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Railways, roads & transport, 1940

4,268 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 214

Rockdale Train Service. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 4

Sir,—The railway authorities have ignored the necessity for better facilities for railway passengers to and from Rockdale on the Illawarra line. Rockdale has held for some…

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176 Killed In Train Wreck Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.-- One hundred and seventy-six persons were killed and 58 seriously injured when a train was derailed and overturned in an…

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Policeman in Road Smash Had Been at Funeral

Daily News · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 1

Constable Nelson Gordon, of Simla Road, West Ryde, was critically injured yesterday in a head-on smash at…

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Man Falls From Train. Suffers Only Minor Injuries. GOULBURN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 10

Trevor William Bailey, a Quandialla business man, had a remarkable escape when he fell from the Temora mail train last night when it was travelling at between 30 and…

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Train Wreck Blocks Line. Basle, Jan. 29. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 9

The w[?]k of a goods train of 234 trucks at Schop[?]m, near the S[?] fron[?]er, blocked the German line between the southern end of the [?]rted Line and the upper Rhine…

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176 Burned to Death. Japanese Train Smash. Petrol Catches Fire Tokyo, Jan. 29. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 9

One hundred and seventy-six passengers were trapped and burned to death when the suburban train on which they were travelling rammed a…

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Wild Driving in Bushfire Zone 'Scoffed At Warning;' Motorists Slated

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 10

Reckless behavior by some motorists in bushfire areas during the week-end was warmly denounced by the secretary of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, Mr. Clyde Hodgins, to-day…

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New Underground Railway Comfort

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The modernised underground railway from Waterloo Station to the City will be ready for the summer…

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State Title to Railways Band

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 5

The State Band Championship was won at the Sydney Sports Ground last night by the New South Wales Government Railways Band, which was…

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Race Train Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 14

Two carnages which were damaged when a train from Newcastle collided wilh a special race train at Wyong Station at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon…

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Two Hurt In Train Collision

Daily News · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 2

WYONG, Tuesday.--Two men were injured and five others escaped with bruises and shock in a railway collision at Wyong to-day…

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Blackouts Treble Road Fatalities

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.--The number of fatal road accidents in London has almost trebled since wartime blackouts began…

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Time Off for Tea Road Gangs' Demand

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 9

Starting to-morrow, mass meetings of road workers will demand time off for morning tea unless Cabinet,…

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Opening of New Road. Epping to Lane Cove

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 8

The Minister for Works and local Government, Mr. Martin, will open on Saturday afternoon the new main road from Epping to Lane Cove, where it links up with the Pacific…

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Transport Chaos. Road and Rail. Britain's Severe Winter. LONDON, Jan. 30. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 13

When the fully story of the traffic chaos in Britain is permitted to be told, it will reveal its extraordinary extent, for which the bitter winter weather was…

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Motorists' Behaviour Condemned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 14

A campaign should be begun to teach motorists how to behave in the vicinity of bushfires, in the opinion of Mr. C. Hodgins, secretaiy of the Royal…

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Sydney Solicitor Killed. Fatal Motor Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 15

Mr. Hermann Hugh Marsland, solicitor, of Sydney, was killed on Sunday afternoon in a car accident on the New England Highway, 24 miles from Tenterfield…

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Motorists Drove Over Fire Hoses

Daily News · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 2

Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, said last night that he would order a searching investigation into charges of reckless behavior by…

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Careless Motorists In Fire Areas

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 2

R.A.C.Q. officials last night criticised the conduct of motorists in bushfire areas. A three-day inspection tour by one…

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Il Giornale Italiano the Italian Journal January 31, 1940. Il Tramonto Del L'arcadia Rossa

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 4

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