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Railways, roads & transport, 1943

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 203

Russian Armies Still Smashing Ahead Drive For Railways

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 January 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Friday. -- The Russians are still rolling the Germans back all the way from Leningrad to the Maikop oilfields in the Caucasus,…

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Hobart Bridge Opening

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 6

HOBART, Saturday.--It is expected that the floating arch portion of the Hobart bridge will be placed in position in May, and that the…

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Hobart Bridge Opening

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 6

HOBART, Saturday.--It is'expected that the floating arch portion of the Hobart bridge will be placed in position in May, and that the…

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Hobart Bridge Opening

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 8

HOBART, Saturday.--It is expected that the floating arch portion of the. Hobart bridge will be placed in position in May, and that the…

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The Lost Road

The Methodist · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 11

An age seemed to pass over Jon as he crouched over the dead body of his dog. Micky had been shot dead by the man he had come to see! Dazed…

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Protest Over Ancient Train

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 5

Indignation over the ancient carriages provided on yesterday's Canberra's train to Sydney was expressed today by travellers,…

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Protest Over Ancient Train

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 5

Indignation over the ancient carriages provided on yesterday's Canberra's train to Sydney was expressed today by travellers,…

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Protest Over Ancient Train

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 5

Indignation over the ancient carriages provided on yesterday's Canberra's train to Sydney was expressed today by travellers,…

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Protest Over Ancient Train

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 5

Indignation over the ancient carriages provided on yesterday's Canberra's train to Sydney was expressed today by travellers,…

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Services Not Fed on Train

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 5

Men and women of Australia's fighting Services went hungry on last night's train from Canberra to Sydney while members…

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Man on the Road

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 15

IT was six in the evening, and light rain was falling, as my mate and I tramped along the muddy road from our camp in…

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Aeroplane Manufacturers Now Pool Their Secrets to Beat the Axis

The World's News · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 2

IT has been changed by the accomplishments of a determined, co-operative organisation known as the Aircraft War…

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Points From Letters the Broken Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 6

The Australian nation has paid, and is paying, a huge amount for mechanical equipment of all kinds, most of which could have been Used to great…

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New Swedish Motorship Electro-Magnetic Couplings

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 2

The cargo motorship Fredrika, 3500 tons deadweight, built at Finuboda Vary, Stockholm, for the Rederi-a-b. Fredrika…

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Knocked Down by Tram and Killed

The Sun · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 2

Reginald West, 70, of Woods-street, Randwick, was knocked down by a tram in Anzac-parade this afternoon…

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Storm In Railway Teacup

The Sun · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 3

Preference in buffet service to Members of Parliament on the afternoon train from Canberra…

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Women Help to Keep Railways in Order

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 5

SHORT OF MANPOWER, women have been employed on the railroad track of the western line in America. Wearing slacks and with hankies round their heads, these women work with picks and shovels to keep the rail in shape…

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Man Killed by Tram

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 3

WHEN alighting from a tram in Cleveland Street this afternoon, Reginald West (70), Wood Street, Randwick. was struck by an…

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Man Killed by Tram

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 3

WHEN alighting from a tram in Cleveland Street this afternoon, Reginald West (70), Wood Street, Randwick, was struck by an…

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Man Killed by Tram

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 January 1943 · page 11

WHEN alighting from a tram in Cleveland Street this afternoon, Reginald West (70), Wood Street, Randwick, was struck by an…

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