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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

6,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

Trams

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 10

THE number of trams being run on any line is governed by the actual number of tickets sold People who imagine the conductor is doing…

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Naval Man Fractures Skull in Tram Fall

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 2

BERNARD HOLLIDAY (39), a petty officer attached to HMS Pioneer, fractured his skull when he fell while attempting to alight from…

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Naval Man Fractures Skull in Tram Fall

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 2

BERNARD HOLLIDAY (39), a petty officer attached to H.M.S. Pioneer, fractured his skull when he fell while attempting to alight from…

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Trams

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 10

THE number of trams being run on any line is governed by the actual number of tickets sold. People who imagine the conductor is doing…

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Trams

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 10

THE number of trams being run on any line is governed' by the actual number of tickets sold. People who imagine the conductor is doinct…

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Trams

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 10

THE number of trams being run on any line is governed by the actual number of tickets sold. People who imagine the conductor in doing…

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Road Safety

The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 4

Here is a Toad safety slogan which I think befits the present traffic campaign: If man would think, instead of drink, when…

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Advance Train Booking

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 4

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Hartigan, yesterday announced that from next Monday seats could be reserved seven days in advance of the…

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Queues For Interstate Train Seats

The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 2

Queues of interstate travellers at the railway booking office, Challis House, Martin-place, had…

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17 Dead, 100 Injured In Train Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.-- Seventeen people were killed and more than 100 injured in a train crash…

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2 Die in U.s.train Crash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 13

WASHINGTON, Thursday.--A 22-years-old mother and her infant daughter were killed and 28 others injured in a train…

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2 Die in U.s. Train Crash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Thursday.-- A 22-years-old mother and her infant daughter were killed and 20 others injured in a train…

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2 Die in U.s. Train Crash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Thursday.-- A 22-years-old mother and her infant daughter were killed and 20 others injured in a train…

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2 Die in U.s. Train Crash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 13

WASHINGTON, Thursday. --A 22-years-old mother and her infant daughter were killed and 20 others injured in a train…

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2 Die in U.s. Train Crash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Thursday.-- A 22-years-old mother and her infant daughter were killed and 20 others injured in a train…

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No Train Seats; Can't Catch Boat

The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 2

After waits of up to three months for passages to New Zealand, 10 people, mostly women, have been defeated by railway…

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Restrictions Off on Monday Train Services In Suburbs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 1

From midnight on Sunday all restrictions on the use of gas and electricity will be removed, and normal services will be restored on metropolitan electric railway…

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Thefts From Railway Many Charges. Mention of "Master Mind."

Nepean Times · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 1

"THERE is a master mind in the home where the stuff has been going to," said Detective Webb at Penrith Police Court, on…

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Retired Railway Men Annual Dinner

Nepean Times · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 1

The annual dinner extended to retired railway men by members of the Railways Institute, Penrith, was held in the Institute on Saturday,…

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Motor "Murder"

The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 4

The sooner the Law regards the death of men and women brought about by drunken and reckless motorists as "murder,"…

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