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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1942

4,313 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 216

Judges Warning to Motorist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 7

John Gilbert Taylor commercial traveller. of Florence Street, Strathfield, appealed against a conviction for speeding in the Quarter Sessions…

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Noisy Motor Cycles

The St George Call · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 3

Riders who infringed the motor traffic regulations by riding motor cycles with noisy exhausts would be severely dealt with In future, states the Minister for…

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Motor Spares Frozen" for Army

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 6

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- Seventy-five per cent. of certain motor vehicle spare parts in the hands of importers, manufacturers, and wholesale…

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Woman's Body on Railway Line

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 3

THE decapitated body of Mrs. Winifred Howard (42) was found between the rails near Warrawee Station by a train driver early this…

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Woman's Body on Railway Line

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 3

THE decapitated body of Mrs. Winifred Howard (42) was found between the rails near Warrawee Station by a train driver early this…

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Woman's Body on Railway Line

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 3

THE decapitated body of Mrs. Winifred Howard (42) was found between the rails near Warrawee Station by a train driver early this…

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Cut In Motor Tax Likely Soon

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 4

A RECOMMENDATION that consideration be given to a substantial cut in motor taxation will be submitted to Cabinet shortly, the…

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Woman's Body on Railway Line

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 3

THE decapitated body of Mrs. Winifred Howard (42) was found between the rails near Warrawee Station by a train driver early this…

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Cut In Motor Tax Likely Soon

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 4

A RECOMMENDATION that consideration be given to a substantial cut in motor taxation will be submitted to Cabinet shortly, the…

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Cut In Motor Tax Likely Soon

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 4

A RECOMMENDATION that consideration be given to a substantial cut in motor taxation will be submitted to Cabinet shortly, the…

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Killed by Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 15

The body of Mrs. Winifred May Howard, whose husband is the manager of a rubber plantation in Malaya, was found on the railway line between…

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More Died on Roads London

The Sun · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 3

Bomb dangers in Britain are not as great as road dangers. Last month 34 persons…

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Motor Tax Cut Proposal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 12

The Premier, Mr. McKell, said yesterday that his Government had not yet discussed a proposal to reduce motor vehicle taxation…

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Tram Runs Into Harbour Passengers' Escape

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 13

Twelve passengers and the conductor and driver escaped injury when a tram got out of control on the hill above the…

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Runaway Tram's Plunge Into Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 15

This tram got out of control on the hill above Taronga Park wharf yesterday, ran off the lines, and crashed 45 feet down a rocky slope before stopping with the front of it in the harbour. Late last night it had not been moved. None of the 12 passengers was hurt…

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Drop Now In Motors

The Sun · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 3

Motor vehicle registrations declined by 21,204 in the last 12 months, announced the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr…

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Salvage of Tram Problem

The Sun · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 3

Tramway officials are faced with a problem over the salvage of the tram-car which crashed through the stop-block at…

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Zoo Tram Plunges 20 Feet Into Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 5

A Balmoral tram broke through the stop block at the Taronga Park Zoo terminus yesterday afternoon and plunged over a 20-foot cliff into the Harbor…

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Attempt to Salvage Tram From Harbor

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 3

ATTEMPTS to salvage the tram which got out of control and crashed into the harbor near the Taronga Park ferry wharf yesterday,…

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Tram On Rocks At Taronga

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 3

SMALL BOYS found the Balmoral tram hanging precariously on the rocks at Taronga Park terminus an object of interest this…

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