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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 203

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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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 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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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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Warwick Farm Train

The Biz · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 2

Electric trains will now stop at Warwick Farm to pick, up and set down passengers on all trips but a few during the night, and parcels traffic Will be dealt…

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New Bridge, Cabramatta Creek

The Biz · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 3

At the meeting of Liverpool Council on Tuesday evening, the Mayor, A[?]d. B. c. Fitzpatrick, brought forward a minute in connection with the proposed new bridge…

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Demented Man on Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 9

A demented man stripped off his clothes and attempted to climb over the safety fence on the Harbour Bridge yesterday morning…

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Officer Killed By A Train

The Sun · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 5

An Allied soldier was killed and eight civilians and another soldier were injured in road, train and tram accidents last…

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Upkeep of Main Roads. The Problem of Manpower

The Propeller · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 1

An amount of only £105 had been expended by Hurstville Council on the maintenance of main roads in the municipality out of a programme of…

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The Rocky Point Road. Carriageways and Garden Plots

The Propeller · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 1

One section of local government history has again repeated itself. It involves the contentious problem of the broad strip of garden plots in the…

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Private Motoring Restrictions

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 6

A SUGGESTION in the press that private motoring may eventually be eliminated unless the rubber situation improves was attacked by the general…

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Motors & Motoring

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 6

Handling Stored Petrol THE N.R.M.A. engineers warm motorists who have petrol stored in their garages that death awaits the careless handler of this liquid. Do not light a…

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"Paper" Trouble in Railway Gang

Nepean Times · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 1

WHEN a newspaper was thrown from a train at Rooty Hill on February 4, in response to the gangers' custo[?]ary cry of "paper,"…

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Railways Board To Be Subject To Ministerial Control

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 2

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

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 3

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

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Railway Board Proposal Opposition Attack

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 7

The State Government's proposal to bring the Railway Commissioner under Ministerial control and to create a Railway…

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Council's Motor Tyres. To Be Offered for Sale

The Propeller · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 3

"These motor tyres will sell like hot cakes," exclaimed Councillor Dallimore at last Monday's meeting of the Sutherland Shire Council. He added…

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Railway Traffic Breaches

The Biz · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 3

Several cases of offences against railway by-laws were heard at the Liverpool Police Court on Monday. Thomas P. Joass was fined 10/- for…

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Alterations in Train Services

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 4

Beginning to-day there will be alterations in the Sydney-Goulburn trains on Friday afternoons. The present 5.21 p.m. train from Sydney will…

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