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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1942

4,313 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 216

Motorists Want White Lines for Blackouts

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 January 1942 · page 5

The Government should set the public an example in A.R.P. by immediately white-washing kerbs and telegraph poles in the metropolitan area, the secretary of the N.R.M.A. (Mr. H. E. Richards)…

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Boys Train to Defend Russia

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 7

A SHARPSHOOTER SQUAD of young Russian factory workers, training in marksmanship to help defend their country. Thousands of young boys and girls engaged in Soviet industry spend every available minute learning the use of guns and other warfare…

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Boys Train to Defend Russia

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 7

A SHARPSHOOTER SQUAD of young Russian factory workers, training in marksmanship to help defend their country. Thousands of young boys and girls engaged in Soviet industry spend every available minute learning the use of guns and other warfare…

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Boys Train to Defend Russia

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 7

A SHARPSHOOTER SQUAD of young Russian factory workers, training in marksmanship to help defend their country. Thousands of young boys and girls engaged in Soviet industry spend every available minute learning the use of guns and other warfare…

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Boys Train to Defend Russia

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 7

A SHARPSHOOTER SQUAD of young Russian factory workers, training in marksmanship to help defend their country. Thousands of young boys and girls engaged in Soviet industry spend every available minute learning the use of guns and other warfare…

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Young Boys Train at Top Speed to Defend Russia

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 7

A SHARPSHOOTER SQUAD of young Russian factory workers, training in marksmanship to help defend their country. Thousands of young boys and girls engaged in Soviet industry spend every available minute learning the use of guns and other warfare…

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Dutch Fight Grimly to Hold Indies Invader Celebes As Possible Bridge From Asia to Australia Batavia

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 1

For the first time in the Pacific war the Dutch are fighting desperately on land to prevent a piecemeal occupation of the East Indies. Only 1000 miles from Darwin, bitter fighting is taking place…

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Reduced Motor Fees States Views Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 6

CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Federal Government has asked the States to submit their views on a reduction of motor…

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Motorists and Emergencies Canberra

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 4

Many car owners fall to recognise the need for their own protection, and if they continue to act and think in terms of…

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New Warning To Motoriste

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday.-- A warning to selfish motorists was contained in a statement released in Canberra today by the…

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Money and Markets Allied Motor Interests Ltd. Subsidiary Switches Plant to Defence

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 14

Formed in the early 1920's, a boom time for the motor trade, Allied Motor Interests started with a rush of 17½, 20 and 17½ p.c. dividends in…

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New Warning To Motorists

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday.-- A warning to selfish motorists was contained in a statement released in Canberra today by the…

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New Warning To Motorists

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday.-- A warning to selfish motorists was contained in a statement released in Canberra today by the…

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Aussie's Escape From Huns Orgy of Slaughter on Roads

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday. --"I went out the back door as the Huns walked in through the front." A RTIST Norman Hinton, of…

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Road Death in Blackout Grazier Struck by Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 8

Evidence of how a pedestrian, in Macleay Street, King's Cross, was killed in the partial blackout on December 19 was given…

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Points From Letters Motor Registration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 4

The licence for my car expires towards the end of this month and I propose to return the number plates and put the car on blocks unless the…

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U.s. Moves Motor Plant to India

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Monday. -- The United States has established a motor bar assembly plant in India to supply Russia under Lend-Lease aid, The Times'…

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Prices of Motor Oils Increased

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1942 · page 6

CANBERRA, Monday.--Retail and wholesale prices of motor oils will rise by 2d and industrial oils by 4d a gallon tomorrow…

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Long Bascule Bridge

Construction · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 10

A long double leaf bascule span has been completed over the Black River at Lorain, Ohio; U.S.A. The distance between trunnions is 333 ft., exceeded only by the 338 feet similar dimension of…

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Wrecks Jap Train

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.).--A New Zealand fighter pilot wrecked a Japanese troop-train single-handed in Thailand, says…

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