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Railways, roads & transport, 1941

4,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 248

Motor Traders' President

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 6

MR. W. H. PETERS, newly[?] elected President of the Motor Traders' Association of N.S.W…

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Bus Strike Helps Railways New York

The Sun · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 2

Owing to the New York bus strike, underground and elevated railways are filled to capacity and taxi-cab revenues have soared…

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To Pay £190 for Tram Jolt

The Sun · Wednesday 12 March 1941 · page 7

For injuries received when he was Jolted from a tram in Woollahra on October 7, Howard Stockbridge (24), painter, of Ruthven-street, Waverley,…

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Women Rowers Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 22

WOMEN rowers are in training for the annual interstate fouroar championship, which will be rowed on the Yarra on April 19…

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Where All Roads Lead

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 27

There is no greater mistake made with regard to our converts than to think of them as belonging to one type or class…

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Lower Coast Road

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 27

The N.R.M.A. Touring Department has received further advice concerning the work being carried out on the lower coast…

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"Via Crucis," 1941. Special Train Arrangements

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 18

St. Robert Cardinal Bellarmine in his noted work on "The Seven Last Words" of Our Lord on the Cross on the First Good Friday, points out that Our Lord…

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Via Crucis, 1941. Special Train Arrangements

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 3

St. Robert Cardinal Bellarmine, in his noted work on "The Seven Last Words" of Our Lord on the Cross on the First Good Friday, points out that Our Lord…

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Horsley Man Killed. Fell Beneath Train

The Biz · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 1

Falling beneath the wheels of a train at Berry railway station on Saturday. Charles Kinnear, of Cowpasture Road. Horsley, was dragged 50 feet along the…

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The cross-roads. Flights Over Ice. Canadian Thrills

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 17

"Arctic Pilot." By Walter Gilbert, as told to Kathleen Shackleton. London: Nelson. 7s 6d. Kathleen Shackleton took the material for her book from the conversations and…

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Over the Burma Road Raiders Had "Open Go" But Only Scratched Towns

The Sun · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 4

No doubt, Japanese airmen are rather overworked in a country as big and as obstinate as China, but that can hardly account in full for marksmanship so poor…

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Burma Road Traffic. American Appointed to End Graft. CHUNGKING, March 12. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 8

An authoritative source announced that Dr. John Earl Baker, formerly of the American Red Cross, has been appointed director of the Kunming-Burma…

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Railway Institute Dance

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 4

Another Railway Institute dance will be held next Tuesday, 18th inst. Oldtime and jazz programme. Admission 1/-, including supper…

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MOTORS and MOTORING Motoring Memos

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 9

IN Great Britain the use of Methane Gas for Internal combustion engines is being advocated. This gas is produced in Bombay, where it is being…

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PROGRESS Australian Motorists Petrol Co. Ltd

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 11

IN this issue is published an abridged Prospectus of the Australian Motorists Petrol Company's 100,000 £1 8 per cent, preference shares issue. Indications…

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Fall From Tram. Man's Claim Succeeds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 3

Twenty-nine tramwaymen, most of them drivers and conductors, were called by the Commissioner for Road Transport to testify yesterday before…

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Morris Motor Body Contract Ended

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 17

Directors of Ruskin Motor Bodies, Ltd., announced in Melbourne yesterday that the contract between Ruskin Motor Bodies, Ltd., and the Australian…

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29 Tram Men Give Evidence

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 10

Twenty-nine tram conductors and drivers were called by the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways to give evidence in the District Court…

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Sale of Railway Land in Crescent

The Biz · Thursday 13 March 1941 · page 5

Indignation was expressed by the Fairfield aldermen at the intention of the Railway Department to offer for sale the land fronting The Crescent (the parklet)…

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Railway Finance. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1941 · page 4

Sir,—A correspondent raises the timeworn alibi of "interest charges" in his attempt to justify the shocking losses incurred by our railway system. To…

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