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Railways, roads & transport, 1944

4,651 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 233

Parachute Troops Train in South-west Pacific

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 6

Allied parachute troops, veterans of the Markham Valley campaign, prepare to make a jump during a training exercise. Left: The jump-master in charge of a flight of parachute troops, sighting his objective before the men make their jump. Right: One of the men caught by the camera as he left the plane…

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Railways Idle in W.A. Drivers on Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 4

PERTH, Monday.—As a result of the enginedriver's decision to cease work at midnight last night, the whole of the Western…

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S.a. Railway Strike Decision

The Sun · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Tuesday. -- Unless developments occur in the mean-time. rail traffic throughout the State will be halted for 24 hours…

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Tram Passenger Awarded £60 for Lost Luggage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.-- Ida Rosemary Hodge, school teacher, who paid the usuad 3d fee to have tier luggage carried on a tramcar, has…

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Slow Tram Service

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 6

WHEN is the tram service for Cook's River going to be improved? It must surely be the worst service in the metropolitan area. After…

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Slow Tram Service

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 6

WHEN is the tram service for Cook's River going to be improved It must surely be the worst service in the metropolitan area. After…

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Tram Passenger Awarded £60 for Lost Luggage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.-- Ida Rosemary Hodge, school teacher who paid the usual 3d fee to have her luggage carried on a tramcar, has…

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Tram Passenger Awarded £60 for Lost Luggage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.-- Ida Rosemary Hodge, school, teacher who paid the usual 3d fee to have her luggage carried on a tramcar, has…

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Tram Passenger Awarded £60 for Lost Luggage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.-- Ida Rosemary Hodge, school teacher who paid the usual 3d fee to have her luggage carried on a tramcar, has…

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Slow Tram Service

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 6

WHEN is the Irani service for Cook's River going to be improved? It must surely be the worst service in the metropolitan area. After…

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Tram Passenger Awarded £60 for Lost Luggage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.-- Ida Rosemary Hodge, school teacher who paid the usual 3d fee to have her luggage carried on a tramcar, has…

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Tram Passenger Awarded £60 for Lost Luggage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.--Ida Rosemary Hodge, school teacher, who paid the usuad 3d fee to have her luggage carried on a tramcar, has…

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Slow Tram Service

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 6

When is the tram service for Cook's River going to be improved? It must surely be the worst service in the metropolitan area. After…

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Slow Tram Service

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 6

WHEN is the tram service for Cook's River going to be improved? It must surely be the worst service in the metropolitan area. After…

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Slow Tram Service

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 6

WHEN is the tram service for Cook's River going to be improved? It must surely be the worst service in the metropolitan area. After…

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Putting Roads Into Rhodesia

Construction · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 4

Eighteen years ago there was not a single highway in Southern Rhodesia, not a bridge or a properly constructed culvert, but in less than two’ decades a wonderful system of roadways has been…

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Soldiers Robbed on Train

The Sun · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 3

Three Allied servicemen reported to Hornsby police this morning that they had been robbed…

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Allied Engineers Build Crib Bridge in Italy

Construction · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 12

Allied engineers in Italy put the final touches on a double crib bridge replacing a span destroyed by retreating German forces. The cribbed approaches were built by filling square structures of interwoven timbers with dirt and stone. The…

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Baby Born in Railway Waiting Room

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 2

A young married woman of Fairfield gave birth to a baby girl in the waiting room at Lidcombe railway station yesterday…

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Birth in Railway Waiting-room

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 9

A baby girl was born in a waiting-room at the Lidcombe railway station yesterday. The mother, a resident of Fairfield, had been waiting for a…

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