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Railways, roads & transport, 1944

4,651 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 233

Railway to Rome Cut by Allies Fighting In Streets Of Cisterna Germans Admit Defence Breach

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Allied troops have cut the railway between Rome and Cisterna, and, according to Rome Radio, are fighting in Cisterna,…

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Railway to Rome Cut by Allies Fighting In Streets Of Cisterna Germans Admit Defence Breach

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Allied troops have cat the railway between Rome and Cisterna, and, according to Rome Radio, are fighting in Cisterna…

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Railway to Rome Cut by Allies Fighting In Streets Of Cisterna Germans Admit Defence Breach

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Allied troops have cat the railway between Rome and Cisterna, and, according to Rome Radio, are fighting in cisterna…

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Date Set for Tram Bus Vote

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 2

Day and night mass meetings of tram and bus employees, to be held next week, will determine if another general…

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Allies Capture Town in Italy Imminent Threat To Rome Railway Germans Rush Reinforcements

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Allied troops driving inland from Nettuno have captured a town 15 miles from the coast, and attained a position…

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Railway to Rome Cut by Allies Fighting In Streets Of Cisterna Germans Admit Defence Breach

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Allied troops have cat the railway between Rome and Cisterna, and, according to Rome Radio, are fighting in the streets…

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Fairfield Roads

The Biz · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 1

The following requests for attention to roads, streets, gutters, culverts, scrub, etc., were submitted to Fairfield Council at last week's meeting. All were referred…

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Boy Falls From Train

The Propeller · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 6

On Friday last, at about six o'clock, Frank Lambert, aged 13 years, of Patrick Street, Hurstville, fell from the platform of an electric train…

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Re-surfacing of Roads. Proposed Demonstration

The Propeller · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 1

At last week's meeting of Sutherland Council the engineer reported that the manager of the B.H.P. By-Products Pty. Ltd., had informed him that he intended…

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Frenchmen Train in R.a.f

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.--Several hundred French officers, N.C.O.s and airmen, in England are getting their first training as air crew…

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Frenchmen Train in R.a.f

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.--Several hundred French officers, N.C.O.S and airmen in England are getting their first training as air crew…

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Road Accidents Fewer. Figures Lowest for Years

The Biz · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 2

There were 6780 road accidents in New South Wales in 1943, the lowest number for many years, the Commissioner for Road Transport, Mr. Neale, said on…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 3 February 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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"Bigger, Better" Tram Strike Hint By Union

The Sun · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 3

"If you don't want a bigger and better strike, you'll forget about substituting a fortnightly for a weekly period," said Tramway Union president (Mr. A. G. Bagnell)…

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Tram-man's Plan For New Order

The Sun · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 5

Tram conductor W. K. Wilkinson, who told the Political Science Summer School what the…

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Hints to Motorists. the Carburettor

The Propeller · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 4

Gauze-filled carburettor air cleaners and breather caps will in time become partially clogged with dust. To obviate the risk of sluggish…

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Rockdale Tram Terminus. Request for Shelter Shed

The Propeller · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 1

A letter was read at the last meeting of Rockdale Council, from the Communist Party of Australia (Rockdale branch), seeking council's support in a movement…

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Railway Mishap. Coupling Snaps,at Sutherland

The Propeller · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 3

Hundreds of holiday makers were delayed an hour and a half last Sunday when a coupling of the Wollongong train snapped on a steep…

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Union Officials Demand Tram Decision Deadline Fixed For Better Conditions

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 7

Union officials must be able to fell from and bus men at next Monday's mass meeting that their working conditions will be improved, Mr. A. Bagnell said yesterday…

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Momentous Tram, Bus Talks Meeting To Decide New Hold-Up Prosecutions Are Deferred

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 2

WHETHER Sydney's tram and bus services will continue to run next Wednesday depends upon the reports of union officials to meetings of…

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