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Railways, roads & transport, 1941

4,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 248

Railway Men Staying on Job

The Sun · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 11

Electricians employed in the Railway Department have abandoned their proposal to hold a stop-work meeting…

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Motor Crash at Penshurst Young Woman Killed

The Propeller · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 8

A young woman was fatally injured. last Saturday when she was thrown from a motor car after it had collided with a lorry at the…

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Went to War, Killed by Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 2

After about 16 months Overseas service with the Royal Australian Navy, Ronald Graham Howard, 19, naval rating, returned to Sydney and was…

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Minister's Motor Problem

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 12

Gently, but firmly, the Minister in Charge of National Emergency Services (Mr. H. L. Primrose) turned…

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Fairfield Motor Cycle Club

The Biz · Thursday 3 April 1941 · page 2

Last Sunday the club met at "Little Brooklands" to put the final touches on the course, which had been graded the day previous. Drain pipes had been put…

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Woman Dead on Train Line

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 5

The body of Mrs. Pearl Winifred Grant, 51, of Ethel Street, Eastwood, was found yesterday on the railway line near Eastwood Station…

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Pools for Pleasure or Roads for Residents?

The Observer · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 5

We have received a great number of voting slips and letters on the above vexed question, which we published last week. Up to the present we have…

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Mail Route and Public Road

The Land · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 14

"A.B.C.": Does a road become a public thoroughfare because of the fact that it has been used by His Majesty's Mail?…

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Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports Queensland. British Motorship. Sailed Mackay. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 3

Colonial Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., 104,300 scks raw sugar (7450 tons). BRITISH MOTORSHIP. Sailed Townsville. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., agents…

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Surf Team to Train

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 16

Members of the New South Wales surf team to tour Victoria at Easter will train at North Narrabeen on Sunday…

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Fish Club Members Give Party on Train

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 4

A send-off party was given to Mr. Colin Cameron Macpherson, 21, last night at 5.17 in No. 5 carriage of the "Fish Train" at Central Railway Station. The party was given by…

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Italians Block Road to Port. London, April 4. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 13

The British forces which captured Asmara yesterday, found that the road to Massawa has been blocked, presumably to give the Italians an opportunity…

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New Motor Liner Italy Withholds Delivery

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 2

According to the New York "Journal of Commerce," the United States manager of the Svenska Amerikalingen,…

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Engineering Dispute. Railway Shop Stewards to Meet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 14

More than 40 shop stewards in the railway service will meet this morning to discuss whether engineers should stop work as a protest against the…

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Do Our Trams Pay ? Huh ?

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 6

LEONARD WALDEMAR LOWER, having contacted a tram in King Street, Sydney, recently, is in a Sydney hospital with a crushed foot, etc. But like a good newspaper bloke, the urge to get on with the job has been ever uppermost in his thoughts. (Cheers). From his bed of…

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Hymns for Motorists Insurance With A Smile

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 1

RECENTLY formed State Motor Car Insurance Office, a Victorian Government Institution, brings humor to its aid in an endeavor to secure business under the new Motor Car (Third Party Insurance) Act…

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M.L.A. Breaks Nose In Tram Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 2

Mr. T. D. Mutch, M.L.A., had his nose broken when two trams collided in Havelock Avenue, Coogee, last night. Coogee Ambulance took, him to St…

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Railway Farewell

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 4

TOASTING their last trip together on the "Fish Train," Colin Cameron Macpherson, Merryl Goddard (centre), and Valerie Deane…

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'An Easy Road to Divorce"

Truth · Sunday 6 April 1941 · page 28

A SCATHING attack on the divorce laws relating to restitution suits, which, he said, provided…

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Killed in Crash on Road

Truth · Sunday 6 April 1941 · page 22

WHEN a car bound for Black-heath skidded and overturned three limes on the Great Western Highway yesterday, a woman…

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