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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1945

3,868 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 194

Railwayman’s Nomination Refused

Tribune · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 3

A claim that fie has been wrongfully eliminated from the current ballot for NSW Divisional Secretary of the…

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Editorial the Trampling of the Innocents

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 1

NO matter what argument they can bring to their support, the dairy fanners will do an indefensibly wrong and cruel thing by withholding milk supplies from Sydney and Newcastle…

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Como Railway Crossing

The Propeller · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 1

A communication was received from the Commissioner for Railways, at Sutherland Council's last meeting, stating that in regard to the Como railway level…

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Motor Peer on Visit

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 6

LORD NUFFIELD, director of Morris Car Industries in Britain, photographed in Melbourne…

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British Force Nears Mandalay Swift Advance On Railway Troop Convoy Hit From Air

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 4

COLOMBO, Thursday. -- British troops striking down the north- south railway through Burma are within 45 miles of Mandalay…

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British Force Nears Mandalay Swift Advance On Railway Troop Convoy Hit From Air

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 4

COLOMBO, Thursday. -- British troops striking down the north- south railway through Burma are within 45 miles of Mandalay…

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British Force Nears Mandalay Swift Advance On Railway Troop Convoy Hit From Air

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 4

COLOMBO, Thursday. -- British troops striking down the north-south railway through Burma are within 45 miles of Mandalay…

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Railwaymen Won't Strike

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 2

The threatened strike of about 500 employees of the railway permanent way workshop at Chullora has been averted…

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Railwaymen Won't Strike

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 2

The threatened strike of about 500 employees of the rail way permanent way workshop at Chullora has been averted…

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Railway Men Fined for Trespassing on Lines

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 2

TWENTY men, the majority of them railway employees, were each fined £1. with 10s casts, at Campsie Court today for trespassing on the…

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Railway Men Won't Strike

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 2

The threatened strike of about 500 employees of the railway permanent way workshop at Chullora has been averted…

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Many On Roads During Holidays

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

CHRISTMAS-NEW YEAR was the busiest motoring period since petrol rationing became severe, reports the N.R.M.A. Most motorists…

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Red Cross Benefits From Troop Train Collection

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 3

A naval rating who returned to Sydney yesterday lost his wallet containing £ 15, but Servicemen on the train "passed round the hat" and collected £22/2/3. The additional £7/2/3 was…

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Allies Sweeping Along The Road to Mandalay

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 8

LONDON, Friday. -- The British and Indian troops in Burma who captured Swebo (50 miles north-west of Mandalay) on Monday are rapidly approaching Mandalay itself…

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Allies Sweeping Along The Road to Mandalay

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 8

LONDON, Friday. -- The British and Indian troops in Burma who captured Swebo (50 miles north-west of Mandalay) on Monday are rapidly approaching Mandalay itself…

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Allies Sweeping Along The Road to Mandalay

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 8

LONDON, Friday. -- The British and Indian troops in Burma who captured Swebo (50 miles north-west of Mandalay) on Monday are rapidly approaching Mandalay itself…

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Allies Sweeping Along The Road to Mandalay

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 8

LONDON, Friday.--The British and Indian troops in Burma who captured Swebo (50 miles north-west of Mandalay) on Monday are rapidly approaching Mandalay itself…

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Allies Sweeping Along The Road to Mandalay

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 8

LONDON, Friday. -- The British and Indian troops in Burma who captured Swebo (50 miles north-west of Mandalay) on Monday are rapidly approaching Mandalay itself…

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All Citizens Must Help to Reduce Road Accident Toll

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

ROAD accidents in N.S.W. country towns and rural aress for the year ended June 30 last totalled 1150, causing the death of 152 persons and…

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Only One Road for German Retreat American Tanks Sweep On Snow-covered Samree From Our War Correspondent, Harold Austin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 3

WITH U.S. FORCES, Jan. 11.—Our capture of Samree has limited the Germans to one main escape route from the western part of the Ardennes salientthe Houfallize-St. Vith highway-and that is under…

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