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Railways, roads & transport, 1945

3,868 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 194

Manly Surf Riders Train In Dawn Light

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 11

SILHOUETTED against the dawn sun, Manly surfboard and surfski riders put final touches to their art of big wave…

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Manly Surf Riders Train In Dawn Light

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 13

SILHOUETTED against the dawn sun, Manly surfboard and surfski riders put final touches to their art of big wave…

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Manly Surf Riders Train In Dawn Light

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 11

SILHOUETTED against the dawn sun, Manly surfboard and surfski riders put final touches to their art of big wave…

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Manly Surf Riders Train In Dawn Light

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 13

SILHOUETTED against the dawn sun, Manly surfboard and surfski riders put final touches to their art of big wave…

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Full Train Services Restored Old Timetable In Force Feb. 4; Sleepers Back

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 5

New South Wales train services are to be restored to the full schedule operating eight months ago, the Railways Commissioner (Mr. Hartigan) announced yesterday…

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Tram Conductor In Main Fight

The Sun · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 4

Upstanding Steve Norrish, [?] tram conductor at Dowling-street depot, is fighting to get a "bank," marry and buy a home…

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Colonel Pulled Trammie's Nose

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Friday.--A lieutenant-colonel who pulled a tramdriver's nose, was fined £4 for assault in…

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Collapse of N.z. Railway Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--The railway strike dramatically collapsed tonight when Auckland railway employees voted to resume at midnight…

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Threatened Tram Hold-up Averted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 4

A threatened hold-up of trams after the last race at Randwick today was averted yesterday by the changing of the time for the last race from…

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Denial of Railways Changes

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 3

The Federal Minister for Transport (Mr. Ward) today denied any decision had been, made to restore…

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Motor Boats for Big U.s. Bombers

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 4

NEW YORK. -- Big bombers on overwater hops now carry a plywood motor lifeboat snugged up beneath the fuselage,…

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Denial of Railways Changes

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 3

The Federal Minister for Transport (Mr. Ward) today denied any decision had been made to restore…

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Motor Boats for Big U.s. Bombers

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 4

NEW YORK. -- Big bombers on overwater hops now carry a plywood motor lifeboat snugged up beneath the fuselage,…

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Denial of Railways Changes

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 3

The Federal Minister for Transport (Mr. Ward) today denied any decision had been made to restore…

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Denial of Railways Changes

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 3

The Federal Minister for Transport (Mr. Ward) today denied any decision had been made to restore…

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Train Cuts to Be Reviewed

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 January 1945 · page 6

A conference on Tuesday will decide the extent to which restrictions on train services will be lifted. Federal Transport Minister Ward…

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All the Red roads led to Berlin

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1945 · page 1

In the descried, gutted villages of Silesia and East Prussia, cats and dogs prowled among the ashes. Cattle lay dead, bloated…

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Conflict about return to full train schedule

The Sun · Sunday 28 January 1945 · page 3

Sharp conflict occurred yesterday between the Federal and State authorities about restoration of New South Wales train services to the full schedule which operated eight months…

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Superman I Am the Public Relations Representative of the Motor Transport

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 January 1945 · page 1

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Better Train Services Start Feb. 4

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 7

Improved railway services will commence on February 4, a Railway Department spokesman…

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