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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

6,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 250

Tram Seats

The Sun · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 4

Many seats near tram and bus stops are never used. Could one or two be moved to the shopping centre near Johnston and…

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Railway Thefts; 3 Charged

The Sun · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 6

Charged with stealing goods from railway trucks, three men pleaded not guilty at Penrith Court today…

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Railway Strike Ends; Men Return

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 6

The three-day railway shunters' strike was settled yesterday and all men returned to work last night. Extension of the strike was…

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Tribute to P.o.w. Tram, Bus, Men

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 14

Eighty-two former prisoners of war employed by the Department of Road Transport and Tramways were each presented with a wallet and £5 at a…

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Badly Hurt by Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 9

SEVERELY INJURED when he was rolled along the ground for several yards under the catcher of a tram in Taylor Square yesterday, Daniel O'Connell, 61, of Darlinghurst, receives first-aid from ambulance attendants. O'Connell was hit when he ran between…

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3 Passengers Hurt in City Tram Smash

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 9

Three tram passengers were injured when a tram and a motor lorry collided at Pyrmont yesterday morning. Eleven people have been killed…

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Lorry Blocks Tram Traffic

Daily Mirror · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 6

Thousands of people were late home last night because a heavy waggon, the front wheel of which had slid over a retaining…

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Two Children Killed; Baby Hit by Tram

Daily Mirror · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 4

Two children were fatally injured, and a 17-months-old baby taken to hospital suffering from shock, as a result of…

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Two Children Killed; Baby Hit by Tram

Daily Mirror · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 7

Two children were fatally injured, and a 17-months-old baby taken to hospital suffering from shock, as a result of…

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Two Children Killed; Baby Hit by Tram

Daily Mirror · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 7

Two children were fatally injured, and a 17-months-old baby taken to hospital suffering from shock, as a result of…

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Railway Shunters Resume After Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 3

TOP LEFT: Attired in shorts, a shunter prepares his train for a country destination after work was resumed at the Enfield marshalling yards last night. TOP RIGHT: Signalling the engine-driver after the coupling up of the trucks had been completed…

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Reinforcements for Occupation of Japan Train at Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 1

About 1,250 young volunteers are now in camp at Bathurst, training as reinforcements for the Australian brigade of the British Commonwealth Forces in Japan. They do not know whether they will find it necessary to use chopsticks, but there is nothing like…

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Boy's Legs Broken by Motor Lorry

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 9

A four-year-old boy was seriously injured yesterday when he was knocked down by a lorry at Balgowlah. He is Geoffrey Burling, Boyle Street…

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Crowded Trams in Head-on Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- More than 100 passengers had narrow escapes from injury when two crowded trams crashed head on in…

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Crowded Trams in Head-on Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- More than 100 passengers had narrow escapes from injury when two crowded trams crashed head on in…

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Crowded Trams in Head-on Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- More than 100 passengers had narrow escapes from injury when two crowded trams crashed head on in…

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Crowded Trams in Head-on Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- More than 100 passengers had narrow escapes from injury when two crowded trams crashed head on in…

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Railway Discipline

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 2

Mr. Hartigan cancelled the Railway Department's revised regulations on absenteeism in order to end the "senseless" strike of shunters and get…

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Gunman in Train Menaces Woman

The Sun · Sunday 24 February 1946 · page 3

When Mrs. R. W. Moran, of Dudley-street, Asquith, was travelling in a train between Rhodes and North Strathfield yesterday…

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Train Delayed While Police Search for Gun

Truth · Sunday 24 February 1946 · page 30

Police held up an electric train at Burwood Station for several minutes yesterday afternoon while they searched it following a report that a middle-aged man had brandished a revolver before a woman passenger…

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