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Railways, roads & transport, 1945

3,868 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 194

Actor In Tram Row

The Sun · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 3

A city tram conductress told Mr. Harris, SM at the Traffic Court today that actor, Arthur Shirley, of Bourke-street…

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Tram Hold-up Averted, Night Carnival Banned

The Sun · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 3

Threatened hold-up of Sydney tram and bus transport tomorrow has been averted by cancellation of the Boys' Town night carnival at the Sports Ground…

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Tramway Mechanics Stop Work 24-Hour Protest Strike By Tram, Bus Crews Likely

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 5

All tram and bus running repair mechanics in the Sydney metropolitan area and Newcastle went on strike at midnight last night. Sydney may also be without trams or buses…

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War Widow Tramps Sydney For Lodging

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 9

A soldier's widow who has done a war job for three years walked the city trying to find a place to sleep last Monday night. She is Mrs. Elizabeth McNeill,…

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Fined for Riding on Tram Footboard

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 7

RAYMOND LESLIE SMITH (19), laborer, and Raymond John Callaghan (19), caretaker, were each fined £2 at Redfern Court today…

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9 Hurt in Tram Crash

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 5

Six women were injured when they jumped from a tram which careered backwards down a steep grade…

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10 Injured in Tram Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 2

Ten passengers were injured--seven being taken to St. Vincent's Hospital--when three trams were involved in an unusual accident in Nelson Rd., Edgecliff, at 8.15 this morning…

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Seven Hurt In Tram Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 2

Seven women were injured when they jumped from a tram which careered back wards down a steep grade…

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Fined for Riding on Tram Footboard

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 7

RAYMOND LESLIE SMITH (19), laborer, and Raymond John Callaghan (19), caretaker, were each fined £2 at Redfern Court today…

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Fined for Riding on Tram Footboard

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 7

RAYMOND LESLIE SMITH (19), laborer, and Raymond John Callaghan (19), caretaker, were each fined £2 at Redfern Court today…

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10 Injured in Tram Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 2

Ten passengers were injured--seven being taken to St. Vincent's Hospital--when three trams were involved in an unusual accident in Nelson Rd., Edgecliff, at 8.15 this morning…

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9 Hurt in Tram Crash

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 5

Six women were injured when they jumped from a tram which careered backwards down a steep grade…

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Fined for Riding on Tram Footboard

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 7

RAYMOND LESLIE SMITH (19), laborer, and Raymond John Callaghan(19), caretaker, were each fined £2 at Redfern Court today…

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Motor Vehicles Show Increases

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 13

AT the end of December, 1944, there were 184,364 registered motor cars and 80,495 registered lorries and vans in New South Wales, compared with…

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Motor Vehicles Show Increases

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 13

AT the end of December, 1944, there were 184,364 registered motor cars and 80,495 registered lorries and vans in New South Wales, compared with…

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Tram Strike Threatened To-morrow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 1

A 24-hour stoppage of trams and possibly buses is threatened in Sydney from about daybreak to-morrow until daybreak on Sunday. The executive of the tramway…

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Finance, Commerce and Markets Drought and Finance Lower Railway Receipts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 5

Effects of drought are not yet apparent in the State finances, for revenues for the first seven months of 1944-45 are higher…

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Four Die in Road Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Four people, including an infant, were killed and two were injured when a motor car…

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Four Die in Road Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Four people, including an infant, were killed and two were injured when a motor car…

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Four Die in Road Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Four people, including an infant, were killed and two were injured when a motor car…

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