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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1944

4,651 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 233

Bridge makes perfect 4 point landing

The Sun · Sunday 13 February 1944 · page 5

THE first 640-ton steel span for the Hawkesbury road bridge at Peat's Ferry, which had been…

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Speed Gordon the Road to Freedom

The Sun · Sunday 13 February 1944 · page 3

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1 Killed, 3 Hurt in Road Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 February 1944 · page 24

A man was killed and three people injured late yesterday when a motor cycle and a car collided at the intersection of Marrickville and Victoria…

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On road to ruin, says Gloomy Dean LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 13 February 1944 · page 3

"THE British are galloping down the road to ruin," Dean Inge said today, expanding his theory…

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Russians Open New Road for Push Into Poland Germans Lose Another Town

Truth · Sunday 13 February 1944 · page 19

LONDON, Saturday.—The possibility of a new Russian drive into Southern Poland is raised by capture of the railway town of Shepetovka (35 miles east of the old Polish frontier)…

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Motorist Cyclist Fatally Injured

Truth · Sunday 13 February 1944 · page 18

A YOUNG man, Douglas Edgeworth, whose address is believed by the police to be corner of Alt and John Streets. Ashfield, was fatally injured…

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Motor cycle, car crash; man dead

The Sun · Sunday 13 February 1944 · page 2

A man was killed and three persons were injured when a motor cycle and a car collided at the corner of Victoria and…

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Tram, bus men likely to abandon hold-up threat

The Sun · Sunday 13 February 1944 · page 5

ABANDONMENT of the threat to hold up transport in Sydney and Newcastle on February 23 is expected at mass meetings of tram and bus employees on Wednesday and Thursday…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 19 cs casings, 22 bls rabbit skins, 260 cs meat extract, 9 bls basils, 38 bls sole leather, 75 cs leather, 18 bls rabbit skins, 117 bls…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 4

Douglas Edgeworth, of Alt Street and John Street, Ashfield, was killed at the corner of Victoria Road and Marrickville Road, Dulwich Hill, on…

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Fatal Fall From Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 4

Ray Wall, about. 25, a returned soldier of this war, of Nithsdale Street, city, fell from a tram at Circular Quay last evening and…

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Man Found Dead on Railway Line

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 7

Lionel Thomas Luxton, 34, of Harbour View Crescent, Lavender Bay, was found dead on the railway line about a mile from Wallerawang…

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Big Railway Business Another Increase in Earnings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 4

In the fifth year of the War the railways were doing a bigger business than ever before, the Commissioner for Railways, Mr…

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Soldier Killed Boarding Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 7

A returned soldier of this war was killed last night when he fell from a tram at Circular Quay. He was Ray Wall, about 25, of…

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Case For Tram Men

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 6

SIR,--Having followed different attacks made by readers against tram and bus men, perhaps a few solid facts will enable people tp see…

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Railways Create Record Earnings

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 3

New South Wales railways last year carried more passengers, hauled more freight and earned greater profits than…

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Railways Create Record Earnings

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 February 1944 · page 3

New South Wales railways last year carried more passengers, hauled more freight and earned greater profits than…

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Further Passenger Train Cuts Threatened Strike Hits Coal Stocks

The Sun · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 2

Further cuts in railway passenger services are inevitable unless the coal position improves, the Railway Commissioner (Mr. Hartigan) said today. At Sydney County Council (Electricity) meeting today…

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 4

S Shippers, 19 cs casings, 22 bis 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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Eastern Suburbs Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 7

Alderman G. Grimley said at last night's meeting of Woollahra Council that the construction of the Eastern Suburbs electric railway to Bondi…

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