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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1942

4,313 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 216

Aerodrome Defence Is Vital

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday. -- Experiences in Crete, Malaya, and Libya, in which the vulnerability of aerodromes and the…

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Accident in Train

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 1

Mr Herbert Beaver, of 40 Woodriff street, [?]enrith, suffered a fractured]eft arm, injury to his left hip, and shock, and Mr George Upton, of…

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Australia's Most Urgent Task Aerodrome Defence Vital Malayan Campaign Warning

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- Experiences in Crete, Malaya, and Libya, in which the vulnerability of aerodromes and the…

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Australia's Most Urgent Task Aerodrome Defence Vital Malayan Campaign Warning

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- Experiences in Crete, Malaya, and Libya, in which the vulnerability of aerodromes and the…

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Australia's Most Urgent Task Aerodrome Defence Vital Malayan Campaign Warning

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- Experiences in Crete, Malaya, and Libya, in which the vulnerability of aerodromes and the…

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Australia's Most Urgent Task Aerodrome Defence Vital Malayan Campaign Warning

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- Experiences in Crete, Malaya, and Libya, in which the vulnerability of aerodromes and the…

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Australia's Most Urgent Task Aerodrome Defence Vital Malayan Campaign Warning

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- Experiences in Crete, Malaya, and Libya, in which the vulnerability of aerodromes and the…

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Australia's Most Urgent Task Aerodrome Defence Vital Malayan Campaign Warning

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- Experiences in Crete, Malaya, and Libya, in which the vulnerability of aerodromes and the…

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Australia's Most Urgent Task Aerodrome Defence Vital Malayan Campaign Warning

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- Experiences in Crete, Malaya, and Libya, in which the vulnerability of aerodromes and the…

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Australia's Most Urgent Task Aerodrome Defence Vital Malayan Campaign Warning

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- Experiences in Crete, Malaya, and Libya, in which the vulnerability of aerodromes and the…

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Many Killed in Train Crashes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Eleven people were killed in a train crash at Eccles, near Manchester, yesterday, when a workers' special collided with…

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Gangsters Plunder Burma Road

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The greatest racket in China is being practised on the Burma Road, according to Leland Stowe,…

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Gangsters Plunder Burma Road

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The greatest racket in China is being practised on the Burma Road, according to Leland Stowe,…

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Road Obstructions at Night

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 4

I have always been of the opinion that any raised area or post that is allowed to stand in a highway is an obstruction and should be removed if…

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Roads Now and After the War

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 4

Our roads are now bearing an unprecedented amount of heavy traffic in connection with military operations, and the terrific industrial war effort…

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Big Racket on Burma Road Rangoon

The Sun · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 1

Racketeering, corruption, banditry and even murder along the Burma Road have become a national scandal and a disgrace. Chinese soldiers are dying for lack of rifles…

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MOTORS and MOTORING Producer Gas Notes

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 6

THE following extracts from a recent issue of the "W.A. Service Station and Motor Trader" on the subject of "Oil for gas producers" has been received…

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Policing Motorists Under Petrol Rationing Plans

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 6

IN accordance with the direction of the Commonwealth Authority, the State Liquid Fuel Control Board proposes to take immediate action to police…

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Heard by the Way Railway Duplication

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 1

OVER 800 men are said to be[?]employed on the duplication of the railway line between Cootamundra and Junee. The lowest paid man, it if…

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The Motorists' Corner OFFICIAL R.A.C A. Notes Substitute Fuels or Mixed Pickles

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 4

I heard of a Very interesting case concerning a petrol substitute. Details of the analysis of liquids contained de-. composed vegetable matter, sulphuric…

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