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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

6,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Road's End For Scholar

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 4

For Walter Foarst, Professor of Literature, Philosophy and Languages, everything has been lost--even hope. Here he is…

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New Films Reviewed "Waterloo Road"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 5

Stewart Granger, to be remembered for his role of the "demon" lover in "Madonna of the Seven Moons," heads the bill in…

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Tram Driver Crushed In Collision

The Sun · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 3

A tram driver was injured badly and another man--victim of a smash recently--was so severely…

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One Hurt In Tram Crash

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 1

Driver of a tram which crashed into the back of a stationary lorry in Marrickville Rd., Marrickville, today,…

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One Hurt In Tram Crash

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 1

Driver of a tram which crashed into the back of a stationary lorry in Marrickville Rd., Marrickville, today,…

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One Hurt In Tram Crash

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 1

Driver of a tram which crashed into the back of a stationary lorry in Marrickville Rd., Marrickville, today,…

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One Hurt In Tram Crash

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 2

Driver of a tram which crashed into the back of a stationary lorry in Marrickville Rd., Marrickville, today…

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Australia Seen At Cross Roads

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Vital decision facing Australia is whether to embark on a socialist…

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Ward Defends Railway Plan

Tribune · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 5

A CAMPAIGN by vested interests against the proposed standardisation of Australian rail gauges was attacked by the Federal…

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50-50 Sack Careless Tramwaymen Letterettes in Fifty Words Impatient

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 13

Tram drivers and conductors who [?]cause accidents by [?] and impatience should be sacked and…

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Windows of Railway Carriage Smashed

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 3

NEARLY all the windows in one carriage of a city-bound train from Parramatta were smashed late last night…

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Died in Hospital After Fall From Motor Lorry

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 9

THOMAS CLYDE ARTHURS (59), Boyce St., Glebe, who fractured his skull when he fell from a lorry in Botany Rd., Botany, yesterday, died…

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Man and Girl Cyclists Struck by Motor Bike

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 17

STRUCK from behind by a motor cycle in Marion Rd., Bankstown last night, Darcy Erskine (27), of French. Ave., Bankstown, had his skull…

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Bermuda Railway Change

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 17

HAMILTON (Bermuda), Tuesday.--The Government has taken over Bermuda's only railway. The English owners had announced that they…

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Man and Girl Cyclists Struck by Motor Bike

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 16

STRUCK from behind by a motor cycle in Marion Rd., Bankstown last night, Darcy Erskine (27), of French Ave., Bankstown, had his skull…

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Windows of Railway Carriage Smashed

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 3

NEARLY all the windows in one carriage of a citybound train from Parramatta were smashed late last night…

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Man and Girl Cyclists Struck by Motor Bike

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 17

STRUCK from behind by a motor cycle in Marion Rd., Bankstown last night, Darcy Erskine (27), of French Ave., Bankstown, had his skull…

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Man and Girl Cyclists Struck by Motor Bike

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 17

STRUCK from behind by a motor cycle in Marion Rd., Bankstown last night; Darcy Erskine (27), of French Ave., Bankstown had his skull…

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Windows of Railway Carriage Smashed

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 3

NEARLY all the windows in one carriage of a city-bound train from Parramatta were smashed late last night…

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Man and Girl Cyclists Struck by Motor Bike

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 17

STRUCK from behind by a motor cycle in Marion Rd., Bankstown last night, Darcy Erskine (27), of French Ave., Bankstown. had his skull…

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