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Railways, roads & transport, 1941

4,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 248

Much Bridged Road Science Invention

The World's News · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 24

THE new road that is under construction in New Zealand to give access to the scenic grandeur of Milford Sound gives rise to many…

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Soldier Killed On Road By Car

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Gunner William Wallace, 40, of 3rd Battery, 2nd Field Training Regiment, was hit by a car and killed outside Puckapunyal…

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Through Smith's Private Projector "Night Train to Munich"

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 19

ABOUT films made in Britain there is often a quality never to be found in…

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Railways and Bases. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 9

Sir,—With the greater part of the civilised world suffering the furies of war. and the remainder on the brink, the time is overdue for Australia to improve…

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Man From Midgenoo Sees The Dagoes How About Beach Huts and Motor-Boats?

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 1 February 1941 · page 18

A VOICE from Midgenoo, N.Q.: Up in North Queensland, all who are Australian and British back "Smith's," and agree with…

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Three Hurt When Train Hits Lorry West Maitland

The Sun · Sunday 2 February 1941 · page 5

Three youths were injured when an ice lorry and the Morpeth train collided at a railway crossing on the Morpeth road this morning…

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Motoring Machine Gun Carriers

Truth · Sunday 2 February 1941 · page 22

LATEST contribution to the Empire war effort by Ford-Canada is a £175,000 expansion programme of the Windsor plant to care for…

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Drive for Motor Ambulances

Truth · Sunday 2 February 1941 · page 19

A MONSTER War Carnival will be held at Willoughby Park from 2 p.m. to midnight, on Saturday, February 22. Reports indicate that this function will be a…

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Father and two sons die in motor smash

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 2 February 1941 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- A father and his two sons, aged 9 and two months, were killed when a car capsized on the Calder Highway, Keilor, tonight…

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Road Tragedy After Dance Kempsey

The Sun · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 5

Death of two men and injury to six other men and a woman was caused when a motor-lorry swerved and somersaulted a few miles from…

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Bridge Built Over Street Bomb Crater London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 February 1941 · page 3

A bridge built over an enormous bomb crater in a London street will open for traffic tomorrow. It has a 10-foot wide roadway With a surface of wood resting on…

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Car's Wild Dash. Along Harbour Bridge on Wrong Side

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 5

Mr. Arnold, S.M., at the North Sydney Police Court yesterday, sentenced Jack King, 22, described as a male nurse, to 12 months' imprisonment on a charge…

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New Railway Equipment. War-time Needs. Three States to Spend £1,000,000. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 10

An amount of £500,000 approved by the Loan Council last week is the first instalment of a loan of more than £1,000,000 to equip the railway…

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Federal Aid for N.s.w. Railway

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 4

Substantial Federal Government financial assistance to enable the State Government to complete the Sandy Hollow-Maryvale railway is expected shortly. At last year's rate of progress, the…

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Girls Sleep At Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 7

Unable to And accommodation, girl teachers transferred to Lithgow have walked the streets all night, and finally…

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Britain to Train Indian Workers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 2

BOMBAY, Tuesday (AA.P.).--Fifty young Indian technicians have left for England under a scheme sponsored by the Minister for Labor (Mr…

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Parramatta to Cronulla Direct Train Service

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 1

Commencing on Sunday next, February 9, there will be a direct electric train service from Parramatta to Cronulla on Sunday mornings. The…

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Greeks on Road to Adriatic Key Town Is Falling LONDON

The Sun · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 3

Big fires are burning in Tepelena, stubbornly contested strategical town barring the Greek inland route to the Italians' Albanian coastal base of Valona…

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£750,000 for Railways. New Rolling Stock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 11

The New South Wales Railway Department has authorised the expenditure of about £750,000 on the construction of rolling stock to meet the…

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Railways and Bases. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 6

Sir,—Although in the main entirely in accordance with the contents of Mr. J. E. A. Florance's patriotic lettet, I question the economy of any proposed canal…

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