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Railways, roads & transport, 1944

4,651 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 233

Miners on Way by Train for Army

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Monday.--Entrainment of the first hatch of young South Coast miners called up for the Army was carried out this morning without incident…

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Miners on Way by Train for Army

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Monday.--Entrainment of the first batch of young South Coast miners called up for the Army was carried out this morning without incident…

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S.a. Railway Strike Averted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Sunday.—The threat of a State-wide railway hold-up to-morrow was removed when Judge DrakeBrockman, after a brief Arbitration…

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Patriots Disrupt Nazis' Railways

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Marshal Broz-Tito's Partisans are disrupting enemy communications in widely separated parts of Yugoslavia…

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Patriots Disrupt Nazis' Railways

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 March 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Marshal Broz-Tito's Partisans are disrupting enemy communications in widelyseparated parts of Yugoslavia…

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Car Hit By Train At Crossing

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 5

When the Albury mail train crashed into a car at Wagga level crossing yesterday the driver of…

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Easy to Train Men to Be Miners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 5

The secretary of the southern and western colliery proprietors, Mr. W. McNally, said last night that any man of normal…

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Italian Railway Disaster 501 Killed; 49 Hurt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 6

LONDON, March 6 (A.A.P.).— When a train broke down while climbing a steep gradient inside a tunnel in southern Italy on…

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Non-Stop Trams

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 6

ISN'T it time someone in authority told tram drivers to cease the practice of driving past tram…

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Non-Stop Trams

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 6

ISN'T it time someone in authority told tram drivers to cease the practice of driving past tram…

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Non-Stop Trams

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 6

ISN'T it time someone in authority told tram drivers to cease the practice of driving past tram…

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Woman Injures Leg When Falls Under Tram

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 2

WHILE trying to board a tram near the corner of Market and Pitt Street, City, at 12.50 p.m. today, Mrs. Hopkins (68), 116 Beatrice Street…

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Woman Injures Leg When Falls Under Tram

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 2

WHILE trying to board a tram near the corner of Market and Pitt Street, City, at 12.50 p.m. today, Mrs. Hopkins (68), 116 Beatrice Street…

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Woman Injures Leg When Falls Under Tram

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 2

WHILE trying to board a tram near the corner of Market and Pitt Street, City, at 12.50 p.m. today, Mrs. Hopkins (68), 116 Beatrice Street…

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Non-Stop Trams

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 6

ISN'T it time someone in authority told tram drivers to cease the practice of driving past tram…

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Non-Stop Trams

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 March 1944 · page 6

ISN'T it time someone in authority told tram drivers to cease the practice of driving past tram…

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Fall On Train Trip Cures Girl Cripple

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 4

A crippled girl, who was travelling by train from Fremantle to Sydney for treatment, was cured when she fell in a carriage near Melbourne. She is Phyllis Ratcliffe, 15, who…

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Meant Originally for the Burma Road

Construction · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 4

It has recently been disclosed in an American journal that a portable pipe line originally assembled for a lend-lease line along the Burma Road, was diverted to other theatres of operations when…

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Huge Span of N.s.w. Traffic Bridge

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 8

The first of the two main spans of the Hawkesbury River Bridge at Peat's Ferry being floated into position. This is the largest welded truss span in the world. It is 440 feet long and weighs 750 tons. It now rests on piers 70 feet above high water, and was floated into position on two huge pontoons…

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Third Canadian Wins V.c. Attack on Key Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1944 · page 7

LONDON, March 7 (Official Wireless).—The Victoria Cross has been awarded to Captain (Now Actina Major) Paul Triquet, Royal 22ME…

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