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Railways, roads & transport, 1944

4,651 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 233

Petrol for Motor Boats. Small Quantity for Trial Period

The Propeller · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 4

The Federal Government has decided to issue a small monthly ration of petrol to motor boat owners as from February 1, for a trial period of…

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Trespassing on Railways. Warning by Commissioner

The Propeller · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 1

Trespassing on railway premises is becoming very prevalent, and special action is being taken to stop it. Announcing this recently, the Commissioner for…

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U.s. Railways Handed Back

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Wednesday (A.A.P.). --All U.S. railways have been handed back to their company owners. The U.S. Government took over the…

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1000 Tramway Men Miss Annual Leave 25 Days Worked Without Break

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 9

Cases where tram men had worked 25 days without a day off were quoted yesterday by the secretary of the Tramway Employees' Union (Mr. J. Brock)…

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Conference Called in Tram and Bus Dispute

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 7

THE Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) said today that Judge Drake-Brockman had summoned a compulsory conference of both parties in the dispute concerning working hours…

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Conference Called in Tram and Bus Dispute

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 7

THE Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) said today that Judge Drake-Brockman had summoned a compulsory conference of both parties in the dispute concerning working hours…

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Conference Called in Tram and Bus Dispute

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 7

THE Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) said today that Judge Drake-Brockman had summoned a compulsory conference of both parties in the dispute concerning working hours…

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Stop Press Bus, Tram Conference

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 January 1944 · page 12

The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) said today that Judge Drake-Brockman had summoned a compulsory conference of both…

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Body on Railway Bridge

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 January 1944 · page 3

TAMWORTH, Friday.-- The body of a man was found on a railway viaduct crossing the Peel River this morning. He had apparently been hit…

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Body on Railway Bridge

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 January 1944 · page 3

TAMWORTH, Friday.--The body of a man was found on a railway viaduct crossing the Peel River this morning. He had apparently been hit…

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Another Train Victim Dead

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 January 1944 · page 1

The death of David Italiano (9), at the Hornsby Hospital early this morning, brings the death roll of the Hawkesbury River level-crossing disaster to 16. THE Railways Department has…

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Another Train Victim Dead

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 January 1944 · page 1

The death of David Italiano (9), at the Hornsby Hospital early this morning, brings the death roll of the Hawkesbury River level-crossing disaster to 16 THE Railways Department has…

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Awoke To See Train Wheels

The Sun · Friday 21 January 1944 · page 3

Regaining consciousness from a fleeting blackout, Edward Marsh, 79, survivor of the Hawkesbury level crossing tragedy yesterday, saw the wheels of the train going past him…

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Wreckage of Bus Hit by Kempsey Mail Train

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1944 · page 1

WRECKAGE of the bus in which 15 persons were killed yesterday when the bus was struck by the Kempsey mail train at a level crossing near Hawkesbury River railway station…

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The Road to Baghdad How David Raziel Died

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 21 January 1944 · page 3

A thin, sharply-pointed bundle of sun rays that since dawn had been trying to pierce the masses of bulging rain clouds over the western Mediterranean did not break through until the sixth hour of the day. But then it fell almost greedily upon the only…

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15 Dead in Smash at Crossing Train Wrecks Bus Near Hawkesbury River Five Seriously Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1944 · page 5

Fifteen people, including six children, are dead and five others are in hospital, as a result of a collision between the Kempsey mail train and a bus at a level crossing near the Hawkesbury River station yesterday…

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Warning To Trespassers On Railway Property

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1944 · page 10

TRESPASSNG on railway premises was becoming very prevalent, and special steps were being taken to stop it, said the…

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Motors & Motoring I Must Still Use i Producer Gas On Essential Vehicles

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 January 1944 · page 15

REMOVAL of producer gas units from motor vehicles involve too great a risk to Australian petrol stocks, especially in view of the…

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Overseas Export Manifests New South Wales Motor Vessel. Sailed Sydney. Blue Star. Line, agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 21 January 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 19 cs casings, 22 bls rabbit skins, 250 cs meat extract, 9 bls basils, 38 bls sole leather, 75 cs leather, 18 bls rabbit skins, 117 bls…

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Petrol for Motor Boats. To the Editor—Sir

The St George Call · Friday 21 January 1944 · page 2

Now that the Federal Government has decided to restore a. email quantity of petrol for the use of Motor-boat owners as from 1st February, [?] would like to…

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