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Railways, roads & transport, 1940

4,268 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 214

Firth of Forth Bridge -- Amazing picture Pictures help win wars

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 21 January 1940 · page 8

Constant complaint of British Press is the failure of the authorities to release photographs taken in R.A.F…

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Would Miss Sleep in Motoring

The Sun · Sunday 21 January 1940 · page 26

A fervent and expert motorist has come among us, a motorist of motorists, one who would miss food and sleep rather than…

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The Schoolboy Detective The Tramp

The Sun · Sunday 21 January 1940 · page 2

AN old tramp buttered clothes had pitched his tent not far from Rob Pearce's home, on a vacant allotment of ground that ran down…

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A Tramp Walks On

The Sun · Sunday 21 January 1940 · page 3

As a ruddy glow spreads over the world lighting it up and rousing a ragged tramp from a bed of leaves, the birds begin to twitter their…

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Police Seeking Motor Cruiser

The Sun · Sunday 21 January 1940 · page 5

Missing from its mooring at Oatley Point, George's River, Tres Bon, a motor cruiser owned by Commodore Frank Needham, of St. George Motor…

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MOTOR-BOATING Attempt On Record Today

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 21 January 1940 · page 30

Mr. R. Jentsch will make an attempt on the Australian 225 CI class speedboat record at Sans Souci…

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Motor Traders' Officers

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 21 January 1940 · page 8

Officers elected at the annual meeting of the Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales were: -- President, Mr. W. R. Locke;…

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Wider Bridge Wanted

Daily News · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Sunday.--The Department of Main Roads is preparing Mans for the widening of the Tom Thumb Lagoon Bridge, on the…

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Girl Falls From Train

Daily News · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 3

Returning from work in the city to her home in Phillip Street, Lakemba, on Saturday, Beatrice Dickson, 16, fell from the platform of an electric…

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Road Accidents Small Girl Killed. Fall From Motor Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 11

A girl of four, Beverley Eileen Noakes, of Burlingham Street, Merrylands, died at Parramatta Hospital yesterday afternoon from injuries received when she…

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Girl's Fall From a Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 3

Betty Dixon, 15 of Phillip Street Lakemba had a narrow escape from death when she fell from an electric train between Sydenham and Mavrickville railway stations on Saturday…

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Child Falls From Train. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 10

Frank Maher, 3, of North Melbourne, fell out of a train between Wallan and Kilmore East, but escaped with scratches ano bruises. The boy was going with his mother to visit…

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Train Collision in Germany. London, Jan. 21. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 10

Five people were slightly injured in a train collision at a suburban station in Berlin…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports. Queensland Burns Philp Motorship. Sailed Brisbane Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 3

Redbank Meatworks, 1 bg meats 200 cs end meats Buras Philp & co., Ltd., 2 crts meats 1 cs bacon 2 cs butter…

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Railway Excursions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 8

Railway excursions will be run within a wide zone next week-end and including the holiday, Monday, January 29. Reduced fares will apply within the…

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Motor Boating

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 14

Royal Motor Yacht Club, at Rose Bay.—Cruiser handicap, 1½ miles: First heat: Constance (A. G. Collins', 1: Cravena [?] (K. A. Morris), 2; Neryda (C. Weatherill), 3. Second heat: Cravens II, 1:…

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Railway Strike. Threat by Union. Extension to South Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 10

Officials of the Australian Railways Union declared last night that if any attempt were made to transport Sydney goods by way of South Australia the…

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EARNS £819 ON £21,773 Worst Railway Loss In N.S.W.

The Sun · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 7

The classic example of a non-paying country railway line in this State is that between Booyong and Ballina,…

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Scope for Local Motor-car

The Sun · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 7

If Australia can make motor car parts from 25 to 33 per cent, cheaper than imported parts, there is no…

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Problems for Motor Men Federal Discussion In Sydney

The Sun · Monday 22 January 1940 · page 5

Delegates from three States attended a meeting in Sydney to-day of the Federal Council of the Chambers of Automotive Industries…

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