 5
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Mr. W. J. Casey, Junee to Roslyn; Mr. L. R. Bodie, Narandera to Lithgow; Mr. S. E. M'Naily, of the relief staff, takes up a permanent position…

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