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Railways, roads & transport, 1943

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 203

Train casualty on nurse's doorstep

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 February 1943 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Sat.-- An American soldier, travelling in a train from Adelaide, fell through a window while the train was between Bordertown and…

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18 injured in tram smash MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 28 February 1943 · page 3

A driver, a conductress, and 16 passengers were injured, none of them seriously, in a collision between two trams in Collins-street…

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Beer prowlers pest on trams

The Sun · Sunday 28 February 1943 · page 6

GANGS of "beer hounds" travel from suburb to suburb on Saturday afternoons searching for liquor. They refuse to pay tram fares, and abuse or assault tramwaymen who protest…

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Overseas Export Manifests West Australia Motorship, Sailed Fremantle. R. G. Lynn, Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 3

Westralian Mill, Products, Ltd., 96,316 sacks, flour S Shipper, 707 crcs frozen lamb STEAMSHIP…

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Tram Collision Ten People Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 4

Ten people were injured, none seriously, when two trams collided last night at the Taylor Street stopping-place in…

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Cutting Down Railway Travel

The Sun · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Further drastic reductions in railway passenger travel are likely soon…

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10 Hurt In Tram Smash

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 5

Ten people were injured last night when a Coogee tram crashed into a stationary La Perouse tram in Flinders Street,…

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Conference Soon on Tram Overcrowding

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 4

Plans to relieve acute peak-hour overloading on trams would be discussed soon at a transport conference, the secretary of the Tramway Employees' Union (Mr. Brock) said last night…

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Tram Breakdown Makes Hundreds Late for Work

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 3

HUNDREDS of persons were late for Work this morning when a tram leaving Coogee terminus for the city failed to operate and caught…

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Tram Breakdown Makes Hundreds Late for Work

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 3

HUNDREDS of persons were late for work this morning when a tram leaving Coogee terminus for the city failed to operate and caught…

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Children Run Train Risks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 7

REPLYING today to a letter headed "Safety First" published in the Daily Mirror yesterday, a spokesman for the Department of Railways said…

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Children Run Train Risks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 8

REPLYING today to a letter headed "Safety First" published in the Daily Mirror yesterday, a spokesman for the Department of Railways said…

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Children Run Train Risks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 8

REPLYING today to a letter headed "Safety First" published in the Daily Mirror yesterday, a spokesman for the Department of Railways said…

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Children Run Train Risks

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 8

REPLYING today to a letter headed "Safety First" published in the Daily Mirror yesterday, a spokesman for the Department of Railways said…

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GENERAL MacARTHUR'S Warning Enemy Moves in North "At Cross-Roads," Says Nimitz

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 5

General MacArthur, Commander-in Chief in the South-West Pacific, in his communique yesterday, issued a warning that the Japanese seem to be concentrating…

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Overseas Export Manifests West Australia Motorship. Sailed Fremantle. R. G. Lynn, Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 3

Westralian Mill Products, Ltd., 96,316 sacks flour S Shipper, 707 crcs frozen lamb STEAMSHIP…

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German Efforts to Break Grip on Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 5

LONDON, March 1 (A.A.P.).— Moscow correspondents emphasise that the obstinate fighting in the struggle for the Donets…

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Confusion on Railways Suburban Passengers Inconvenienced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 4

Confusion occurred on the suburban railways systems between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. yesterday, because, a railway official…

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Railway Director Ill

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 11

THE Secretary for the Railways (Col. W. H. Newman), who, since the outbreak of war, has been Commonwealth Director of Railway…

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Railway Director Ill

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 11

THE Secretary for the Railways (Col. W. H. Newman), who, since the outbreak of war, has been Commonwealth Director of Railway…

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