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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

6,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

3 Badly Hurt In Road Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 18

Within an hour last night Canterbury Ambulance attended to three serious road accidents in Punchbowl, Kingsgrove, and Yagoona…

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Hard Road to Rome "Road to Rome," by Christopher Buckley.—Hodder and Staughton Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 10

IT is to be regretted that Christopher Buckley's, description of the invasion of Sicily and the long, arduous slogging campaign that…

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Harbor Races for Motor Yachts

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 12

ROYAL Motor Yacht Club of N.S.W. which has not conducted racing since 1939, will commence operations on Rose Bay starting on…

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Motor Boat Races to Port Hacking

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 12

Sea Rover won the Royal Motor Yacht Club ocean motor boat race from Rose Bay to Port Hacking today. Sea Rover covered the distance of…

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Harbor Races for Motor Yachts

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 10

ROYAL Motor Yacht Club of N.S.W. which has not conducted racing since 1939, will commence operations on Rose Bay starting on…

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Motor Cycle T.t. Races

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 8

Motor cycle T.T. races, which have been in abeyance since 1940 are to be revived by the Sporting Riders' Motor Cycle Club next…

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Motor Boat Races to Port Hacking

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 10

Sea Rover won the Royal Motor Yacht Club ocean motor boat race from Rose Bay to Port Hacking today. Sea Rover covered the distance of…

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Motor Boat Races to Port Hacking

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 7

Sea Rover won the Royal Motor Yacht Club ocean motor boat race from Rose Bay to Port Hacking today. Sea Rover covered the distance of…

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Motor Boat Races to Port Hacking

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 11

Sea Rover won the Royal Motor Yacht Club ocean motor boat race from Rose Bay to Port Hacking today. Sea Rover covered the distance of…

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Motorcycle T.t. Races

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 11

Motor cycle T.T. races, which have been in abeyance since 1940, are to be revived by the Sporting Riders' Motor Cycle Club next…

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Motor Cycle T.t. Races

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 10

Motor cycle T.T. races, which have been in abeyance since 1940, are to be revived by the Sporting Riders' Motor Cycle Club next…

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Harbor Races for Motor Yachts

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 10

ROYAL Motor Yacht Club of N.S.W. which has not conducted racing since 1939, will commence operations on Rose Bay starting on…

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Harbor Races for Motor Yachts

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 12

ROYAL Motor Yacht Club of N.S.W. which has not conducted racing since 1939, will commence operations on Rose Bay starting on…

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WATER v. RAILWAYS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 2

Sir,—The basis of our national existence is water, and it seems absurd to spend millions on unification of railway gauges before this vital matter has…

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Answers to Readers Is Water Conservation or a Uniform Railway Gauge of greater importance to Australia?

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 8

AS one having no authority whatsoever, I can answer this quastion without any hesitation. You may, have noticed that the…

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Police Watch On Road-Hogs

Truth · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 28

Special, squads of traffic police will be on duty tomorrow to keep a check on traffic offenders, particularly road-hogs…

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Heroic Bid To Save Man Rescuer Leaps in Train's Path

Truth · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 44

A man jumped from the platform at Town Hall Station last night and tried to drag a 73-years-old man from the path of an incoming electric train. The elderly man…

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Chrysler in Bid to Break Motor Strike Australian Associated Press. New York

The Sun · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 2

THE Chrysler, Corporation is reported to have decided to offer the United Automobile Workers a wage increase of…

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Winning speedboat had rebuilt motor

The Sun · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 18

With a rebuilt motor cycle engine as its power unit, Miss Pat won the Port Hacking RMYC's speedboat handicap…

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Expectant mothers faint in crowded trams

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 4

Expectant mothers often fainted when they arrived at Crown Street Women's Hospital after exhausting tram journeys, Matron Shaw said yesterday…

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