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Railways, roads & transport, 1939

6,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

The Road to Life. Church As Repairer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 10

Preaching at St. Maik's Church, Dalling Point, yesterday morning, Canon H. W. Barder said that the present breach between nation and nation and between class and…

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Child Drowns on Road Car Submerged In Torrent

Daily News · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 1

PERTH, Sunday.--When a car struck portion of the road which had subsided as the result of torrential rains. Mcrvyn, 12-months-old infant son of Mrs. Marion…

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Train Off Line Near Smash In W.A. PERTH

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 7

South of Narrogin, early to-day, the Albany-Perth express train was derailed. The line had been…

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Tramp Shipping Freights. London, Jan. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 18

The International Tramp Shipping Consultative Committee, because of the success of minimum freights, approved the shipping industry's decision to continue the system…

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Proposed New Railway. Victorian Line in N.S.W. Cabinet Assent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 12

The New South Wales Govern. ment has agreed to the extension of a Victorian branch railway line fiom Oaklands to Rand, in the southern…

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Home News. Railway Finances

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 1

Special consideration will be given by the Government shortly to the financial position of the State Railways, which are faced with increased expenditure of £1,000,000. A report…

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Big Railway Costs. Special Report. Freights and Fares May Rise

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 11

The State Government will shortly consider the financial position of the State Railways, which are faced with a setious inciease in costs this year…

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Free Railway Passes. Plea for Show Judges

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 7

Because of the valuable nature of their work, cattle breeders consider that all judges at agricultural shows should be granted free railway passes…

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Scheme for Show Exhibits. T.B.-free Dairy Cattle. Railway Co-operation Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 7

Unless the co-operation of the railway authorities is obtained for the proposal to restrict dairy cattle exhibited at the 1940 and future Royal Easter Shows to animals with…

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New Railway Allowed But Victoria Must Foot The Bill

Daily News · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 1

The State Government hoe agreed to the construction of a railway line from Oaklands to Rand, provided the cost is met by the Victorian Government…

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Vic. Railways In N.S. Wales

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 4

The New South Wales Government will allow construction of a 25-mile railway line, connecting Oaklands and Rand, provided the cost is met by the Victorian…

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Mystery Of Bridge Explosion

Daily News · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 1

ATTEMPTS were made early yesterday to blow up portion of a railway bridge across the Molonglo River,…

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Tram and Lorry Collide. Accident on Narrow Bridge. Five in Hospital

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 17

Five tram passengers were taken to hospital after a lorry and a tram collided on the narrow Ramsay Road bridge, Fivedock, yesterday. The lorry…

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£46,600 for Roads Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 2

About 600 men will be employed tor three months on new road works in the bushfire areas, for which the State Cabinet has made available…

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Explosion in Tent. Ganger Hurled from Bed. Bridge Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 11

Jack Pringle, ganger employed on the new Captain's Flat-Bungendore railway line, had an amazing esca[?]e from death early yesterday morning,…

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40 Injured in Tram Smash: Panic Scenes 17 Taken to Hospital Flying Glass, People Flung On Floors Motorists Aid

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 1

About 40 people were injured--17 of them were taken to hospital--when two trams collided this afternoon in Parramatta-road, near Missenden-road,…

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Blue Star Line New Motor Vessel California Star

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 4

On her maiden voyage to Australian ports, the Blue Star Line's new motor vessel California Star is due at Sydney to-morrow morning from London,…

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Many Motor Vehicles. One for Every Eight People

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 12

There is one motor vehicle for every eight people in New South Wales, and every sixth person is a licensed motor driver…

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Motoring. Daimler 24. Roomy Seven-seater. Limousine Coachwork

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 6

Another addition to the extremely wide range of Daimler models on this market is the new "Twenty Four," which has been specially designed for…

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A Railway Anomaly. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 6

Sir,—May I through your paper draw attention to the absurd rate of charges on the [?]toen line. A return ticket (Bankstown to Whny[?]) is 2/. But if you take a return…

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