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Railways, roads & transport, 1944

4,651 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 233

Allied Raid on Rome Railways

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 March 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.--Rome Radio says several waves of Allied planes bombed Rome yesterday afternoon. EXTENSIVE damage was done to…

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Motorists Complain of Water in Petrol

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 March 1944 · page 4

NUMEROUS complaints are being made to the N.R.M.A. by motorists who have been held up on the road by accumulations of water in…

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Allied Raid on Rome Railways

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 March 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.--Rome Radio says several waves of Allied planes bombed Rome yesterday afternoon. EXTENSIVE damage was done to…

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Motorists Complain of Water in Petrol

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 March 1944 · page 6

NUMEROUS complaints are being made to the N.R.M.A. by motorists who have been held up on the road by accumulations of water in…

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Tram Passenger's Trip Finished at Reception House

Truth · Sunday 12 March 1944 · page 19

IF you have occasion to catch a Watson's Bay tram be careful of the destination you ask for. Otherwise, what happened to C.C.C. worker Tom McMahon may happen to you. This is Tom's story as he told it to Truth…

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Why we've been missing our trams

The Sun · Sunday 12 March 1944 · page 6

IF you've been missing your morning tram lately, your clock may not always have been to blame…

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Sportsmen Pack Kempsey Train

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 5

CROWDED out by holiday makers, jockeys, bookmakers and fishermen, women and children, and two soldiers, each with a broken leg, were…

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Sportsmen Pack Kempsey Train

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 5

CROWDED out by holiday makers, jockeys, bookmakers and fishermen, women and children, and two soldiers, each with a broken leg, were…

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Man Lost Overboard Front Motor Launch

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--John Stanley, 58, hairdresser, of Middle Brighton, disappeared overboard from his motor launch when returning from a bay…

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Montreal Tram Strike Soon Over

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 4

MONTREAL, Monday. -- The city's second tram strike in a year collapsed after a few hours. Premier Adelard Godbout, of Quebec, ordered…

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Dogged Dodging Earns Tram Tramp's Daily Dip

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 5

He has a dark complexion and lovely brown eyes, and he jumps on trams at Edgecliff and parks himself in the tram passage. HE'S a favorite with tram…

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Montreal Tram Strike Soon Over

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 4

MONTREAL, Monday. -- The city's second tram strike in a year collapsed after a few hours. Premier Adelard Godbout, of Quebec, ordered…

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Dogged Dodging Earns Tram Tramp's Daily Dip

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 March 1944 · page 5

He has a dark complexion and lovely brown eyes and he jumps on trams at Edgecliff and parks himself in the tram passage. HE'S a favorite with tram…

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Eastern Suburbs Railway Plan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 4

The Mayor of Woollahra. Alderman L. S. Snider, M.L.C., said at a mesting of the council last night, that the Sondi Junction section of the eastern…

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Tram Strike Charges

The Sun · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 5

The hearing of cases against 73 tram and bus employees who are charged with having absented themselves from work on…

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Tax Extensions for Railwaymen

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 4

Railwaymen in difficulties with tax payments had been granted extensions to June 30, the president of the Australian Railways Union (Mr. L. Austin)…

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Move for One-gauge Railways

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday. -- Full Cabinet today on the recommendation of the Minister for Transport (Mr. Ward) decided…

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Move for One-gauge Railways

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday.-- Full Cabinet today on the recommendation of the Minister for Transport (Mr. Ward) decided…

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Bridge Tournament

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 3

Guildford Comforts Fund held its fortnightly bridge tournament in the Soldiers Memorial School of Arts on Saturday. Prize winners were Mrs…

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Hurt By Melon From Train

The Sun · Wednesday 15 March 1944 · page 3

[?] woman sitting on Fairfield station yesterday, had her glasses broken and face cut by a piece of watermelon thrown…

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