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Railways, roads & transport, 1943

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 203

Train Crashes Into Lorry Two Men Hurt Badly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 7

Two men were seriously hurt when a steam train from Sandown to Clyde crashed into a motor truck at the Berry Street…

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End of the Road for These Japs

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 3

JAPANESE PRISONERS of war, including sailors and airmen, line up dejectedly at Guadalcanal U.S. detention quarters, where they…

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End of the Road for These Japs

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 3

JAPANESE PRISONERS of war, including sailors and airmen, line up dejectedly at Guadalcanal U.S. detention quarters, where they…

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End of the Road for These Japs

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 3

JAPANESE PRISONERS of war, including sailors and airmen, line up dejectedly at Guadalcanal U.S. detention quarters, where they…

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End of the Road for These Japs

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 3

JAPANESE PRISONERS of war, including sailors and airmen, line up dejectedly at Guadalcanal U.S. detention quarters, where they…

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End of the Road for These Japs

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 3

JAPANESE PRISONERS of war, including sailors and airmen, line up dejectedly at Guadalcanal U.S. detention quarters, where they…

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End of the Road for These Japs

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 3

JAPANESE PRISONERS of war, including sailors and airmen, line up dejectedly at Guadalcanal U.S. detention quarters, where they…

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Danish-built Motorship for Sweden Electro-Magnetic Couplings

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 4

In the first half of 1939 the Swedish Brostrom concern ordered from the Aalborg Vaerft two cargo motorships of 2,900…

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Talk of Normal Tram Lighting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 6

The secretary of the Tramway Employees' Union, Mr. J. Brock. said yesterday that he had been told by the Minister for Home Security Mr…

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Navy Sinks Nazi Supply Ship in North Sea Scrap Air Force Blows At Railways

The Sun · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Britain's Navy and Air Force struck new blows at the…

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Bridal Party Travel By Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--When they could not get a taxi last night, a bride and bridegroom travelled home from the wedding ceremony in a tram…

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Tram Brownout to Cease

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 10

Brownout lighting on Sydney trams would be abolished shortly, the secretary of the Tramways Union (Mr J. Brock) said yesterday…

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Third Car-tram Crash Victim

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 7

The third victim of Monday night's car and tram collision at Mascot died in South Sydney Hospital yesterday…

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Finance General Motors Corp. Remits £51,755,000 On 1942 War Orders

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 8

President of General Motors Corporation (Mr. C. E. Wilson) has announced that the company has voluntarily remitted 169,178,141 dollars in price reductions…

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Finance General Motors Corp. Remits £51,755,000 On 1942 War Orders

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 8

President of General Motors Corporation (Mr. C. E. Wilson) has announced that the company has voluntarily remitted 169,178,141 dollars in price reductions…

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Train Improvement

The Propeller · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 1

In response to representations made by Narwee Progress Association to the Department of Railways, the authorities have agreed to extend the…

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Granville Men in Train Smash

The Biz · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 2

Two men wore seriously hurt when a steam train from Sandown to Clyde crashed into a motor truck at the Berry Street level crossing, Rosehill, yesterday…

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New U.s. Armored Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--United States transport experts have devised a new type of armored train, which is expected to revolutionise railway…

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Some Motor Trucks To Be Released

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 2

MOTOR trucks supplied to Australian under the Lease-Lend Act are now available for release to approved commercial users for essential transport, the…

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Motors & Motoring Federal Body Discusses important Motor Questions

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 22 April 1943 · page 7

MANY important matters were discussed und decisions made regarding future development in the motor Industry during meetings of the Federal Council of the Chambers of Automotive Industries…

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