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Railways, roads & transport, 1943

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 203

Jump From Moving Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 7

WOY WOY. Sunday.—S. Watt, aged 8, who had been carried beyond the station at which he wanted to alight, jumped from a moving Sydney-bound…

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American's War on Train Wreckers

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 2

NEW DELHI. -- Lieutenant - Col, Harold Buckley, former Hollywood wenario writer, killed two and perhaps three outlaws when they…

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Women Train As Fire Fighters

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 7

MISS BESS SIMMS leads the way on to a fire engine at the competition between the Women's Fire Auxiliary and the Auxiliary Fire Brigade at Hordernian Park, Undercliffe, yesterday. Behind Miss Simms, from left to right, are:…

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Boy Hung From Train By Braces

The Sun · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 3

GOSFORD, Monday.-- While a Sydney- bound train sped at 40 miles an hour through Point…

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Held Boy's Braces To Stop Leap From Train

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 7

GOSFORD, Monday. -- If he had been wearing a stronger pair of braces an 8-years-old boy would have been saved last…

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Held Boy's Braces To Stop Leap From Train

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 7

GOSFORD, Monday. -- If he had been wearing a stronger pair of braces an 8-years-old boy would have been saved last…

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Held Boy's Braces To Stop Leap From Train

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 7

GOSFORD, Monday. -- If he had been wearing a stronger pair of braces an 8-years-old boy would have been saved last…

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Held Boy's Braces To Stop Leap From Train

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 3

GOSFORD, Monday.--If he had been wearing a stronger pair of braces a 8-years-oid boy would have been saved last night from serious injury. THE boy, Edward John Watt, was…

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Held Boy's Braces To Stop Leap From Train

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 7

GOSFORD, Monday. -- If he had been wearing a stronger pair of braces an 8-years-old boy would have been saved last…

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Overseas Export Manifests West Australia Motorship. Sailed Fremantle. Geo. Wills &. Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 3

Australian Wheat Board, 7712 tons of bulk wheat, 5728 bags (436 tons) wheat MOTORSHIP…

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Swedish Motor Tanker Sold to Mr. Sven Salen

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 2

Mr. Sven Salen, of Stockholm, who owns a number of modern vessels and recently acquired control of the Ekensbergs Varv,…

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Private Motoring May Be Stopped

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 4

CANBERRA, Sunday.—Private motoring in Australia may eventually be eliminated unless the rubber position improves, it was…

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Pup Holds Up if Tram Service

The Sun · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 3

Hundreds of city- bound travellers were delayed for nearly a quarter of an hour this afternoon when a fox…

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50-50 Conductresses Too Quick Off The Mark Trammies

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 9

To "Patience": It is only to be expected that tram conductresses are quick on the starting cord. As for…

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Buffet Plans for Railways

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 4

Plans for single-berth sleeping compartments and modern buffet services on long-distance trains to meet sea, air, and…

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Buffet Plans for Railways

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 6

Plans for single-berth sleeping compartments and modern buffet services on long-distance trains to meet sea, air, and…

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Man Charged on Two Road Deaths

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1943 · page 6

A man was charged last night at Regent Street Police Station with the manslaughter of two persons who died last Thursday after a collision between…

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Overseas Export Manifests West Australia Motorship. Sailed Fremantle. Geo. Wills & Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 16 February 1943 · page 3

Australian Wheat Board, 7712 tons of bulk wheat, 5728 bags (436 tons) wheat MOTORSHIP…

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Motor Masks Ordered Off

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 February 1943 · page 10

Controlling regulations will come into force today, making it a breach of the Traffic Act to use masks on the headlights of…

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Motor Masks Ordered Off

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 16 February 1943 · page 10

Controlling regulations will come into force today, making it a breach of the Traffic Act to use masks on the headlights of…

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