The Schoolboy Detective This Week: Cliff-road Mystery
ROB PEARCE was walking down Cliff-road, thinking of nothing in particular. It was a bright, late summer…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1941
4,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 248
Yugoslavia Closes Frontier Mines on Roads and Bridges Along Border of Hungary B.U.P. Exclusive London
BUDAPEST reports say that Yugoslavia has closed her frontier with Hungary. Roads and bridges in the border area have been mined and sappers are reported to be standing by in readiness to blow them up. Only…
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BERRY, Sunday.--Albert Nield and his wife Patricia, of Berry, were injured last night when they were thrown from a motor cycle on the Prince's Highway,…
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Special services of trams will run from Circular Quay and the railway to the Showground from 8.5 a.m. Omnibuses operating on Route 374 (York Street-Coogee), Route 399…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Engineers' Threat. Railway Repair Shop Strike. 2,000 Men Affected
About 2,000 engineers in the repair and construction shops in the N.S.W. Railways will hold a one-day strike on April 16 to discuss their claims for a…
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MELBOURNE. Monday.--Jack Piddocks-Denne, 28, of the A.I.F., was badly hurt today when a horse float he was driving crashed into a passenger…
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The engine-driver and fireman of a mixed train were killed this afternoon when a bridge collapsed near Alpha, on the Central Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports Queensland Blue Star Motorship. Sailed Port Alma. Walter Reid and Co., Ltd., agents
Sundry Shippers, 81 bls dry salted hides, 800 dry salted hides. The C.Q.M.E. Co., Ltd., 520 cs end meats, 333 cs beet extract, 1 bx meats…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Offices for Railway Officials
Mr. T. J. Hartigan Commissioner for Railways, opened a modern office for Darling Harbour railway officials, at the foot of Liverpool Street, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Causes in No. 1 COURT. (Before Mr. Acting Justice K. A. Ferguson and a jury.) Knocked Down by Motor Car
The jury gave Gilbert Miller, 83, of Taunton Road, Hurstville, a verdict for £318/10/6 against Raymond George Durston, of Broughton Road, Homebush, for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mediation Board Successful. U.S. Motor Strike. WASHINGTON, April 7. (A.A.P.)
The National Defence Mediation Board announced that it had reached a tentative agreement for the settlement of the strike at the Allis-Chalmers…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →More Imports Restricted Railway Rush at Easter
With the need to press all available rolling stock into service to cope with the Easter holiday traffic rush, the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bridge Collapses Under Train. Driver and Fireman Killed. BRISBANE
When a flood-weakened railway bridge collapsed near the Alpha railway station this afternoon under the weight of an engine and two trucks,…
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Walter Speechley, at the Parramatta Police Court last Wednesday, pleaded guilty to a charge of having interfered with gravel from the road in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tobacco Road Film Banned
The American film, "Tobacco Road," has been banned in Australia. After initial rejection by the Chief Commonwealth Films Censor (Mr…
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No appeal would be made to the Minister for Customs (Mr. Harrison) against the banning by the Censor Board of the film "Tobacco Road,"…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Indicators
The need for indicator boards at Harris Park railway station was emphasised by the president (Mr. W. Upfold) at last Week's meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports Western Australia Blue Funnel Motorship. Sailed Fremantle. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., agents
Wagin Flour Mills, 816 bgs flour (20 tons). York Flour Mills, 8266 bgs 334 scks flour. Peerless Roller Flour Mills, 5104 bgs 100 scks flour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Trade's War Effort. Few Cars on Show
The war's effect on the motor trade imports is reflected in the exhibits at the Showground this year. Only four firms are…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Darling Harbour Railway Terminal
At 9 o’clock on Monday morning, April 7th, 1941, the Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, opened the new offices at Darling Harbour Goods Yard which occupies an excellent…
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