Railway Seats
WOULD like to see more seats made available, on all railway platforms. After a gruelling day shopping, one is usually thankful for…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
6,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250
Railway Seats
WOULD like to see more seats made available on all railway platforms. After a gruelling day shopping, one is usually thankful for…
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Leslie Roy Algie, bridge operator, 35 Newcastle St., Five-dock, was found dead in the Gladesville Bridge control room…
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Leslie Roy Algie, bridge operator, 35 Newcastle St., Fivedock, was found dead in the Gladesville Bridge control room…
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Leslie Roy Algie, bridge operator, 35 Newcastle St., Five-dock, was found dead in the Gladesville Bridge control room…
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Leslie Roy Algie, bridge operator, 35 Newcastle St., Fivedock, was found dead in the Gladesville Bridge control room…
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Leslie Roy Algie, bridge operator, 35 Newcastle St., Five-dock, was found dead in the Gladesville Bridge control room…
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After the pilot of a boat had waited for an hour to pass under the Gladesville Bridge early this morning, it was discovered that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Protest On Cricket Team's Train Travel
LONDON, Thursday.--A protest against England's Test cricketers being made to bear "nightmare" train journeys in Australia during the 1946-47 tour is made by the Daily Herald's cricket writer…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →"Transport Has Lapsed Into Sad State" Country People Shrink From Train Trips
BY acquieseing in the withdrawal of railway travel facilities in the country districts, the Chifley and McKell Governments were reducing the standard of living in a no less effective way than by their taxation policy, said…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →More Petrol for Private Motorists
THE new petrol scale will give private motorists an increase of 50 per cent. in their rations for February. Next month's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unfinished Railways in the Country
In the Legislative Assembly recently the Deputy Leader of the Country Party (Mr. D. H. Drummond) asked the Premier if it was…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →New Tyres Mean Big Relief To Motorist
REPRESENTATIONS made to Rubber Control by the "Farmer and Settler" on his behalf has been described by Mr. Geo. Willis, Lyndale…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Industry's Co-oerpation Praised M.T.A. President Makes Comprehensive Review Industrial Peace Essential
IF we were to make progress, some means must be found to terminate the continual strikes which, instead of assisting towards a better standard of living, only had the reverse effect, declared the president (Mr. J. E…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Country Motor Traders Meet
THE annual meeting of the country members of the Motor Traders' Association was held in Sydney on Tuesday. Both the vice-presidents…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motors and Motoring Universal Half Holiday Favored By M.T.A. Members
MANY members of the M.T.A. In district where the half-holiday had been other than Saturday approached the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Figures Indicate Importance Of Our Livestock Industry More Than Twelve MIllion Head Carried Last Year "Markets Had To Be Supplied"
DURING the past year, and particularly during recent weeks, there has been much disarrangement of rail services because of the unsatisfactory fuel position. Both passenger and goods trains have been restricted several times, and in mid-December the timetable was reduced to what is believed to be a record minimum number of trains…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Sydney Morning Herald. Friday, January 25, 1946 Unifying the Railways
In an historic decision the Premiers' Conference at Canberra has approved of the Commonwealth's proposals for standardisation of Australian railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Delay
STRANDED at Central station (Sydney) because insufficient second class accommodation was available, fifty RAAF men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crocks on the Road 350,000 Motor Vehicles Are Obsolete
UPWARDS of 45 per cent of the motor vehicles in Australia are obsolescent. Their ages range from 10 to 15 years and over. By competent authorities, it is computed that to replace this outworn collection of old model cars and…
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