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Railways, roads & transport, 1941

4,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 248

St Marys Council Road From Mamre to the Creek

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 1

At the monthly meeting of St. Marys Council on Tuesday evening the Mayor (Ald. L. A. Muscio) and Aldermen S. C. Young, J. Adams, H. P. Christie,…

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Road to Quarries St. Marys Industry Council and Companies

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 1

THE question of spending a few thousand pounds on a road serving the quarries out on the old Lencre Estate, Municipality of St…

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Pedestrians who are Killed (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 2

Pedestrians who were killed in road accidents in New South Wales last year totalled 167, and of these nearly four-fifths were either over the age…

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The Cult of Bloodlust. How the Nazis Train the Young. "Oh, What Fun, Its a Lovely Gatling Gun!"

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 25

"The German young of the future must be as hard as steel from the factories of Krupp"—Hitler, September 14, 1935, at the Nuremberg Party Rally…

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[?] Into Tree Motoring Fatality

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 1

Between 10.30 and 11 p.m. on Saturday. a car driven in an easterly direction by Samuel Charles Bell (23), of Lurline Street, Katoomba, in…

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Motor Vehicle Speeds Effect of Rationing

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 3

One important result of petrol rationing, in the opinion of the N.R.M.A. is a considerable reduction in the. speed travelled by the average driver…

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Unclaimed Properly on the Railway Auction Sales

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 7

It is amazing what some people leave in trains or fail to claim when consigned to them. For instance, the following articles have come up for…

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MOTORS and MOTORING The Motor Industry Statements from Annual Report of the M.T.A. Traders' War Efforts

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 9

OUR Empire is still engaged in the greatest war of all times— a fight for its very existence. Mechanical transport and aircraft are playing such an important part in this war that it is indeed fortunate that the motor Industry is in a position to…

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Motoring Memos

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 9

AFTER Lord Nuffield had purchased £260,000 worth or National War Bonds he presented them for appropriation, between the War Weapons Funds…

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School in a Railway Carriage

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 12

TO meet the needs of the children of fettiers at Darnick, the Education Department has arranged with the Rail-way Department to convert a disused…

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A Tramp After God's Own Heart

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 20

A front page story is that of Mike Crowe, lay apostle or the St. Benedict Joseph Labre type who set out twelve years ago to visit every Catholic…

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Rationing of Petrol. Some Get Too Much. Motor Traders' View

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 11

Mr. W. H. Peters, president of the Motor Traders' Association, said last night that some private and commercial petrol users were getting more than…

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Railway Station Indicators

The Propeller · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 2

Hurstville Council has been informed by the Railway Department that its request for an indicator to be placed on No. 3 platform at…

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Hints to Motorists. New-car Check Up

The Propeller · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 6

A new car should be taken to tine service station for a thorough check up after it has been run a few hundred miles, before starting on a long…

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Motor Boating. Speedboat Championship

The Propeller · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 6

Under the auspices of the St. George Motor Boat Club the New South Wales 255 C.C. unrestricted speedboat championship, for the Tasman Storey memorial…

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Railways in Flood Time. How the Safety of the Track Is Assured

Liverpool News · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 3

The breaking of a long drought almost inevitably has its repercussions. The State's latest experience, while benefiting the man on the land, proved…

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Fairfield Motor Cycle Club

The Biz · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 8

On February 2. there will be a dirt track meeting and novelty events at Yennora. at 2 p.m. prompt. February 9: Working bee at Little…

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Roads Vital in Wartime

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 9

War can be made without railways, but not without roads, states Mr. R. E. Harper, Director of Public Relations,…

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British Drive West From Tobruk Armored Forces Astride Road To Derna Digger Hat 'Flies' in Fallen Town Toll Of Captives May Reach 20,000 LONDON

The Sun · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 1

British mechanised troops have moved on from captured Tobruk and planted themselves at the rear of Derna, 100 miles to the west, which is indicated as the next target in General Wavell's drive into the heart of…

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Railways Carry More Goods. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1941 · page 3

A substantial increase in the tonnage carried by the mainland State and Commonwealth railways during the first year of the war is revealed in a report…

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