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Railways, roads & transport, 1943

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 203

Train Journey with Suicide

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.--A soldier who was carried 70 miles in a train and who was thought by passengers to be asleep was…

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Train Journey with Suicide

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.--A soldier who was carried 70 miles in a train and who was thought by passengers to be asleep was…

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Warwick Farm Bridge. Over Cabramatta Creek

The Biz · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 3

Advice was received by Liverpool Council on Tuesday evening that the cost of the footways on the new bridge at Warwick Farm, over Cabramatta Creek, would…

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Fire Damage to Ship Bridge in Flames

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 4

A fire, believed to have started in the chart-room, severely damaged the superstructure of a 10,000-ton ship in an Australian…

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Vital Jap Supply Routes in N. Guinea Bombed New Bridge Put Out Of Action

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 3

ALLIED AIRMEN are maintaining their air blockade of the Lae-Salamaua area in New Guinea and yesterday bombed vital overland routes along which the Japs are transporting…

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Vital Jap Supply Routes in N. Guinea Bombed New Bridge Put Out Of Action

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 3

ALLIED AIRMEN are maintaining their, air blockade of the Lae-Salamaua area in New Guinea and yesterday bombed vital overland routes along which the Japs are transporting…

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Vital Jap Supply Routes in N. Guinea Bombed New Bridge Put Out Of Action

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 3

ALLIED AIRMEN are maintaining their air blockade, of fhe Lae-Salamaua area in New Guinea and yesterday bombed vital overland routes along which the Japs are transporting…

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Vital Jap Supply Routes in N. Guinea Bombed New Bridge Put Out Of Action

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 3

ALLIED AIRMEN are maintaining their air blockade of the Lae-Salamaua area in New Guinea and yesterday bombed vital overland routes along which the Japs are transporting…

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MOTORING Producer Gas Notes

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 5

AT last meeting of Wade Shire Council the overseer (Mr. A. Matthews) reported that the present production at the charcoal pits could not cope with…

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Motorist Reports to Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 7

A merchant seaman called at the North Sydney police station yesterday and reported that he was driving the car which knocked down and killed…

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Vegetables In Railway Beds

The Sun · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 3

Vegetable beds, instead of flower gardens, will shortly be a feature of railway stations throughout NSW…

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A.J.C. to Watch Tram Crowds Action Follows Union Complaints Of Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 16

The A.J.C. yesterday gave tramway union officials an assurance that they would co-operate in preventing trouble between race crowds and tramway employees…

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Train Indicators

The St George Call · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 1

Mr. McGrath, M.L.A., has received the following reply from the Minister for Transport:— “With reference to your personal…

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To Maintain Roads

The Land · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 11

The P.P.U. Executive, at its meeting last week, urged the return or release of sufficient machinery for each local governing body to enable…

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Woman Train Guard

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 4

"ALL ABOARD!" calls Elizabeth Johns to passengers in Philadelphia, U.S.A. She was the first of two women to take…

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Tempe Road Race

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 12

Jack Mulligan, former State middle-distance champion, will run with South Sydney in tomorrow's three-mile road race from Tempe tram depot…

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Allied Soldier Killed by Train

The Sun · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 3

An Allied soldier was struck and killed by an electric train between Warwick Farm and Liverpool stations this morning…

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Vital Bridge Smashed On Jap Supply Route

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 2

Liberator bombers on Wednesday temporarily dislocated the Japs' supply road between Wewak and Madang, in northern New Guinea. Timper River bridge, a key…

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Road Raids Compress Allied Grip Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 6

SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Thursday.—While Boston attack planes and Beaufighters were engaged on a triple raid of…

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Wynyard Tram Block

The Sun · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 2

Many North Shore travellers completed their Journey by walking through the tunnel when a jam occurred at the Wynyard…

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