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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1945

3,868 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 194

Express Roads Planned In New State Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 3

Express roads, to be known as Motor Ways, are provided for in the bill amending the Main Roads Act introduced into the Legislative Assembly yesterday by the Minister for Transport, Mr. O'Sullivan…

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Loud-Speakers On Trial As Train Indicators

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 3

Residents near the Granville railway station object to the noise from loud-speakers on the "down" platform. They claim…

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Rubble Marks Site of Cologne Roads Crowded With Refugees

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday.--Cologne, once capital of the Rhineland and Germany's fourth city, is one of the biggest rubble piles in Germany, says Iris Carpenter, London Daily Herald…

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Men of the 14th Army are Well on the Road to Mandalay (By Beam Wireless.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 2

Troops of the Fourteenth Army. and especially the British Tommies. are eagerly looking forward to their entry into Mandalay…

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Man Injured by Tram

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 5

THOMAS SPENCE (60), Elizabeth St., city, suffered a probable fracture of the skull and lacerations when he was struck by a tram while'…

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Man Injured by Tram

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 5

THOMAS SPENCE (60), Elizabeth St., city, suffered a probable fracture of the skull and lacerations when he was struck by a tram while…

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Man Injured by Tram

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 5

THOMAS SPENCE (60), Elizabeth St., city, suffered a probable fracture of the skull and lacerations when he was struck by a tram while…

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Canley Road Bridge

The Biz · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 3

Cabramatta Council has asked Fairfield Council in allow at least one of its (Fairfield's) employees, recently engaged on work on Canley Road Bridge,…

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Train Driver Killed

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 6

JOSEPH SAMUEL JOHN BRISSETT (60), electric train driver, of Railway St., Petersham, was cut to pieces when he was trapped…

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Train Driver Killed

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 18

JOSEPH SAMUEL JOHN BRISSETT (60), electric train driver, of Railway St., Petersham, was cut to pieces when he was trapped…

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Train Driver Killed

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 2

JOSEPH SAMUEL JOHN BRISSETT (60), electric train driver, of Railway St., Petersham, was cut to pieces when he was trapped…

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Whisky Sent by Aeroplane Forfeited to Detectives

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Sixty bottles of Corio Special Whisky consigned by plane to Brisbane as "Earthenware Samples. Handle With Care," were seized by detectives at a private hotel yesterday afternoon…

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Whisky Sent by Aeroplane Forfeited to Detectives

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Sixty bottles of Corio Special Whisky consigned by plane to Brisbane as "Earthenware Samples. Handle With Care," were seized by detectives at a private hotel yesterday afternoon…

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Whisky Sent by Aeroplane Forfeited to Detectives

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Sixty bottles of Corio Special Whisky consigned by plane to Brisbane as "Earthenware Samples. Handle With Care," were seized by detectives at a private hotel yesterday afternoon…

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Train Caught By Flood

The Sun · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 3

CAIRNS, Thursday.--Seven people were trapped in a flood when a goods train broke down…

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May Temporarily Open Hawkesbury Bridge

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 3

IF possible the new Hawkesbury Bridge will be opened temporarily during the Easter period to ease the strain on Peat's Ferry, the Minister…

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Train Sleepers May Yet Return

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 6

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- Coal stocks had improved and restoration of railway sleeping cars would be considered by the War Railways Committee at its next meeting, the Minister for…

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Train Driver Killed At Work

The Sun · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 3

While crossing the lines to go for a midday cup of tea, Joseph Samuel John Brissett, 60 electric train-driver, of…

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Flood Stops Train; Two Missing

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 2

TOWNSVILLE, Thursday. -- When a train stalled crossing the Inkerman bridge over the flooded Burdekin River between…

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Train Sleepers May Yet Return

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 6

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- Coal stocks had improved and restoration of railway sleeping cars would be considered by the War Railways Committee at its next meeting, the Minister for…

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