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Railways, roads & transport, 1941

4,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 248

Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports South Australia. Dutch Motorship. Sailed Adelaide. Elder, Smith and Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 21 March 1941 · page 3

H. J. Penfold Hyland, 10 cs brandy. Robern Dried Fruit Co., 105 cs dried fruit. Sundry Shippers, 1900 cs brandy. G. S. Yuill and Co. Pty., Ltd., 45 cs dried…

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Body on Railway Line

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 March 1941 · page 4

The mutilated body of a man was found on the railway line between Sydenham and St. Peters yesterday morning. Police are trying to establish his identity. He…

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Burden on Motorists

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 March 1941 · page 9

The secretary of the R.A.C.A., Mr. C. Hodgins, described the increase as an unreasonabl[?] addition to the hardships of motorists…

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Increased Loss for Emu Bay Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 March 1941 · page 15

After payment of interest on 4[?] per cent. debenture stock, absorbing £5891, and £1478 for exchange thereon, Emu Bay Railway Co., Ltd., incurred a loss…

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Naval Rating Killed by Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 March 1941 · page 1

An Australian naval rating was killed last night by a tram in William Street, King's Cross. He was on a tram travelling towards…

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Used Railway Tools to Wreck Train Pittsburg

The Sun · Saturday 22 March 1941 · page 3

At the inquiry by the Interstate Commerce Commission into the Pennsylvania railway smash last Sunday, it was disclosed that saboteurs used the Pennsylvanian Railroad's own tools to cause the train wreck in which…

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The Road To Lasting Friendship

The Sun · Saturday 22 March 1941 · page 4

FOUR years before Governor Phillip sailed into Sydney Cove, the War of the American Independence had come to an…

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9,504 Fewer Cars on Roads. 272 Use Producer Gas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1941 · page 16

The Commissioner of Road Transport, Mr. Neale, said yesterday that registrations of motor vehicles in New South Wales in February, 1941, were 9,504 less than in February last…

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Delivering the U.S. Goods. a "Bridge of Ships" to Britain. Yugoslavia at the Crossroads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1941 · page 14

However often it may be stated that the visiting American naval squadron is pursuing routine "training exercises," there is no doubt that the call at Sydney at this particular moment, combined with the visit of another squadron to New Zealand, is generally regarded as symbolical…

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Tram Collision in Tunnel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1941 · page 17

Two tramcars collided in the Wynyard tunnel at 5.40 p.m. yesterday. The following were taken by the Central District Ambulance to Sydney Hospital, where…

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Court Intervenes in Railway Dispute. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1941 · page 15

The threatened dislocation of South Australian railway services has been temporarily averted by the intervention of the Federal Arbitration Court…

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U.S. Sailors' Gallant Rescue Dive in Harbor to Save Woman Radio Officer's Leg Crushed In Tram Accident

The Sun · Saturday 22 March 1941 · page 3

Two U.S. sailors dived fully clothed into the Harbor from the destroyer Downes to-day to rescue a middle-aged woman who had fallen from a sight-seeing ferry…

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Motor Motto

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 22 March 1941 · page 6

IT doesn't matter if you have no gals. In the tank so long as you have one in the car…

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Five Hurt When Trams Collide

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 March 1941 · page 3

Five persons received abrasions and shock yesterday afternoon, when a tram hit the rear of another in the underground tunnel near Wynyard…

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Along The Road

The Sun · Sunday 23 March 1941 · page 3

OUT west near a big station in New South Wales a fire in the entrance of a small cave may be seen. This is the cooking fire of a tramp…

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Games for children, bridge for mothers at nursery party

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 March 1941 · page 23

Against the opposition of Punch and Judy, a conjurer, a slippery slide, an ice cream barrel and a potato race, a lovely dolls' house filled with furniture and dolls was the irresistible attraction…

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Easter Railway Arrangements

Truth · Sunday 23 March 1941 · page 12

THE Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) has announced details of the complete programme of excursion arrangements for the Easter…

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Motor Cyclists Killed, Injured

The Sun · Sunday 23 March 1941 · page 9

One motor-cyclist was killed and another, a militiaman, was seriously injured last night when their machines were involved in collisions…

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Car Hits Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 11

Francis B. McGulnnes. 30, of Wolseley Street. Fairfield, was fatally' injured when the car in which he and two other men were riding crashed into a bridge at Fairfield on…

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Killed In Train Fall

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 9

A woman lost both her feet when she fell off the Melbourne express between Goulburn and Towrang on Saturday night…

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