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Railways, roads & transport, 1943

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 203

Train Kills U.s. Army Officer

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

A U.S. Army officer was killed when he was knocked down by a train as he was crossing the railway line at Lidcombe Station early yesterday…

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Land Army Matrons Train at H.A.C.

The Land · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 2

FOR the first time in its history, Hawkesbury Agricultural College is housing women students, a complete section of…

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Overseas Export Manifests West Australia Motorship

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 3

Sailed Fremantle. R. G. Lynn, Ltd., Agents. Weatralian Mill Products, Ltd., 96,816 sacks flour…

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Railway Bill "Political" Attack by Unionist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 9

"The bill to alter the control of the railways, to be submitted to the State Parliament next week, is a political measure, and…

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Fatal Tram Crash

The Sun · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- A woman was killed and her daughter seriously injured today at Ballarat when a six-wheeled…

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Quiz For Motorists

The Sun · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 3

Police "quizmaster," Sergt. Roy Lucas, had questions fired at him from an audience of 150 last night--and knew all the…

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Motorists Go to School to Avoid Fines

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 5

About 150 adults went to school again last night--at the Traffic Court. With the exception of husbands, wives and…

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Railwayman Killed

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 3

PHILLIP EWINGS (58), married, Sydney guard on the Mudgee mail, was seriously injured at Hazle-brook early today, and later died in…

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Railwayman Killed

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 3

PHILLIP EWINGS (58), married, Sydney guard on the Mudgee mail. was seriously injured at Hazlebrook early today. and later died in…

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Railwayman Killed

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 3

PHILLIP EWINGS (58) married, Sydney guard on the Mudgee mail, was seriously injured at Hazlebrook early today and later died in…

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A.W.C. Trains Road Makers For Services Learning to Make Roads

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 9

A scheme for the training of mechanical equipment operatives has been established in New South Wales by the Allied Works Council. A model school camp has been set up in Sydney in which…

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Eurasian Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 6

To-day the Trans-Siberian railway is all but closed to foreign travel, but the vast tundras of Siberia and the plains of Manchukuo over which it…

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The Lost Road

The Methodist · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 11

The following morning Jon took his w puppy over to see Sunny. He had [?] taken Wogs into the room the day [?] Stanley gave him the puppy…

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Dies After Train Fall

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 11

Phillip Ewings, 58, railway guard, was fatally injured yesterday when he fell under a train at Hazelbrook railway station…

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Fall From Train Kills Guard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 11

Phillip Ewings, 58, of Fullers Road. Chatswood, who was a guard on the Mudgee mail train for some time, was fatally injured at Hazelbrook early…

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Allied Aid to China Burma Road Vital

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 10

LONDON, March 5 (Official Wireless).—"No radical improvement in the situation over supplies to China can be expected…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 3

Westralian Mill Products, Ltd., 96,316 sacks flour S Shipper, 7O7 cres frozen lamb STEAMSHIP…

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Special Motor Ships and Their Engines Replacing Machinery in Laid-up Vessels

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 2

War brings many changes in ships and shipping. One of the most significant of these is the return to general use of certain ships laid up for a long period end fitted with engines which have since gone out of production…

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Railway Gauge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 6

Sir,—The letter by Geo. Beesley is timely, but somewhat astray in stating that the military is not in favour of the conversion from narrow to…

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Railway Soccer

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 15

The annual meeting of the Metropolitan Railways Institute Soccer Club will be held at Fraser Park, Sydenham, tomorrow, at 10 a.m…

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