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Railways, roads & transport, 1942

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

Up the Birdum Road The Territory is the home of incredible stories and the best tale-spinners; the wongy is its greatest entertainment

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1942 · page 2

"I'LL come over to-night after tea and have a wongy," Len Tuit, our truck driver from Tennant…

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Munition Workers Before Racegoers on Trams

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 January 1942 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Trams and buses will be will be withdrawn from some suburban routes to provide transport for war workers, the Commonwealth Transport Director (Major D. J. Howse)…

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Red army clearing Leningrad railway

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 January 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday. -- The whole of the German line on the Leningrad front is in retreat, with the Red Air Force raining destruction on it, a Kuibyshev report says…

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Bombs on Rabaul Aerodrome Attacked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Two bombing attacks were made on Rabaul to-day—one at noon and the other at 8 p.m. Eleven…

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Burma Road

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 6

"BURMA CONVOY," main feature at the Capitol, is hot news, for it deals with that Road of Romance, the vital stretch along which the…

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Burma Road

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 6

"BURMA CONVOY," main feature at the Capitol, is hot news, for it deals with that Road of Romance, the vital stretch along which the…

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Burma Road

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 6

"BURMA CONVOY," main feature at the Capitol, is hot news, for it deals with that Road of Romance, the vital stretch along which the…

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First-Aid Man On Every Train, Station

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 7

On every train and at all stations, depots, yards, and workshops throughout the N.S.W. Railways there is at least one…

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Japs Fly Low to Bomb British Road Convoys

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 2

SINGAPORE, Sunday.--Japanese planes in northern Malaya have begun systematically bombing roads and British transport columns, reports E. R. Noderer, Chicago Tribune correspondent with…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 3

Peerless Roller Flour Mills: 5,615 bgs flour (140 tons). Great Southern Roller Flour Mills: 2,552 bgs flour (64 tons)…

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Tram and Taxi Collide Woman Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 9

A woman was killed and three persons wene injured when a tram and a taxi-cab collided at the intersection of Henderson…

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R.a.f. Bombs Nazi Railways, Canals

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.--Hampden bombers of the R.A.F. carried out wide-scale daylight raids on northwestern Germany yesterday…

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Lower Motor Fees?

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 2

THE Premier (Mr. McKell) announced today that the question of reducing the burden on motorists by lowering registration fees was…

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Protection From Air Raids In City Railway Tunnels

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 3

THE construction of baffle boards in city railway tunnels to protect the occupants from bomb blasts during air raids will be started this week. THE Minister for N.E.S. (Mr…

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R.a.f. Bombs Nazi Railways, Canals

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.--Hampden bombers of the R.A.F. carried out wide-scale daylight raids on northwestern Germany yesterday…

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Motor Insurance Rates Drop Again

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 5

FOLLOWING its lead in reducing insurance premiums last April, N.R.M.A. Insurance announced today further reductions that will bring…

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R.a.f. Bombs Nazi Railways, Canals

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.--Hampden bombers of the R.A.F. carried out wide-scale daylight raids on northwestern Germany yesterday…

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R.a.f. Bombs Nazi Railways, Canals

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.--Hampden bombers of the R.A.F. carried out wide-scale daylight raids on northwestern Germany yesterday…

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Lower Motor Fees?

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 5

THE Premier (Mr. McKell) announced today that the question of reducing the burden on motorists by lowering registration fees was…

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Motor Insurance Rates Drop Again

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1942 · page 5

FOLLOWING its lead in reducing insurance premiums last April, N.RM.A. Insurance announced today further reductions that will bring…

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