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Railways, roads & transport, 1945

3,868 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 194

Motor Ace Dead

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 16

The death is announced of Squadron-Leader W. B. Thompson, of the R.A.A.F. He was returning from an operational flight over New…

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Motor Ace Dead

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 16

The death is announced of Squadron-Leader W. B. Thompson, of the R.A.A.F. He was returning from an operational flight over New…

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Boy Found Shot in Railway Shed

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 4

WITH a bullet wound in the fore head, the body of Clifford Charles Allcorn (15) was found at 4.30 p.m. yesterday in a railway…

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Nuffield Drives Canberra Train

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday,--Lord Nuffield, British motor magnate, drove the Sydney-Canberra diesel train from Goulburn to Queanbeyan today…

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Non-stop Train Surprise

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Six passengers for Cankerra, Witting oh Strathfield station tills morning, thought they had been left behind when the…

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Youth's Fall Off Suspension Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 1

The shockingly injured body of Donald Raymond Woodward (18), Byora Crescent, Northbridge, was found lying on sand and grass at the bottom of the Suspension Bridge,…

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180-ft. Fall From Bridge

The Sun · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 3

A youth fell 180 feel to his death from the Suspension Bridge, Northbridge, today. He was identified later as…

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Bridge Building in New Guinea

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 1

Jack Bates, of Brisbane, and Fred Beeton, of Wahroonga, N.S.W., work with sledge-hammers on a prefabricated bridge over a river in the Aitape area, New Guinea…

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Youth's Fall Off Suspension Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 1

The shockingly injured body of Donald Raymond Woodward (18), Byora Crescent, Northbridge, was found lying on sand and grass at the bottom of the Suspension Bridge,…

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Youth's Fall Off Suspension Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 1

The shockingly injured body of Donald Raymond Woodward (18), Byora Crescent, Northbridge, was found lying on sand and grass at the bottom of the Suspension Bridge,…

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Man's Fall From Suspension Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 1

The shockingly injured body of a well-built man of about 23 was found lying on sand and grass at the bottom of the Suspension Bridge Northbridge, at 9.30 this morning…

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Man's Fall From Suspension Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 1

The shockingly injured body of a well-built man of about 23 was found lying on sand and grass at the bottom of the Suspension Bridge, Northbridge, at 9.30 this morning…

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Man's Fall From Suspension Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 1

The shockingly injured body of a well-built man of about 23 was found lying on sand and grass at the bottom of the Suspension Bridge, Northbridge, at 9.30 this morning…

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Common Wealth Railways Section Members Reveal Keen Union Spirit

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 11

A keen Union spirit was in evidence at a largely attended meeting of the Commonwealth Railways Section of the Adelaide Branch of the A.W.U. held at the Buff Hall, Quorn (S.A.), on February 5, at which the following officers were…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales. Motor Vessel. Sailed Sydney. Birt & Co. Pty. Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 2

S Shippers, 309 bls rabbit skins, 21 bls fox skins, 5 bls opossum skins, 69 bls hides, 135 bls deer skins, 636 bgs trochus shell, 16 bl hare skins…

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Speed of "Tramp" Ships

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 2

When the submarine campaign was at its height and the Germans were sinking ships at a rate which filled the nation with anxiety—when there was a shortage of escort ships and merchant vessels had to sail without convoy—the question was…

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Veteran Motorists

The Sun · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 7

The council of the Veteran Motorists of Australia have reelected the following office-bearers: Patron, sir Thomas…

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No "Need" For Brooklyn Bridge

The Sun · Thursday 22 February 1945 · page 3

The Railway Department, while regretting the accident, considers that the level-crossing tragedy at Brooklyn, in which…

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Guarding Road with Bazooka

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 February 1945 · page 13

ARMED with a bazooka, an Allied soldier on a road in Belgium watches for enemy transport during the German…

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Guarding Road with Bazooka

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 February 1945 · page 13

ARMED with a bazooka, an Allied soldier on a road in Belgium watches for enemy transport during the German…

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