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Railways, roads & transport, 1940

4,268 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 214

Mulgoa Road Bridge Councils in Dispute

Liverpool News · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 1

A new bridge over Cabramatta Creek, on Llverpool-Mulgoa Road, is proposed by Liverpool Council, the cost to be £600…

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Bridge Evening

The Broadcaster · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 1

Guildford Bridge Club gave the usual New Year bridge party on Saturday evening, December 29, in Canning's Hall. Guildford, when a good number of…

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Fire on Railway Bridge. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 10

A special train brought a rescue party from Moree last night to fight a fire in the timbers of a railway bridge near Tycatnah station…

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Through Road

Liverpool News · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 3
Also in The Biz

A further conference is to be held by Liverpool. Cabra-Vale. Fairfield and Holroyd Councils in regard to the connecting road from Hume Highway to the…

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Military Road

The Biz · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 7
Also in The Broadcaster

The widening of Military Road, by moving back properties on the road alignment, will shortly be carried out. Holyoyd Council is awaiting finalisation of…

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Mulgoa Road

The Biz · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 10

Ald. Hill and Ald. McBurney, of Caora Vale Council, attended Liverpool Council meeting on Tuesday night, and discussed the question of the bridge on…

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Aeroplane Dives Into Sea Perth

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 3

An R.A.A.F. Hawker-Demon plane crashed in the sea 100 yards from the shore at Yanchep, 35 miles…

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Evaded Train Fare

The Biz · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 8
Also in Liverpool News

At Liverpool Police Court on Thursday last. David Jackson and Norman Hooper were each fined £10 costs 8-. expenses 5-. for evasion of train fare…

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Stoney Creek Road. Main Road Department's Proposal

The Propeller · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 3

"This is a preposterous suggestion, and should not be entertained for one minute," said Alderman Dowsett at this week's meeting of Bexley…

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Jamison Road Drianage

Nepean Times · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 1

The chief engineer of the Public Works Department, Mr Jones, visited Penrith on Tuesday, with two other departmental officers, and made an…

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East Hills Train Service

The Propeller · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 2

A reply was received at this week's meeting of Bexley Council from the Railway Department, to complaints made of the curtailment of train…

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Parramatta to Cronulla by Train

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 10

The Railway Department announces a Sunday service from Parramatta to Cronulla, via Lidcombe and Bankstown…

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Inattention on the Road

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 32

Inattention to the job in hand is responsible for far more accidents than is generally imagined, says the N.R.M.A. safety department. One authority…

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Main Roads Progress. Review of Year's Work

The Propeller · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 8

Impressive evidence of the efficient and progressive standard of work which has been, and is being, carried out on the highways and other…

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"Miracle" Train Smash Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 3

LONDON, Wed.--It is considered a miracle that no one was killed when two passenger trains of the London and North Eastern Railway…

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Shooting on Road Wife's Story At Inquest MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 19

The Coroner to-day committed Morris Ansell, 19, of Victoria-street, Carlton, for trial for the murder of…

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You Must Have an Aim There is No Surer Road to Unhappiness Than Drifting

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 January 1940 · page 12

A WOMAN asked me the other day what I thought was the most important thing in living. I answered without any hesitation. "There must be an…

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