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Railways, roads & transport, 1944

4,651 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 233

Mines Hold-up Averted Road to Be Repaired

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—A holdup of production at three collieries in Stockrington Valley next week has been averted by…

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Fifth Army Seizes Key Town in Italy Closing On Rome Road

The Sun · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday. -- With a thrust from the hills overlooking Cassino (German strong hold on the main Capua-Rome road), troops of the Fifth Army captured San Vittore…

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U.s. Railway Wage Issue Persists

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 8

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (A.A.P.).— Government operation of the railroads for an indefinite period loomed as President Roosevelt and 18 railway…

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New Appointments in Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 9

Mr. W. H. Anderson has been appointed Public Relations Officer in the New South Wales Railways. Mr. C. L. Newman, brother of the…

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Motorists Warned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 6

The Commissioner for Main Roads warns motorists returning to Sydney early next week that heavy traffic across Peat's Ferry is likely from…

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Berlin Railway Chaos After Big Raid Output Halved In War Plants

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.--The 2000-ton air attack on Berlin on Wednesday night disorganised seven main railway lines which converge on the capital…

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Shaggy Ridge takes Allies further along the road to Tokio Australian Headquarters (New Guinea)

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1944 · page 2

AUSTRALIANS have reached an outpost nearer to Tokio than any other point so far taken by Allied forces in the South-West Pacific. They achieved this when they…

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U.s. Railway Strike

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1944 · page 3

WASHINGTON. Saturday.-- Developments in the US railway strike suggest that the Army may control the railroads…

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Home After Train Delay

The Sun · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

Weary, dishevelled travellers from the North Coast, many of whom had spent Saturday night on…

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Floor Seats on Holiday Train

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 5

CROWDED CARRIAGE of a train which arrived at Central Station last night from Gosford, packed with holiday-makers. Many travelled long distances seated on the floor…

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Soldiers Dived Off Bridge To Save Girl

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

Two brothers -- Privates John and Arthur Sellers, of George Street, Windsor -- dived 30 feet from a bridge in their uniforms to the rescue of two girls in the Hawkesbury River at Windsor yesterday afternoon…

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Soldiers Dived Off Bridge to Save Girl

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

Two brothers -- Privates John and Arthur Sellers, of George Street, Windsor -- dived 30 feet from a bridge in their uniforms to the rescue of two girls in the Hawkesbury River at Windsor yesterday afternoon…

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Soldiers Dived Off Bridge To Save Girl

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

Two brothers -- Privates John and Arthur Sellers, of George Street, Windsor -- dived 30 feet from a bridge in their uniforms to the rescue of two girls in the Hawkesbury River Windsor yesterday afternoon…

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Servicemen's 40Ft. Dive Off Bridge to Save Girl, Youth

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

Two soldier brothers, on leave from New Guinea, and an R.A.A.F. man jumped 40 feet from a bridge into the Hawkesbury River at Windsor yesterday in an attempt to rescue twin sisters and a youth who got into difficulties in 60 feet of wafer…

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Servicemen's 40Ft. Dive Off Bridge to Save Girl, Youth

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

Two soldier brothers, on leave from New Guinea, and an R.A.A.F. man jumped 40 feet from a bridge into the Hawkesbury River af Windsor yesterday in an attempt to rescue twin sisters and a youth who got info difficulties in 60 feet of water…

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Servicemen's 40Ft. Dive Off Bridge to Save Girl, Youth

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

Two soldier brothers, on leave from New Guinea, and an R.A.A.F. man jumped 40 feet from a bridge into the Hawkesbury River at Windsor yesterday in an attempt to rescue twin sisters and a youth who got into difficulties in 60 feet of water…

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Servicemen's 40Ft. Dive Off Bridge to Save Girl, Youth

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

Two soldier brothers, on leave from New Guinea, and an R.A.A.F. man jumped 40 feet from a bridge info the Hawkesbury River at Windsor yesterday in a attempt to rescue twin sisters and a youth who got into difficulties in 60 feet of water…

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Big Railway Washaways Trains Delayed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

Railway line washaways in northetn New South Wales interuped train services and caused many stranded passengers to…

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Motor Boom Prophesied

The Sun · Monday 3 January 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Monday. -- Lord Nuffield cheers up the motor car industry with a New Year prophecy of a bright future…

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Baby Fell Off Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 January 1944 · page 4

Strapped in a stroller, 5-months-old Graham Johnston, of Wheeler Parade, Dee Why, was jolted from a moving train…

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