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Railways, roads & transport, 1942

4,313 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 216

Aeroplane Crashes Into Sea

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 2

CAIRNS, Saturday. --A W.R. Carpenter Company Lockheed plane crashed into the sea off the Cairns aerodrome one…

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Mobile Canteen Ready For Road

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 5

A mobile canteen provided .by the Catholic United Services Association for use in an emergency will be completed today…

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Soldier's Body on Railway Line

The Sun · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 3

The body of Pte. Raymond Keith Webb. 20. of the 2nd Div., ASC, Greta, was found at 4.50 a.m. to-day between the rails at…

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Motorists Can't Get Charcoal Many Garages Without Licences

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 3

Many garage proprietors have so far failed to obtain a licence to sell charcoal. Licence fee is 10- a year, and licences are issued by the…

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Running Late -- A Railway Lapse

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 2

WHEN the big black-out rehearsal along the N.S.W. coast took place on Monday night of last week, everything went off according to plan--except at railway stations on the Tempe-East Hills line out of Sydney, where…

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Where Do We Go From Here? Growth and Expansion of Our Motor Industry

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 6

EARLY in the war there was already a lot of money invested in the motor industry in…

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Soldier's Body Found on Railway Line

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 3

THE body of a soldier, who had apparently fallen from a train, was found on the railway line near Redfern Station early today…

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Soldier's Body Found on Railway Line

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 3

THE body of a soldier, who had apparently fallen from a train, was found on the railway line near Redfern Station early today…

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Girls Train to Make 'Planes

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1942 · page 5

Once a beauty salon receptionist, Reta Hildred-Smith has trained as an aircraft process worker at the…

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George on the Road Back

Truth · Sunday 15 February 1942 · page 3

WARWICK FARM trainer George Allen will be in hospital for another month at least after his operation of last week…

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Rambler's and Notebook Hobbies PRIZE of 5s to Lorraine Slade (13), 38 Barker-road, Strathfield. Tapestry Picture

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1942 · page 7

MY Uncle Gary used to work where tapestries were made, and he bought us a big tapestry piece that now hangs on…

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Chained Boy in Train

The Sun · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 3

Sitting quietly in a train at Bankstown, a nine-year-old boy was found last night, trailing two…

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Air "Road" To China

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sunday.--U.S.A. has promised to fly supplies to China across India. She has promised China 100…

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Japs Train Chinese Children As Spies

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.).--Japanese authorities in China had sent boatloads of Chinese children to Japan for training in espionage, said Madame…

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Laid Head on Railway

The Sun · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 3

Actions of a man who committed suicide by laying his head on a railway line in front of an onrushing electric train were…

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Bridge Breaks Death Belief

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 10

VANCOUVER. -- The new Rainbow Bridge, which spans the Niagara River between Niagara Falls. Ontario and Niagara…

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Threw Dog Train Is Alleged

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 6

A WELL-DRESSED middle-aged woman on a suburban train yesterday afternoon alegedly picked up a small dog she was holding and…

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Threw Dog From Train Is Alleged

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 6

A WELL-DRESSED middle-aged woman on a suburban train yesterday afternoon alegedly picked up a small dog she was holding and…

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Threw Dog From Train Is Alleged

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 6

A WELL-DRESSED middle-aged woman on a suburban train yesterday afternoon alegedly picked up a small dog she was holding and…

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Threw Dog From Train Is Alleged

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 17 February 1942 · page 6

A WELL- DRESSED middle-aged woman on a suburban train yesterday afternoon alegedly picked up a small doe she was holding and…

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