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Railways, roads & transport, 1942

4,313 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 216

Drawn Under Train

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 10

JUNEE, Friday.--As Frank Heatherington. of Temora, stepped off the railway line between Bethungra and Junee, to allow a train to pass,…

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Drawn Under Train

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 10

JUNEE, Friday.--As Frank Heath-erington, of Temora, stepped off the railway line between Bethungra and Junee, to allow a train to pass,…

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Drawn Under Train

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 10

JUNEE, Friday.--As Frank Heatherington of Temora, stepped off the railway line between Bethungra and Junee, to allow a train to pass…

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Drawn Under Train

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 10

JUNEE, Friday.--As Frank Heath-erington, of Temora, stepped off the railway line between Bethungra and Junee. to allow a train to pass,…

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Sleep-walked Off Train

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 2

DARWIN, Thursday.--A bomb shocked railway worker, who narrowly escaped death in the last Darwin raid, walked in his…

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Players Train By Moonlight

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 8

Leichhardt State League Soccer Club began training this week in the moonlight, with a ball painted white. It was Leichhardt's solution to the…

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Choses Vues En France Juin 1940—Novembre 1940 Du 54Eme Bataillon Motorise De Mitrailleuses

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 7

L'armisttee trouve les restants du Corps de Cavalerie du Général Prioux entre Périgueux et Angouleme. Les trois Divisions Légères…

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Rockdale-lady Robinson's Beach Tramway. Saywell's Tramway and Estates Limited (Owners)

The St George Call · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 1

The story of the formation of the above tramway, which is quite ancient history as far as St. George is concerned, is ably portrayed in the following…

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Motorists Warned of Shale Oil Schemes

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 5

BECAUSE of the experience of a Sydney motorist with shale oil, the N.R.M.A. warns motorists against the acceptance of this fuel without…

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Motorists Warned of Shale Oil Schemes

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 5

BECAUSE of the experience of a Sydney motorist with shale oil, the N.R.M.A. warns motorists against the acceptance of this fuel without…

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Motorists Warned of Shale Oil Schemes

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 5

BECAUSE of the experience of a Sydney motorist with shale oil, the N.R.M.A. warns motorists against the acceptance of this fuel without…

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Jumped Kjrom Fast Moving Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 16

Railway officials consider that Albert Fletcher, 13, who lives at Prospect, is lucky to be alive to-day. He boarded the wrong electric train…

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Blackout of Road Signs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 4

CANBERRA, Saturday.--All road and other direction signs which could be seen and understood from a low-flying aircraft…

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Blackout of Road Signs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 4

CANBERRA, Saturday.--All road and other direction signs which could be seen and understood from a low-flying aircraft…

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Blackout of Road Signs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 4

CANBERRA, Saturday.--All road and other direction signs which could be seen and understood from a low-flying aircraft…

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Blackout of Road Signs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 4

CANBERRA, Saturday.--All road and other direction signs which could be seen and understood from a low-flying aircraft…

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Blackout of Road Signs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 4

CANBERRA, Saturday.--All road and other direction signs which could be seen and understood from a low-flying aircraft…

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Blackout of Road Signs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 1

CANBERRA, Saturday.--All road and other direction signs which could be seen and understood from a low-flying aircraft…

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Mile Posts, Road Signs Go

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.--All mile posts, road signs, and place names in a coastal strip 100 miles wide around Australia…

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U.s.-alaska Defence Road

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- The Secretary for War (Mr. Stimson) announced that an American-Canadian Board had approved a…

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