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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

6,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 250

Constable's Suitcase Stolen From Tram

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 3

THIEVES last night stole a heavily-laden suitcase from the back cabin of a tram between Central railway station and Jersey Rd.,…

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Another Tram Smash, Three Persons Hurt

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 9

THREE persons were injured and a tram driver had a remarkable escape in yet another tram accident in Sydney -- the 21st since last October…

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Bus And Tram Women Going

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 14

About 960 bus and tram conductresses in N.S.W. are to be replaced, starting from next Friday, by returned servicemen…

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Railway Strike Ends "Absentee" Rules Lifted Decision by Hartigan

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 3

THE Railway Commissioner (Mr. Hartigan) has cancelled regulations on absenteeism, and shunters whose strike has dislocated N.S.W. goods…

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East. Suburbs Railway Soon

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 14

THIRTY-ONE years after the work was first authorised, a start would soon be made on the construction of the Eastern Suburbs railway, the Premier (Mr. McKell) said today…

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Bus And Tram Women Going

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 10

About 960 bus and tram conductresses in N.S.W. are to be replaced, starting from next Friday, by returned servicemen…

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Another Tram Smash, Three Persons Hurt

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 9

THREE persons were injured and a tram driver had a remarkable escape in yet another tram accident in Sydney -- the 21st since last October…

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East. Suburbs Railway Soon

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 14

THIRTY-ONE years after the work was first authorised, a start would soon be made on the construction of the Eastern Suburbs railway, the Premier (Mr. McKell) said today…

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Motors and Motoring Play Helps In Teaching Road Safety

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 13

THAT road safety will be learned rapidly by the rising generation is the firm opinion of both the N.R.M.A…

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Road Transport Staff Manager

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 7

Mr. G. H. Horsey has been appointed staff manager of the Department of Road Transport and Tramways, in succession to Mr. D. C. McCallum, who has…

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Road Transport Staff Manager

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 4

Mr. G. H. Horsey has been appointed staff manager of the Department of Road Transport and Tramways, in succession to Mr. D. C. McCallum, who has…

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Q'land Athletes Train at 'Bay

Daily Mirror · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 21

Queensland athletes in Sydney to compete in the State athletic titles have not taken advantage of the S.C.G. Trust's offer to allow them…

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N.R.M.A. Fleet Enters Road Safety Contest

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 13

THE N.R.M.A. has entered its fleet of motor cycles and sidecars, operated by its metropolitan patrol staff, in the "Safe Driver…

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Q'ld. Rejects S.c.g. Athletics Train at the 'Bay

Daily Mirror · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 21

Queensland athletes in Sydney to compete in the State athletic titles have not taken advantage of the S.C.G. Trust's offer to allow them…

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First session completed in London UNO's Hard Road Outstanding Success if Actions follow

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 1

All unfortunate emphasis on national interests of practically all countries that were strong enough to have any was a…

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War Meant Big Motor Cuts Spending Fell Most In Great Britain

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 13

EXTENT to which the use of motor vehicles was curtailed in Australia during the war years has not yet been pictured statistically, for no figures have yet been published showing the annual drop in sales of petrol, tyres and…

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Warn of “Drift” In Tram Union Finance

Tribune · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 6

CONTACT, Rozelle Tram Depot Communists’ bulletin, warns of he “serious drift” in Tramway union finances…

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Demands More Sunday Trams

Tribune · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 6

A TRAMWAYS Union writer demands extra trams for Sunday travellers, in an article in Rozelle Tram Depot Communists’ bulletin,…

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Tore Up Her Sheets To Bandage Trammie

Tribune · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 8

THOUGH sheets and coupons were short, Mrs. Purcell, of Mount Vernon Street, Rozelle, tore up her sheets to be used as bandages when…

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Body Found In Motor Car

The Sun · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 3

The body of a woman was found in this car at Daceyville early today. The cause of death has…

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