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Railways, roads & transport, 1943

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 203

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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Guildford Comforts Fund Bridge Afternoon

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 2

The monthly bridge afternoon was held by Guildford Comforts Fund, in the Soldiers' R[?] Memorial School of Arts, and a very heavy tup was spent, Mrs…

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Fight with Naked Man on Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 3

Women on trams screamed when they saw a naked man Struggling with a soldier and a civilian near the middle…

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Fight with Naked Man on Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 3

Women on trams screamed when they saw a naked man struggling with a soldier and a civilian near the middle…

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Swung By Legs From The Bridge

The Sun · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 3

An elderly, naked man swung like a pendulum over the Harbor Bridge as a soldier and a civilian…

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Fight with Naked Man on Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 3

Women on trams screamed when they saw a naked man struggling with a soldier and a civilian near the middle…

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Fight on Bridge with Naked Man

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 1

Women on trams screamed when they saw a naked man struggling with a soldier and a civilian near the northern approach to the Harbor Bridge this morning…

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Fight with Naked Man on Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 3

Women on trams screamed when they saw a naked man struggling with a soldier and a civilian near the middle…

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Vital Bridge Bombed U.S. Burma Raids

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 8

NEW DELHI, March 2 (A.A.P.). —Heavy bombers of the 10th United States Air Force on Saturday attacked the vital…

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"Touch of Flashness" Motor-cyclist Resents Police Action

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 8

Resenting his being pulled up by a constable while he was testing the steering of a motor-cycle, Howard Walker Holland…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 3

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

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State Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 5

Sir,—For what reason are taxpayers to be further burdened by added costs of administration in the Public Service? The State Government, which…

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Railways Board of Five Bill for Parliament

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 9

It was announced officially yesterday that the Government Railways (Amendment) Bill to create a board of five…

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Railways Control

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 6

Not one convincing reason has been advanced for the State Government's proposed Bill to bring the Railways Commissioner…

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Drugs Stolen From Motor Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 6

A quantity of morphia, other drugs, with two hyperdermic syringes, disappeared from the motor car of Mr. H. M. Armstrong, veterinary surgeon[?]…

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EDITORIAL (The opinions expressed in this Journal are not necessarily those of the Master Builders’ Association, unless otherwise stated). Railways in Wartime

Construction · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 1

According to a recently published report of the Hew South Wales Railway Commissioner the Railway Department earned a record revenue during the last financial year of…

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Peculiar Railway Strategy

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 2

LATEST inspired suggestion about the State Government's intention to create a new Railways Commission is…

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Peculiar Railway Strategy

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 2

LATEST inspired suggestion about the State ment's intention to create a new Railways Commission is…

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Peculiar Railway Strategy

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 2

LATEST inspired suggestion about the State Government's intention to create a new Railways Commission is…

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Railway Change Plan Declared "Mischievous"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 2

THE general secretary of the N.U.R. (Mr. W. Fletcher) today classed the State Government's proposal to bring the Commissioner for Railways…

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