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Railways, roads & transport, 1944

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

Manpower Crisis in U.s. Railways

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 8

WASHINGTON, Thursday. -- American railways would face a catastrophic breakdown unless their manpower shortage was remedied, the…

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Manpower Crisis in U.s. Railways

Daily Mirror · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 8

WASHINGTON, Thursday. -- American railways would face a catastrophic breakdown unless their manpower shortage was remedied, the…

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Recording Some Opinions on Very Subjects By PROF. E. S. MEYERS Dean of the Faculty of Medicine University of Queensland 639 Sandgate Road, Clayfield, Queensland. 24th December, 1943

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 6 January 1944 · page 1

The Editor, "Tlie Hebrew Standard," Sydney. Sir…

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Roads Back to Health

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 5

A POTTERY, weaving shed, and a bookbinding room are being added to the…

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Passenger Train To Orange

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 3

FOR the information of visitors to the Orange ram sale it must be noted that no passenger train will run from Sydney on…

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Derailment at Ashfield Holds Up Train Traffic

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 5

OWING to the derailment of a goods truck at Ashfield today three lines of rails were fouled and traffic was held up for some time…

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U.S. Plan Helps To Keep Workers' Cars on Roads

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 9

SO essential to America's war effort is the keeping of that nation's many millions of war workers' cars In a roadworthy condition that the U.S.A…

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Air Ferry to China New Link Outdoes Burma Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 6

NEW DELHI, Jan. 5.—The United States An Transport Command is now flying a greater tonnage of war supplies…

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New Air Road Supplies China Planes Carry Fuel, Bombs, Spare Parts For U.S. Air Force

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 4

NEW DELHI, Thursday.--The first American air route "over the Hump"' from India to China means more to the Allies than, the old Burma Road ever did…

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Motor Vehicle Care

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 9

THE N.R.M.A. englneers advice motorista to take extra preeautions in driving in order to avoid breading some part Which cannot be…

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Motors and Motoring Farm Tractor

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 9

IT Is not unknown for a little water to find Its way into the petrol tank. When this happens. It is not always an easy matter to get rid of it. It must be done, however, or drops reach lire carburetter and the cngine will stop. The usual plan Is to drain the tank and leave the drain…

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New Railway Rates In Operation

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 7

A NEW railways rates book, which came into operation from January 1, included concessions which would prove of substantial benefit to…

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Railway Line to Shipwreck Unique Way to Take Off Fittings

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 4

In two weeks railway lines will be run over rocks on the seashore right into the body of a wrecked ship now lying near…

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Hearse in Funeral Collides with Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1944 · page 4

A funeral hearse on ifs way to a cemetery was struck by a tram at Randwick yesterday. The accident happened while the hearse was crossing the…

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Designed a Bridge of Sighs Allan Walton Knight

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 11

IT took a 35-45 mph "southerly buster" to bring into All - Australian prominence Hobart's novel…

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27 Killed When Freight Train Crashes Into Bus

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

NEW YORK, Saturday.--Twenty five air cadets, one student officer, and an enlisted man were killed when a freight train, crashed into…

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27 Killed When Freight Train Crashes Into Bus

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

NEW YORK, Saturday.--Twenty--five air cadets, one student officer and an enlisted man were killed when a freight train crashed into…

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27 Killed When Freight Train Crashes Into Bus

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

NEW YORK, Saturday.--Twenty five air cadets, one student officer and an enlisted man were killed when a freight train crashed into…

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27 Killed When Freight Train Crashes Into Bus

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 3

NEW YORK, Saturday.--Twenty five air cadets, one student officer and an enlisted man were killed when a freight train crashed into…

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Points From Letters Tram Stops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1944 · page 6

I read that the Tramwav Department proposes to cut out all "conditional" stopping places, and [?]liminal certain other "fixed" stops "to make…

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