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Railways, roads & transport, 1942

4,313 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 216

Noisy Motor Bike Ban Considered

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 3

THE control of noisy motor cycles is being considered by the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan). Mr. O'Sullivan said today that he…

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Body of Man Found on Railway Line

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 4

WITH both legs severed and his head badly mutilated, John Gordon (51), Lake View Street, Speer's Point, was found on the railway line…

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Body of Man Found on Railway Line

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 16

WITH both legs severed and the head badly mutilated, the body of an unidentified man, aged about 50, was found on the railway line…

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Noisy Motor Bike Ban Considered

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 3

THE control of noisy motor cycles is being considered by the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan). Mr. O'Sullivan said today that he…

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Noisy Motor Bike Ban Considered

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1942 · page 3

THE control of noisy motor cycles is being considered by the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan). Mr. O'Sullivan said today that he…

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Tourist Cars Put Off Road

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 2

The Department of Road Transport today banned all tourist vehicles from operating in N.S.W…

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Tourist Cars Put Off Road

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 2

The Department of Road Transport today banned all tourist vehicles from operating in N.S.W…

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W.A.A.F.'s Train To Take R.A.F. Jobs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 2

A W.A.A.F. trainee Right mechanic undergoing instruction on in-line engines at a British training school. More and more R.A.F. work is being taken over by W.A.A.F. members who are trained to do anything from servicing and maintaining engines to engine installation. They even make running inspections of engines in the Spitfire class…

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W.A.A.F.'s Train To Take R.A.F. Jobs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 2

A W.A.A.F. trainee flight mechanic undergoing instruct ion on in-line engines at a British training school. More and more R.A.F. work is being taken over by W.A.A.F. members who are trained to do anything from servicing and maintaining engines to engine installation. They even make running inspections of engines in the Spitfire class…

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W.A.A.F.'s Train To Take R.A.F. Jobs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 2

A.W.A.A.F trainee Right mechanic undergoing instruction on in line engines at a British training school. More and more R.A.F. work is being taken over by W.A.A.F. members who are trained to do anything from servicing and maintaining engines to engine installation. They even make running inspections of engines in the Spitfire class…

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W.A.A.F.'s Train To Take R.A.F. Jobs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 2

A W.A.A.F. flight mechanic undergoing instruction on in-line engines at a British training school More and more R.A.F. work is being taken over by W.A.A.F. members who are trained to do anything from servicing and maintaining engines to engine installation. They even make running inspections of engines in the Spitfire class…

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W.A.A.F.'s Train To Take R.A.F. Jobs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 2

A.W.A.A.F. trainee flight mechanic undergoing instruction on in-line engines at a British training school. More and more R.A.F. work is being taken over by W.A.A.F. members who are trained to do anything from servicing and maintaining engines to engine installation. They even make running inspections of engines in the Spitfire class…

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W.A.A.F.'s Train To Take R.A.F. Jobs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 2

A W.A.A.F. trainee Right mechanic undergoing instruction on in-line engines at a British training school. More and more R.A.F. work is being taken over by W.A.A.F. members who are trained to do anything from servicing and maintaining engines to engine installation. They even make running inspections of engines in the Spitfire class…

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Motorists Want Tax Cut Protest on Fees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 10

Representatives of motoring bodies said yesterday that motor vehicle taxes would have to be reduced if owners were to…

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U.s. Motor Ban

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 12

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (A.A.P.).— The Office for Production Management has completely prohibited the sale of new motor cars. The entire…

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Australia Needs a Motorcycle and Cycle Corps Expert Riders And Their Machines Are Available

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 5

IN their blitz on Poland, and in the early stages of their rush into Russia, the Germans made fullest use of the motor-cyclist and…

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It Fights, Carries Cargo, Can Be Used For Scrap U.S. Engineers Design Motor-Ship That May Break Hitler's Heart 750 of Them Are Now Being Built

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1942 · page 5

WASHINGTON. -- Two men sat in a Washington cafe. They were talking about the design of a boat which could beat the U-boats and, at the same time, make use of materials surplus because of a cut in…

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Cinema Review of the Week Boom Town on Burma Road

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1942 · page 28

THE guns are out in the Capitol programme this week, with that hardly old perennial, Charles Bick-ford, topping the cast in Universal's…

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Government order sweeps tourist traffic from roads Operators fold to hand over petrol licences

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 January 1942 · page 19

More than 200 tourist cars and coaches were put off the road yesterday by State Government order. About 600 drivers and mechanics employed…

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We Could Fight the Japanese In every town, on every road, in every house

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1942 · page 4

ON Radio Burgos one autumn morning in 1936 was a radio announcer who had yet to…

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