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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

6,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 250

Bridge Failure Blocks Traffic

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 6

When mechanism failed on the Glebe Bridge yesterday morning traffic was disorganised for 50 minutes. About 6.15 a.m. the bridge was opened…

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Husband Parted at Train

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 7

David Stewart Dawson (24), company manager, and his pretty young wife, Patricia Anne (23), quarrelled and…

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Husband Parted at Train

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 7

David Stewart Dawson (24), company manager, and his pretty young wife, Patricia Anne (23), quarrelled and…

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Husband Parted at Train

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 5

David Stewart Dawson (24), company manager, and his pretty young wife, Patricia Anne (23), quarrelled and…

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Husband Parted at Train

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 7

David Stewart Dawson (24), company manager, and his pretty young wife, Patricia Anne (23), quarrelled and…

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Missed Train Led To Parting

The Sun · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 3

An argument over a missed train broke up a domestic menage, according to a wife in the Divorce Court today…

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Services Delayed by Train Mishap

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 7

Breakdown gangs Worked for nearly three hours early this morning to clear the line of a brake van and a truck which…

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Services Delayed by Train Mishap

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 7

Breakdown gangs worked for nearly three hours early this morning to clear the line of a brake van and a truck which…

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Services Delayed by Train Mishap

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 7

Breakdown gangs worked for nearly three hours early this morning to clear the line of a brake van and a truck which…

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Services Delayed by Train Mishap

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 7

Breakdown gangs worked for nearly three hours early this morning to clear the line of a brake, van and a truck which…

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Intersection of Guildford and Fowler Roads

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 1

Included in the report of the [?] Mr. J. H. T. Ryan to last [?] of [?] Council:—Question by [?] "I have prepared a plan of the…

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Train Comforts For Mothers On Long Journey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 4

PERTH, Tuesday. — Special provision has been made for the comfort of 83 Western Australian wives and 48 children of American…

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Military Uniforms Help Ex-Diggers On Road Work

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 6

JUST OUT OF THE ARMY, these men are doing road repairs in Harris St., Ultimo. Most of them still wear parts of their former uniforms…

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Military Uniforms Help Ex-Diggers On Road Work

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 6

JUST OUT OF THE ARMY, these men are doing road repairs in Harris St., Ultimo. Most of them still wear parts of their former uniforms…

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Military Uniforms Help Ex-Diggers On Road Work

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 6

JUST OUT OF THE ARMY, these men are doing road repairs in Harris St., Ultimo. Most of them still wear parts of their former uniforms…

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Police Leap From Train To Arrest Men At Gun Point

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 13

Detectives leaping from concealment under a tarpaulin and diving down a railway embankment when they saw goods flung from a railway van, later arrested two men at gun point. Two men who are alleged to…

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Six Hurt in Tram Smash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 4

In another tram accident in Sydney yesterday—the nineteenth since last October—six passengers were injured…

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Railway robbery

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 10

SIR,--The Railway Commissioner is cheating--robbing --the public of New South Wales…

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LETTERS to the Editor a London critic of our transport favors trams Buses unsuitable

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 10

SIR,--As a student of public service transport the world over, I make the following suggestions for improving the…

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Six injured In City Tram Smash

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 9

Six people were slightly injured when an empty tram crashed into the rear of a crowded stationary tram near the intersection of Campbell and Riley…

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