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Railways, roads & transport, 1944

4,651 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 233

Tram and Bus Men to Meet

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 2

THE combined executive of the Tram and Omnibus Employees' Association will meet tonight to review the latest developments in the…

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Judge Will Not Re-open Disputed Tram-bus Award

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 4

Important developments in the tram-bus dispute today were Judge Drake Brockman's refusal to reconsider his award, and an announcement by a union official that he had been reliably informed public bus and tram services were to be curtailed. TRAMWAYS' Industrial Officer Mr…

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Judge Will Not Re-open Disputed Tram-bus Award

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 4

Important developments in the tram-bus dispute today were Judge Drake Brockman's refusal to reconsider his award, and an announcement by a union official that he had been reliably informed public bus and tram services were to be curtailed. TRAMWAYS' Industrial Officer Mr…

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Tram and Bus Men to Meet

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 2

THE combined executive of the Tram and Omnibus Employees' Association will meet tonight to review the latest developments in the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Judge Will Not Re-open Disputed Tram-bus Award

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 4

Important developments in the tram-bus dispute today were Judge Drake Brockman's refusal to reconsider his award, and an announcement by a union official that he had been reliably informed public bus and tram services were to be curtailed. TRAMWAYS' Industrial Officer…

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Judge Will Not Re-open Disputed Tram-bus Award

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 4

Important developments in the tram-bus dispute today were Judge Drake Brockman's refusal to reconsider his award, and an announcement by a union official that he had been reliably informed public bus and tram services were to be curtailed. 'TRAMWAYS' Industrial Officer Mr…

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Train-happy

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 14

TASMANIAN trains have a reputation--and it isn't for speed. It's not uncommon for a 250 mile journey to take…

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Big Bridge Span Job Completed

The Sun · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 3

The first 640-ton steel span for the Hawkesbury River road bridge was floated into position today and shortly after 2 pm, when the tide had fallen sufficiently, the…

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First Span of Peat's Ferry Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 11

The first of the two main spans of the Hawkesbury River road bridge at Peat's Ferry was floated yesterday to a position alongside the piers and will be placed into position to-day. The span is the largest welded truss span in the world. It is 440ft long and weighs 750 tons. It will rest on piers 70ft above high water. The photograph shows the span,…

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Parcel of Death Found in Train

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 9

HARROGATE (Yorkshire). -- A woman railway cleaner who found a. parcel in the train did not know that death was in it. She took…

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Parcel of Death Found in Train

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 9

HARROGATE (Yorkshire). -- A woman railway cleaner who found a parcel in the train did not know that death was in it. She took…

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Red Army Opens Road to Carpathians Key Town Captured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 1

LONDON,Saturday. -- Powerful Soviet columns have stormed and captured Shepetovka, 45 miles, south east of Rovno…

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Red Army Opens Road to Carpathians Key Town Captured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday. -- Powerful Soviet columns have stormed and captured Shepetovka, 45 miles southeast of Rovno…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 4

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

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Tram Hold-up Unlikely Executives Accept Court Ruling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 8

By 33 votes to 11 the combined executives of tram and bus men last night decided to recommend to mass meetings on Wednesday…

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Fall From Tram Man Decapitated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 11

A man, aged about 35, who has not yet been identified, fell from a Bondibound tram in Elizabeth Street, near Martin Place, late last night and was…

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Tram-driver's Spine Fractured

The Sun · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 3

Arthur Stanley Plant, 61. tramdriver, of Church-street, Waverley, had tils spine fractured today when his tram and…

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Men Advised To Accept Tram Award

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 5

The executive of the Tram and Bus Employees' Union decided last night to advise members…

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50-50 Tram Scalers For Pinchgut? Letterettes In Fifty Words Hereditary

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 13

As a daily bus and tram passenger during peak hours, I am astounded at the number of passengers who…

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No Uniforms For Tram Conductors

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 9

Men in plain clothes and without conductors' bags were yesterday collecting fares on some tram lines in Sydney…

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