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Railways, roads & transport, 1943

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 203

Key Officials Mass Train

The Sun · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday.-- Holidaymakers returning to Sydney from Canberra last night. crowded senior…

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Train Packed with Returning Holidaymakers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 4

Warned by the experience of Sunday, most holidaymakers returned to Sydney early yesterday and few trams were badly overcrowded. One of the worst was the 4.40 p.m. from Moss Vale, in which these pictures were taken, before it reached Sydney last night. Left: A crowd in one of the corridors. Top right: A schoolboy made himself comfortable in a luggage rack in one of the compartments. Lower right: Passengers leaving through the windows…

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Round-up of Aliens for A.w.c; Drastic New Rules 600 From N.S.W. For Qld. Roads

The Sun · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 3

General call-up of aliens for service with the Allied Works Council will follow immediately the gazettal of new Commonwealth regulations,…

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Tram Staffing Problem "Protection" Plan in Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways may be declared a protected undertaking to conserve…

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Disorganised Tram Traffic

The Sun · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 3

Tram traffic was disorganised when this lorry, laden with wool bales, overturned at the intersection of King and Sussex streets today…

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Trams Collide

The Sun · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 4

Two passenger-taken trains collided head on in Botany-road, Redfern, today. No one was injured, although…

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Tram Man Fatally Hurt Aiding Mates

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 8

Although he was off duty and travelling as a passenger at the time of the accident, James Victor Scott (41), tram conductor, 538 Liverpool Road, Enfield, who died yesterday after being struck by a…

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Tram Man's Widow Tells Tragic Story

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 2

"There's not a thing at which he didn't try to make a living. He always said his kids would never starve," the widow of James Victor Scott (41), tramway conductor, 538 Liverpool Road. Enfield, said today…

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Left Fatherless Because Of Tram Footboard-Rider

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 2

TEN OF THE CHILDREN of Tram Conductor James Victor Scott (41), of Liverpool Road, Enfield, who lost his life because a man persisted in riding on the footboard of a tram. While persuading the passenger fo enter the compartment, Scott was hit by another tram. -- (See story on Page 8.)…

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Left Fatherless Because Of Tram Footboard Rider

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 2

TEN OF THE CHILDREN of Tram Conductor James Victor Scott (41), of Liverpool Road, Enfield, who lost his life because a man persisted in riding on the footboard of a tram. While persuading the passenger to enter the compartment, Scott was hit by another tram. -- (See story on Page 8.)…

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Tram Man Fatally Hurt Aiding Mates

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 8

Although he was off duty and travelling as a passenger at the time of the accident, James Victor Scott (41), tram conductor, 538 Liverpool Read, Enfield, who died yesterday after being struck by a…

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Tram Man Fatally Hurt Aiding Mates

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 8

Although he was off duty and travelling as a passenger at the time of the accident, James Victor Scott (41), tram conductor, 538 Liverpool Road, Enfield, who died yesterday after being struck by a…

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Left Fatherless Because Of Tram Footboard Rider

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 2

TEN OF THE CHILDREN of Tram Conductor James Victor Scott (41), of Liverpool Road, Enfield, who lost his life because a man persisted in riding on the footboard of a tram. While persuading the passenger to enter the compartment, Scott was hit by another tram. -- (See Story on Page 3.)…

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Left Fatherless Because Of Tram Footboard Rider

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 2

TEN OF THE CHILDREN of Tram Conductor James Victor Scott (41), of Liverpool Road, Enfield, who lost his life because a man persisted in riding on the footboard of a tram. While persuading the passenger to enter the compartment, Scott was hit by another tram. -- (See story on Page 8.)…

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Tram Men Fatally Hurt Helping Motes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 3

Although he was off duty and travelling as a passenger at the time of the accident, James Victor Scott (41), tram conductor, 538 Liverpool Road, Enfield, who died yesterday after being struck by a…

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Road Complaints

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 5

F. Illingworth, of Albert-street, Guildford, last week drew Holroyd Councils attention to the state of the road at the corner of Albert and…

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Furniture on Road 26 Days

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Furniture of Private E. M. Collins, of the Ninth Division, is still piled on the roadway outside the home…

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Ten Factory Workers Injured in Road Smash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--When a bus and a petrol waggon collided at Middle Park early this morning, 10 aircraft factory employees,…

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Block of Two Flats, Grange Road and Alexandra Avenue, Toorak, Victoria

Construction · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 7

Architect: A. W. Plaisted. Builder: W. Langdon. The building illustrated which has the appearance of a single residence contains two flats, one on each floor, each with seven main rooms. While one…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales Swedish Motorship. Sailed Sydney. Birt & Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 2

S Shippers, 215 bls rabbit skins, 12 bls fox skins, 1 bl ferret skins, 74 bls kangaroo skins, 1 bl fur skins, 4 cs chamois leather…

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