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Railways, roads & transport, 1942

4,313 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 216

Benghazi Road Cut

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 1

CAIRO, Friday.--Admitting that Indian defenders have withdrawn north-east of Benghazi, British communique…

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1500 in Train Hold-up Brisbane

The Sun · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 3

Five trains carrying between 1300 and 1500 passengers, banked up at Mackay as a result…

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Storm Troop Leader Warns Nazis Hard, Long Road Ahead To Victory

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.--Weaknesses and disagreements in the Nazi party and Germany's terrific difficulties were admitted in a German broadcast by Victor Lutze, Storm Troops leader, yesterday. ADDRESSING Brown Shirts in…

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British Retreat in Cyrenaica Benghazi's Fall Confirmed Axis Columns on Derna Road

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 2

CAIRO, Saturday, -- Benghazi has been evacuated by Empire forces. Berlin claims that Axis troops have recaptured the town, which has now changed hands four times since Wavell's drive into Libya in…

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Sparring for Critical Libyan Battle British Stand On Main Road To Egypt LONDON

The Sun · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 2

The British forces in north-western Cyrenaica are regrouping tor a big battle which seems likely to be fought in the neighborhood of Mekili. This town is on the direct route from…

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Fatal Tram Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 15

Mrs. Joan Kirk Van Lubeck, 23 of Auburn Street, Neutral Bay, who was knocked down by a tram in Oxford Street, near Liverpool Street, on…

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Send It to "Smith's" Appeal For Motor-Cycle Corps

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 5

LETTERS that continue to come to "Smith's" include writers from all quarters who are insistent that Australia should have a motorcycle and cycle corps-- a service, in fact, which "Smith's" itself has repeatedly urged in issues over the past eighteen months…

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FIFTY-FIFTY Why Not Season Tickets For Trams? Letterettes in Fifty Words Saving

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 6

How about season tickets for ways? What a saving for weary tram travellers this would be.--"Tram Warn."…

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Accidents That Led to Medical Marvels The road to medical progress is paved with lucky accidents. It is inevitable that this should be so. If logic and an exhaustive knowledge of the structure of the body could solve the mysteries of sickness, not a single disease would remain that could be classed as incurable

The World's News · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 6

IT needs the million-to-one chance of the right man fusing with the right set of circumstances to solve the really big…

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11 Killed in Train Smash

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 February 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.--Eleven people were killed, and 25 were injured, when an Edinburgh-Glasgow express crashed into…

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SPORT Closed road to Flemington

The Sun · Sunday 1 February 1942 · page 4

Sydney owners--some of them --will lose thousands by the Victorian ban on carrying race horses on railways; Sydney…

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Woman Fatally Hurt Crashed From Tram When Bag Snatched

Truth · Sunday 1 February 1942 · page 19

CRASHING from a moving tram near Carrington Road, Googee, last night, after a youth had snatched her handbag. Miss…

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Call to Motorists

The Sun · Sunday 1 February 1942 · page 2

For a service of mercy, 100 cars and volunteer drivers are required by the N.R.M.A. transport auxiliary next Wednesday…

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Road Advice

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 11

[?] be in 230 air raids, as many as nine in one day, and still alive as almost incredible. Mr. J. O. [?]row, who is doing a good war…

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Jap Threat To Burma Road

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 5

MOULMEIN (Burma) was evacuated by British forces on Saturday. Arrow One shows where Imperial troops…

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Jap Threat To Burma Road

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 5

MOULMEIN (Burma) was evacuated by British forces on Saturday. Arrow One shows where Imperial troops…

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Jap Threat To Burma Road

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 5

MOULMEIN (Burma) was evacuated by British forces on Saturday. Arrow One shows where Imperial troops…

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Champions Have Protracted Train Journey to Melbourne

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The invasion of Melbourne by Sydney champions has begun. High Caste, Mildura and Hesione arrived in Melbourne yesterday after a rough trip. THEY left Sydney on Friday night,…

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Champions Have Protracted Train Journey to Melbourne

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The invasion of Melbourne by Sydney champions has begun. High Caste, Mildura and Hesione arrived in Melbourne yesterday after a rough, trip. THEY left Sydney on Friday night,…

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Champions Have Protracted Train Journey to Melbourne

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The invasion of Melbourne by Sydney champions has begun. High Caste, Mildura and Hesione arrived in Melbourne yesterday after a rough trip. THEY left Sydney on Friday night,…

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