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Railways, roads & transport, 1943

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 203

Tramp Shipping Problems and Disappointments of the Past Year

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 2

Britain's North-East Coast shipowners, who are predominantly tramp owners, look back upon 1942 as a year of administrative complications, of disappointment over rates of hire paid, but one in which the Merchant Navy and its officers and…

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Railway Gauges

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 3

Sir,—Mr. Dence has misinterpreted my letter on breaks of gauge. I say that the Defence Department favoured the conversion of the Broken…

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Fall From Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 3

BROTHER JOHN FRANCIS McCRISTAL (27), of St. Bonaventure College, Maryfields, suffered concussion when he fell from a train…

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Fall From Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 3

BROTHER JOHN FRANCIS McCRISTAL (27), of St. Bonaventure College, Maryfields, suffered concussion when he fell from a train…

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Our Postwar Transport Problem Bus, Tram, Train: What Changes?

The Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 4

HAVE you ever stopped to consider that the stuffy, uncomfortable railway carriage, in which you travel up-country or interstate, is probably one of the oldest types of coach in the Anglo-Saxon world? Have you ever, in your…

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Heel Cut Off by Tram

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 2

LINDSAY EDWARD CRANSTON (37), Marsfield Street, Rozelle, had his right heel cut off when he fell under a moving tram in Victoria…

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Heel Cut Off by Tram

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 7

LINDSAY EDWARD CRANSTON (37), Marsfield Street, Rozelle, had his right heel cut off when he fell under a moving tram in Victoria…

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Heel Cut Off by Tram

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 7

LINDSAY EDWARD CRANSTON (37), Marsfield Street, Rozelle, had his right heel cut off when he fell under a moving tram in Victoria…

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Heel Cut Off by Tram

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 7

LINDSAY EDWARD CRANSTON (37), Marsfield Street, Rozelle had his right heel cut off when he fell under a moving tram in Victoria…

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Allied Attacks on Madang Aerodrome

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1943 · page 8

R.A.A.F. Beaunghters and American Mitchells scored signal success in a raid on Madang aerodrome on Friday. These pictures were taken from a Beaufighter attacking near ground-level. In the top picture two bombers are on the left, and at the bottom right is a blazing fighter. Another wrecked fighter is behind it, obscured by smoke. Movement in the bottom picture was caused by the vibration of cannon and machine-gun fire. The picture shows…

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Fractured Skull Fell From Crowded Train

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1943 · page 8

Keith Robert Woods, (16), of Carlton-street, Granville, fell from a train between Clyde and Granville stations shortly before…

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News in Brief Man Brushed Off Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 April 1943 · page 11

James Anthony Cole, 22. of Tarrants Avenue, Eastwood, was fatally injured when he was brushed off a tram in William Street, city, last night…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 April 1943 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Admitted to Newcastle Hospital last night with a fractured skull and other injuries, Victor Dudley Maher (34)…

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Theft Causes Fatal Train-Bus Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.-- A woman was killed and 10 persons injured last night in a level- crossing smash between a train and…

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Theft Causes Fatal Train-Bus Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.-- A woman was killed and 10 persons injured last night in a level- crossing smash between a train and…

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Theft Causes Fatal Train-Bus Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.-- A woman was killed and 10 persons injured last night in a level- crossing smash between a train and…

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Theft Causes Fatal Train-Bus Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.-- A woman was killed and 10 persons injured last night in a level-crossing smash between a train and…

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Theft Causes Fatal Train-Bus Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.-- A woman was killed and 10 persons injured last night in a level- crossing smash between a train and…

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Theft Causes Fatal Train-Bus Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.-- woman was killed and 10 persons injured last night in a level- crossing smash between a train and…

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Hurstville Rotary Club. India at the Cross Roads

The Propeller · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 4

Rev. E. Clatworthy, who laboured for twelve years in India as a missionary, was the speaker at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Hurstville Rotary Club in…

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