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Railways, roads & transport, 1942

4,313 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 216

Removing the hold-ups on the Burma Road

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 4

BEFORE Daniel Arnstein went, to China he was just another American who started poor and ended up rich…

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Body on Railway Line

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 7

The body of Norman Thoroughgood, 25, of Bunyan Road, Grey's Point, near Sutherland, was found decapitated on the railway line at the…

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Motors Insurance Rate Will Be Cut

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 5

Another reduction in motor vehicle insurance premiums would be announced shortly, the Prices Commissioner (Professor Copland) said in…

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Husband Finds Wife's Body in Motor Truck

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- Mrs. Thelma Allen (45), who recently arrived from the North Coast with her husband, was found dead in a…

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Husband Finds Wife's Body in Motor Truck

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- Mrs. Thelma Allen (45), who recently arrived from the North Coast with her husband, was found dead in a…

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Killed by Train

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 4

At Parramatta yesterday the district coroner (Mr. G. R. Williams) held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of…

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Claims U Saw Hampered Burma Road New York

The Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 2

The former Premier of Burma (U Saw) hampered transport on the Burma Road intentionally, said Harold S. Davis, who…

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Drop in Motor Vehicle Licences

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 5

DURING 1941 motor vehicle registrations declined by 21,204 to 295,159, said the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. C. N. Neale)…

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Drop in Motor Vehicle Licences

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 8

DURING 1941 motor vehicle registrations declined by 21,204 to 295,159, said the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. C. N. Neale)…

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Drop in Motor Vehicle Licences

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 8

DURING 1941 motor vehicle registrations declined by 21,204 to 295,159, said the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. C. N. Neale)…

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Drop in Motor Vehicle Licences

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 8

DURING 1941 motor vehicle registrations declined by. 21,204 to 295,159, said the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. C. N. Neale)…

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Drop in Motor Vehicle Licences

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 8

DURING 1941 motor vehicle registrations declined by 21,204 to 295,159, said the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. C. N. Neale)…

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Stone Thrown at Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 6

A stone was thrown through the window of the South Coast train as it was passing through Kogarah yesterday" and Dr. R. Rubenstein, of the…

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Train Service Mountain Requests

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 1

THE very crowded trains which arrive and depart from Mountain towns are proof of the claim that more attention should be…

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Boy Killed by Electric Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 7

ERIC CRONIN (3), Amy Street, Erskineville, was killed when he was struck by an electric train on the line at St. Peters today…

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Boy Killed by Electric Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 7

ERIC CRONIN (3), Amy Street Erskineville, was killed when he was struck by an electric train out the line at St. Peters today…

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Boy Killed by Electric Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 7

ERIC CRONIN (3), Amy Street, Erskineville, was killed when he was struck by an electric train on the line at St. Peters today…

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This Train Was Wrecked To Thwart Nazi Invader

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 3

CAUGHT BY GERMAN columns during the fierce fighting near Moscow, the driver of this Russian train thwarted the Nazis by crashing through a terminal and plunging over a 150-foot cliff. The Germans found only this twisted mass of shattered trucks and freight…

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This Train Was Wrecked To Thwart Nazi Invader

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 3

CAUGHT BY GERMAN columns during the fierce fighting near Moscow, the driver of this Russian train thwarted the Nazis by crashing through a terminal and plunging over a 150-foot cliff. The Germans found only this twisted mass of shattered trucks and freight…

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R.A.A.F. Under Sail May Train In Skiffs

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1942 · page 8

R.A.A.F. trainees who are to be assigned to flying-boats may soon get vital nautical training by sailing in 18-footers in Sydney…

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