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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

6,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Fresh Breeze Upsets Motor Boat Regatta

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 35

A fresh southerly played havoc with Royal Motor Yacht Club's regatta at Port Hacking yesterday. Several boats in the ocean race from George's River put…

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Car Over Bridge, Three Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 January 1946 · page 13

BATHURST, Monday. -- Three persons, including a mother and daughter, were injured when a car crashed over the side of a bridge…

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Fatal Train Fall Overcrowded Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1946 · page 4

Jack Long, 18 of 8 Fourth Street, Clyde, was fatally injured when he fell from a packed citybound electric train as it…

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The Long Road Back

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 January 1946 · page 13

A German couple forced to flee their home town by the Allied bombing during the war, strap a few personal belongings on their backs at Luneburg, from where they are preparing to return home via "cattle truck express." It may be many days before they reach…

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Road Patrol Stays On Job

The Sun · Monday 28 January 1946 · page 6

The 52 additional police recently appointed for road patrol duties are to be retained indefinitely. The patrol is endeavoring to cut, down the number of road…

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Bridge of Sighs

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 3

HOBART, Tuesday. -- Impotently biting their fingernails, Hobart firemen sat on their fire engine on one side of the river…

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Left Pistol in Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 6

AN Army lieutenant has reported to police that he left a .38 calibre pistol and holster in the Sydney-Liverpool train this morning…

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Hand Severed by Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.— Police who were called to Footscray station early to-day found an unconscious man in a…

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Left Pistol in Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 6

AN Army lieutenant has reported to police that he left a 38 calibre pistol and holster in the Sydney-Liverpool train this morning…

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Left Pistol in Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 6

AN Army lieutenant has reported to police that he left a .38 calibre pistol and holster in the Sydney-Liverpool train this morning…

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Left Pistol in Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 6

AN Army lieutenant has reported to police that he left a .38 calibre pistol and holster in the Sydney- Liverpool train this morning…

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Girl Falls From Fast-moving Train

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 7

A.W.A.S. Margaret Chapman, 18, of Burwood Barracks, fell from a train travelling through Newtown at 40 m.p.h. yesterday, but escaped with abrasions…

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On the Comedy Road Again

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 11

FOR the fourth time, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour are on the road. This new Paramount burlesque…

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Train Comfort For Enemy POW’s Only

Tribune · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 7

ON the Mudgee-Gulgong mail train recently mothers nursing babies were forced to sit on the floor of some compartments, while enemy prisoners…

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Letters to the Editor Uniform Railway Plan Doubtful Advantages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 2

Sir,—Those in favour of standardisation almost invariably stress the advantage to be gained from the militarypoint of view. If the work will take…

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Trams in Smash Many Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 1

Two crowded trams returning from Coogee collided at the Kensington platform at the intersection of Doncaster Avenue and Alison…

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No Let-off For Drunk Motorist

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 5

Drunken drivers should never be let oil under Section 556A of the Crimes Act, in the opinion of Mr. Scroope,…

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Woman's Mutilated Body On Railway

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 5

KATOOMBA, Tuesday.--The decapitated body of, a young woman, about 22 years of age, was seen by the driver of an…

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Fourteen Injured In Tram Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 1

Fourteen people were injured yesterday when a single tram car crashed into the back of a double…

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