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Railways, roads & transport, 1945

3,868 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 194

Motors and Motoring Britain's Tax Change Will Help Export Trade

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 9

AS anticipated, the British motor Industry, after many years of endeavor, has succeeded in bringing about a change in the taxation formula on motor car engines, the basis of which for so long has proved a handicap to the…

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Many Motor Owners Repairs

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 9

OWING to the difficulty of getting garage service, many motorists are now doing their own simple car repair jobs, particularly decarbonising…

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Melbourne Threat of Tram Strike

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Melbourne is threatened with another tram and bus strike. The Tramway Employees…

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Boxers Train Hard

The Sun · Saturday 13 January 1945 · page 5

If Ern Clingan can bent Les Sloane at the Stadium tonight, he will be in line for an Australian cruiserweight title fight with…

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Troop Train's Race To Save Child

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1945 · page 5

A troop train raced across 189 miles of the Nullarbor desert of the Trans-Australian line to save the life of a child. The child was placed aboard…

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Furniture Went by Road Driver Fined £20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1945 · page 12

The driver of a motor lorry which conveyed a load of furniture 430 miles from Sydney to Grafton wag fined £20 by Mr…

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Couple Miss Train When Rat Gets in Hot Water

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1945 · page 5

ALBURY, Friday.--A rat stopped a motor-car and caused Mr, and Mrs. Harold Severin, of Brocklesby. to miss a train. They had gone five miles when the car had to be pulled up, owing to the water in the radiator boiling…

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Melbourne Tram, Bus Hold-up Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1945 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Melbourne may be without trams and buses on January 27. A stopwork meeting for that day, has been recommended by…

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Disastrous N.Z. fire and train wreck

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 8

Express derailed: Passengers had a miraculous escape when two carriages of this express plunged over a 15-foot bank and four others were derailed near Oio, North Island. The derailment was caused by a…

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Luxury Link: Air & Road Adelaide

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 8

A PLAN to operate 250 modern luxury coaches on combined air and land passenger tours…

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Special School Starts Road Back to Health

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 9

UNABLE to attend school or play like normal children, 50 Sydney spastic children will soon begin treatment at the Mosman spastic centre, where, through carefully-selected games, they will learn to…

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Boys in boot get shock when most fouls live wires under bridge WYONG

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 5

WHEN the 30ft. mast of their sailing boat fouled the electric light wires on the traffic bridge at The Entrance, Tuggerah, today, three boys were burned, one severely. The boys are: --…

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Melbourne may have tram hold-up MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 5

If, as is expected, tramway employees tomorrow endorse a recommendation by the union executive that a mass stopwork…

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Railways lose 37,574 glasses

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 4

Last year 37,574 glasses were broken or lost from New South Wales Railway Refreshment Rooms, a Railway…

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Killed by Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 4

Struck by a fast-moving electric train about a quarter of a mile on the Sydney side of Liverpool station last evening. Henry Bowie, 59, ironworker,…

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Paris Boat Train Again

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--The first 300 passengers will leave a London station aboard the Paris boat train shortly…

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180 Germans Die in Train

The Sun · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.--A German troop train crashed through a dynamited bridge 100 miles north of Trondhjem (Norway)…

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All-night Wait for Train Seats

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 3

BRISBANE. Monday.--So crowded are north-bound trains from Brisbane that people wait all night the Government Tourist…

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Train Kills Elderly Man Near Liverpool

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 7

Henry Bowie, 59, of Hampton Road, Five Dock, was killed instantly yesterday when he was struck by a train near Liverpool station…

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All-night Wait for Train Seats

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday.--So crowded are north-bound trains from Brisbane that people wait all night outside the Government Tourist…

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