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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1944

4,651 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 233

U.s. Train Passengers to Be Measured for Seats

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday.--Dr. E. A. Hooton, Professor of Anthropology at Harvard, will measure 3000 male and female suburban train travellers…

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U.s. Train Passengers to Be Measured for Seats

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 3

"NEW YORK, Friday.--Dr. E. A. Hooton, Professor of Anthropology at Harvard, will measure 3000 male and female suburban train travellers…

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U.s. Train Passengers to Be Measured for Seats

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 7

NEW YORK, Friday.--Dr. E. A. Hooton, Professor of Anthropology at Harvard, will measure 3000 male, and female suburban train travellers…

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Labor Member Accuses A.W.C. Buildings, Road Racket Allegation Bankstown Council Linked with Charge

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday.-- Reiteration of serious charges against the Allied Works Council, Bankstown Council and a Bankstown contractor by Mr. Morgan (Lab., N.S.W.), led to an angry clash between him and the Minister for…

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Labor Member Accuses A.W.C. Buildings, Road Racket Allegation Bankstown Council Linked with Charge

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday -- Reiteration of serious charges against the Allied Works Council, Bankstown Council and a Bankstown contractor by Mr. Morgan (Lab., N.S.W.), led to an angry clash between him and the Minister for…

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Labor Member Accuses A.W.C. Buildings, Road Racket Allegation Bankstown Council Linked with Charge

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday. -- Reiteration of serious charges against the Allied Works Council, Bankstown Council and a Bankstown contractor by Mr. Morgan (Lab., N.S.W.), led to an angry clash between him and the Minister for…

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Labor Member Accuses A.W.C. Buildings, Road Racket Allegation Bankstown Council Linked with Charge

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday. -- Reiteration of serious charges against the Allied Works Council, Bankstown Council and a Bankstown contractor by Mr. Morgan (Lab., N.S.W.), led to an angry clash between him and the Minister for…

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Labor Member Accuses A.W.C. Buildings, Road Racket Allegation Bankstown Council Linked with Charge

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday, --Reiteration of serious charges against the Allied Works Council, Bankstown Council and a Bankstown contractor by Mr. Morgan (Lab., N.S.W.), led to an angry clash between him and the Minister for…

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Labor Member Accuses A.W.C. Buildings, Road Racket Allegation Bankstown Council Linked with Charge

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Friday. -- Reiteration of serious charges against the Allied Works Council, Bankstown Council and a Bankstown contractor by Mr. Morgan (Lab., N.S.W.), led to an angry clash between him and the Minister for…

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Motors & Motoring Farm Tractor

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 9

DESIGN of the tractor owner's workshop bench may well no left to individual fancy, but whatever it is the bench must be securely fattened…

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Truck and Trams Collide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 March 1944 · page 7

Five people were hurt when this military truck and two trams came into collision at the corner of, King and York Streets, city, last night. The truck, and the tram shown in the picture, were heavily damaged…

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Given Permit to Train

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 16

V. Dalton, a brother of the well- known Randwick trainer, Frank Dai- ton, was yesterday granted permission to train his own horses by the A.J.C…

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Died Beside Train Victim

The Sun · Saturday 18 March 1944 · page 3

A railway employee collapsed and died last night beside the body of a police sergeant, who had been run over by a train…

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Fare or Foul, Hoodoo Sticks to Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 March 1944 · page 5

Tram car No. 1820, which was involved in a smash at the corner of King and York Streets on Thursday, is Fort…

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Tram Beauties From Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 March 1944 · page 6

QUEENSLAND tram girls would like an Australia-wide beauty contest for conductresses…

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French Train Smash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 5

LONDON, March 19 (A.A.P.).— Fifty persons are believed to have been killed when the Paris-Bordeaus express was derailed yesterday, says…

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Allies By-pass Cassino in Speedy Tank Thrust Closing On Vital Road

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Ignoring the few remaining Germans in Cassino, Allied tanks have thrust forward rapidlv and by-passed the town…

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Allies By-pass Cassino in Speedy Tank Thrust Closing On Vital Road

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Ignoring the few remaining Germans in Cassino, Allied tanks have thrust forward rapidly and by-passed the town…

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Allies By-pass Cassino in Speedy Tank Thrust Closing On Vital Road

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Ignoring the few remaining Germans in Cassino, Allied tanks have thrust forward rapidly and by-passed the town…

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Standard Railway Gauge Enormous Cost

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 20 March 1944 · page 2

It is stated that, the standardisation of railway gauges, envisaged in the programme adopted by the Federal Cabinet would…

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