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Railways, roads & transport, 1941

4,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 248

Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales Blue Star Motor Ship. Sailed Sydney. Blue Star Line (Aust.) Pty.,—Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 2

S Shippers, 116 bgs middles bacon, 11 bgs backs bacon, 202 cres mutton, 173 crcs lamb, 22 bgs haunches (legs) lamb, 25 bgs loins lamb, 100…

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N.S.W. Government Railways. (Tenders Received)

Construction · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 15

Manufacture and supply of 35/36 ft. goods brake ban bodies and underframes, Code P.H.G., and mounting of same on bogies to Spec. No. 1373. —4 tenders…

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Govt. May Reduce Motor Tax

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 6

If State finances continued to improve, the Government would consider reducing motor registration fees, said the Premier (Mr. Mair) yesterday…

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Cyclists' Train

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 1

AMERICA has an idea that more countries might well copy when times are more settled—the Bicycle Train. Complete with drinks, box…

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Wanted Road—not Hole

The Biz · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 6

At a meeting of a rural district council a deputation of fermers asked to received. They wished to complain About the state of a main road just out side the…

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The World's Road Mileage

The Broadcaster · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 4
Also in Liverpool News

Recently issued statistic covering the world's road mileage, shop [?] the last ten war an additional 2,109,495 miles of highways have been considered…

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Taking Trade From Fairfield. Bad Roads Blamed

Liverpool News · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 1
Also in The Biz

Ald. F. Davis pointed out at Fairfield Council meeting on Wednesday night, the possibility of Fairfield losing trade to Liverpool and Parramatta through the…

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Works Programme Council's New Overdraft Road Repairs

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 1

PENRITH Council, on Monday night, decided on a programme of road works, mostly repair to tarred roads, and, it was decided,…

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Accidents of the Week. Cyclists Injured in Road Smash

The Propeller · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 4

James Hardy, 40, of The Boulevarde, Miranda, was seriously Injured on Monday, in a collision between his bicycle and a motor car on the…

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New Hospital Agreement for Land Purchase Signed Contingent on Closing of Roads

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 1

AT the meeting of the Board of Nepean District Hospital on Tuesday evening, the agreement with the estate of the late F. C…

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Problem for Italians. Albanian Front. Defence of Vital Cross-roads. LONDON, Jan. 15. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 8

Apparently the Italians are still in full retreat in Albania, and it is not yet clear where the new Commander-in-Chief, General Cavellero, intends to…

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Ten Little Cyclists (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 3

Six students of the Albury Public School have written and dedicated the following lines to the youth of Australia who ride bicycles, in the hope…

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"No Accident" Resolution. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Liverpool News · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 3

When the final road accident figures are available for 1940, it is certain that a substantial reduction will be shown for New South Wales, despite some steep…

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Railway Town

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 23

The death occurred suddenly last week of Mr. John Bermingham, of Rowe-street, Railway Town. The late Mr. Bermingham was a native of County Galway, Ireland…

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MOTORS and MOTORING Motoring Memos

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 11

UNTIL recently, when buying, say, one gallon of petrol from a public pump, the obliging garage man would give as change tickets of smaller…

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Introduction of the Starter Motor

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 11

THE modem motorist who takes so much for granted, including the easy starting facilitated by a powerful starter motor, finds it hard to realise there was…

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Overcrowded Trams From Wynyard. Time-table Being Reviewed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 8

A review of the tramway time-tables in force on the lines from Wynyard to the North Shore is under consideration by the Department of Road Transport and Tramways. This…

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No Motor Tax Relief

The Sun · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 11

Requests by the N.R.M.A. for reduction in motor taxation have been refused by the State Government…

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