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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

6,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 250

Tramways

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 12

STEPS outside public buildings and department stores are a nightmare to mothers with prams. Why is it that few of these steps are…

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Railway Ticket Office Robbery

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 15

THIEVES last night smashed the ticket office window at Padstow Park railway station and stole 2s 8d from a drawer…

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Motor Cyclist's Bid for World's Record

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 23

Motor cyclists will be interested in Jack Carruthers' attempt on the world mile record at the Sports Ground tomorrow night…

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Woman's Mutilated Body Found on Railway Line

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 10

KATOOMBA, Tuesday.--The badly mutilated body of a young woman was found on the railway line near Medlow Bath early this morning…

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Railway Ticket Office Robbery

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 14

THIEVES last night smashed the ticket office window at Padstow Park railway station and stole 2s 8d from a drawer…

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Woman's Mutilated Body Found on Railway Line

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 10

KATOOMBA, Tuesday.--The badlymutilated body of a young woman was found on the railway line near Medlow Bath early this morning…

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Railway Ticket Office Robbery

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 14

THIEVES last night smashed the ticket office window at Padstow Park railway station and stole 2s 8d from a drawer…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Woman's Mutilated Body Found on Railway Line

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 10

KATOOMBA, Tuesday.--The badly-mutilated body of a young woman was found on the railway line near Medlow Bath early this morning…

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Railway Ticket Office Robbery

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 14

THIEVES last night smashed the ticket office window at Padstow Park railway station and stole 2s 8d from a drawer…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Railway Ticket Office Robbery

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 11

THIEVES last night smashed the ticket office window at Padstow Park railway station and stole 2s 8d from a drawer…

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Woman's Mutilated Body Found on Railway Line

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 10

KATOOMBA. Tuesday.--The badly-mutilated body of a young woman was found on the railway line near Medlow Bath early this morning…

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Tramways

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 12

STEPS outside public buildings and department stores are a nightmare to mothers with prams. Why is it that few of these steps are…

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Hawkesbury Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 9

Work of completing the new railway bridge across the Hawkesbury River will be advanced a further stage to-day when a small span will be…

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Aeroplane Damaged in Garage Fire

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 2

A SMALL aeroplane, stored in a garage in Frederick St., Ashfield, was severely damaged by a fire which broke out last night…

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Youth's Fatal Fall From Train

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 9

A Clyde youth, Jack Long (18), was killed when he fell from a crowded electric train as it approached Mortdale station…

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Poor Light, Bad Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 5

Insufficient lighting and the bad State of the roadway, had caused the western end of Monash Street, Wentworthville, to become unsafe for…

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Road Toll in U.s. Growing

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 5

CHICAGO. -- The National Safety Council estimates the nation's traffic toll for 1945 at 29,000 dead and more than…

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Girl Killed in Road Smash Truck Hits Lorry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 4

GRAFTON, Tuesday.—Valerie Smith, 20, single, of Turf Street. Grafton, was fatally injured, and John Anderson, of Southgate Road,…

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Motor-cyclist Hurt

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 5

Keith Whitmore (22), of Thomas Street, Parramatta, a competitor in a motor-cycle race at the Vineyards Track near Windsor on Monday…

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Railways Career Open to Young Men

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 9

Thousands of servicemen; returning after five years of war, are naturally turning their thoughts to employment that will…

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