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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

6,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 250

Sentences for Thefts Reduced Railway Cases at Parramatta Quarter Sessions

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 1

Judge Shortland, at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions on Monday, reduced sentences imposed at Penrith Police Court on December 20 on several…

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Safety on the Trams

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 2

The continuing series of tram and bus accidents in Sydney—the smash last night brings the number to 20 since October—suggests a grave decline…

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Police Force Buys 100 Powerful Motor - Cycles

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 1

THE Police Department has bought more than 100 new "Indian" motor cycles from the Commonwealth Disposals Commission and is negotiating…

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Police Force Buys 100 Powerful Motor - Cycles

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 1

THE Police Department has bought more than 100 new "Indian" motor cycles from the Commonwealth Disposals Commission and is negotiating…

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Police Force Buys 100 Powerful Motor - Cycles

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 1

THE Police Department has bought more than 100 new "Indian" motor cycles from the Commonwealth Disposals Commission and is negotiating…

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Police Force Buys 100 Powerful Motor - Cycles

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 1

THE Police Department has bought more than 100 new "Indian" motor cycles from the Commonwealth Disposals Commission and is negotiating…

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Cabra. Railway Stations Councils' Right to Plan (To the Editor)

The Biz · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 4

Sir, —To the oft-repeated, question, "Have municipal councils a right to plan their area?" the Cabra-Vale council has given a decisive answer of "Yes."…

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Station Demonstrations Over Train Delays

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 1

Servicemen held protest meetings at Central Railway Station last night when more than a dozen trains were held up by the derailment of a locomotive. Delays ranged up to 26…

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Motors and Motoring Danger Of Car Being Taken Off Road Was Averted

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 9

I FEEL sure that without your aid in helping us get tyres, we would have had to take our car off the road," Mr. R. O. Prior Nashua, stated…

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Cage of Lions Upset Ois Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 1

BAAN BAA, Thursday.—A wheeled cage carrying three lions overturned when it skidded on the road five miles from Baan Baa tp-day…

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Two Ocean Races at Motor Yacht Regatta

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 19

Motor yachts will start in races from Broken Bay and Port Hacking and finish at Rose Bay in Royal Motor Yacht Club's regatta on Saturday…

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Tram accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 8

SIR,--On March 24 last year tram and bus employees held a one-day strike to emphasise their demand for…

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They Voted for Lenin’s Charter of Rights The historic meaning of the USSR elections, in which Mie people voted in their tens of millions to march together along the Socialist road, is told by a leading Soviet commentator in this exclusive Tribune cable from Moscow

Tribune · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 2

THE great events of the eighteenth century left behind remarkable documents, which represent striking…

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Railway Risk: 150,000,000 To One

The World's News · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 4

THE risk of fatality among passengers in British railways last year was one killed in 150,000,000 carried. There were only two accidents involving loss…

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Seas Too Heavy for Motor Boats

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 10

SEAS were too big today for two ocean motor-boat races which were to celebrate the opening of the Royal Motor Yacht Club (N.S.W.)…

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Seas Too Heavy for Motor Boats

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 14

SEAS were too big today for two ocean motor-boat races which were to celebrate the opening of the Royal Motor Yacht Club (N.S.W.)…

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Seas Too Heavy for Motor Boats

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 10

SEAS were too big today for two ocean motor-boat races which were to celebrate the opening of the Royal Motor Yacht Club (N.S.W.)…

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Bridge Clear After Floods

Truth · Sunday 17 February 1946 · page 47

BRISBANE, Saturday.—First mail train to pass over the Burdekin River Bridge since last Sunday crossed shortly after 4 p.m. today…

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And why they hit the road WASHINGTON

The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1946 · page 3

MEANWHILE, worried by the increase in postwar traffic accidents, authorities here are considering grim…

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Love Derailed When They Missed the Train Social Beauty Left Forlorn

Truth · Sunday 17 February 1946 · page 17

JUST because they arrived late and breathless to miss the Bowral-bound train, dainty and lovely socialite Patricia Anne Stewart Dawson has been hoofed out of their very…

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