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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1942

4,313 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 216

Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports Western Australia. Blue Funnel Motorship. Sailed Fremantle. Dalgety & Co., Ltd., agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 3

W.A. Flour Mills, 267 sks, 1021 bgs flour (25 tons) Great Southern Roller Flour Mills, 9187 bgs flour (229 tons)…

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TRAMWAY, 1st Div. 500yds.—3.45

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 10

SENROC was something beaten here at his last start, going under to Gipsy Low by the bare neck, in 27 2-10, which would win…

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TRAMWAY, 2nd Div. 500yds.—4.5

Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 10

MY VICTORY was backed like a certainty on this track last month, but could net run a place. That field was stronger than this,…

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Motor Car Insurance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 4

If the insurance companies should persist in their refusal to reduce premiums for motor car insurance to levels…

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Girl Fatally Hurt by Tram

The Sun · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 3

Struck by a tram to George-street, early last night, Joyce Cook, 19, of High-street. Waverley, died two hours later in…

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Old Tramway Area

The Propeller · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 3

Appreciative comments were made at the last meeting of Rockdale Council when a letter was received from the Department of Road Transport…

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Hints to Motorists. Locks and Keys

The Propeller · Thursday 1 January 1942 · page 2

Take the numbers of door and ignition locks and keys. They enable the locksmith to duplicate them with the minimum of delay. And don't…

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160,000 Boys Train for Air Force

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 4

LONDON, Friday-- A total of 160,000 boys between the ages of 17 and 18 are now members of the Air Training Corps, the road to the Royal Air…

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160,000 Boys Train for Air Force

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 4

LONDON, Friday.-- A total of 160,000 boys between the ages of 17 and 18 are now members of the Air Training Corps, the road to the Royal Air…

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160,000 Boys Train for Air Force

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 4

LONDON. Friday.-- A total of 160,000 boys between the ages of 17 and 18 are now members of the Air Training Corps, the road to the Royal Air…

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Filipino 'Varsity Girls Train for Active Warfare

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 1

These Filipino girls from the University of St. Tomas, shown at revolver practice, are in the Philippines Women's Auxiliary Service. Members are trained in the use of all light weapons. First Philippines W.A.S. was organised, during the revolution of 1899-1902 by a Filipino girl, Tandaing Soia, who actually fought in the ranks…

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Man Found Badly Hurt on Forest Lodge Road

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 5

A MAN who has not been identified was found unconscious in Katherine Street, Forest Lodge, at 5.45 a.m. today. He is now in hospital…

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Man Found Badly Hurt on Forest Lodge Road

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 5

A MAN who has not been identified was found unconscious in Katherine Street, Forest Lodge, at 5.45 a.m. today. He is now in hospital…

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500 W.A.A.F.'s to Train at Geelong

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Five hundred new recruits for the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force will commence training at Geelong…

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British Hammer Blows in Libya Nazis Facing Destruction R.A.F. Cuts All Roads

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.-- General von Rommel's battle-weary army is now virtually surrounded at Jedabaya (150 miles south of Benghazi)…

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British Hammer Blows in Libya Nazis Facing Destruction R.A.F. Cuts All Roads

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.-- General von Rommel's battle-weary army is now virtually surrounded at Jedabaya (150 miles south of Benghazi)…

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"Andrea" Wrote From Chungking Before Flying To Hongkong The Burma Road Has Changed Its Color

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 5

TRAILING out from Lashio, oddest of Burmese mushroom cities, where, many races have come together in a mixture of antiquity and modernity, is the newly silvered, bitumen-covered Burma Road. A few months ago it was as red as the soil which edges it…

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Europe's Transport Plight of the Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 2

Transport has always been one of the major weaknesses of Nazi Germany and the approach of winter when German armies are striving to…

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No New Motor Cars Washington

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 2

The sale of new cars has been prohibited in the United States. Production of cars for civilian…

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Schools in Railway Carriages

The St George Call · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 1

Children at Darnick and Kaleentha Loop, which places are on the Broken Hill line 547 and 686 miles respectively from Sydney, and 40 miles from the nearest…

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