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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

6,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250

Restrictions Go Monday Usual Tram Services At Weekend

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 1

All restrictions on the use of gas and electricity will be lifted from midnight on Sunday. Normal tram services will run on all…

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Crusade Against Railway Thieving

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Shop keepers in the Midlands are launching a crusade against thieves who supply the black…

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Crusade Against Railway Thieving

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--Shopkeepers in the Midlands are launching a crusade against thieves who supply the black…

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Train Kills Rating Retrieving Navy Cap

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 5

STRUCK by a train, Walter Wilkinson (30), a Royal Navy rating, attached to Warwick Farm, was killed instantaneously last night…

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Train Kills Rating Retrieving Navy Cap

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 5

STRUCK by a train, Walter Wilkinson (20), a Royal Navy rating, attached to Warwick Farm, was killed instantaneously last night…

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Train Kills Rating Retrieving Navy Cap

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 5

STRUCK by a train, Walter Wilkinson (20), a Royal Navy rating, attached to Warwick. Farm, was killed instantaneously last night…

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Train Kills Rating Retrieving Navy Cap

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 5

STRUCK, by a train, Walter Wilkinson (20), a Royal Navy rating, attached to Warwick Farm, was killed instantaneously last night…

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Train Kills Rating Retrieving Navy Cap

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 5

STRUCK by a train, Walter Wilkinson (20), a Royal Navy rating, attached to Warwick Farm, was killed instantaneously last night…

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Ban on Train Trip to See Dying Sister

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 5

A man who wanted to travel to Sydney to see his dying sister was refused a seat on the express at Albury on Wednesday night. He is Arthur Butt, of…

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Australian Motorists Petrol Co. Ltd. Annual Meeting Chairman's Address

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 2

At the Annual Meeting of the Australian Motorists Petrol Co. Ltd., held in Sydney, on Tuesday, 18th December, 1945, the Chairman of Directory, Mr. A. R. Tewksbury, in the course of his address to shareholders said…

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Motors and Motoring Britain Builds Useful Small Tractor

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 7

SPECIALLY designed and constructed for use of nursery-men, fruitgrowers, commercial poultry farmers and smallholders is the British Anzani Iron Horse tractor. This machine, manufactured by…

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Motor Fleet Has "Millions Record"

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 7

A STRIKING illustration of what the motor truck can do if freed of restrictions is given in "Facts and Figures of Australia at War"—a…

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Courts , Govts., Keep Trammies poor

Tribune · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 4

Arbitration Courts have consistently acted against the interests of bus and tramway employees, Mr. W. P. White said last week. A bus driver, Mr. White has been…

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Tram Scaler Put Arm Around Conductress

The Sun · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 3

Robert Charles Cruden, of Foster-street, Sydney, not only neglected to pay his tram fare, but put his arm around the conductress, it was stated in the Traffic Court today…

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2d Tram Fare Cost Doctor £2

The Sun · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 3

Dr. Elisa Fiaschi, of Macquarie-street, was fined £2 in the Traffic Court today for failing to pay a twopenny tram…

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£200,000,000 Railway Proposals Master Plan For Federal Cabinet

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 8

Full Federal Cabinet will discuss, on Jan. 17, expenditure of £200,000,000 on railways. Proposals will include unification of gauges,…

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Colombia's Railways

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 12

RAILWAY traffic in Colombia increased from 5,800,000 passengers and 1,500,000 tons of freight in 1941 to 12,000,000 passengers and 2,900,000…

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Sixpenny Train Tickets Restored

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 5

Sale of sixpenny return tickets to school children for travel within the metropolitan area is to be resumed. The Commissioner for Railways, Mr…

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Payten May Train Fifteenth Winner

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 8

Leading trainer B. R. Payten has led in 14 winners since August 1. At Moorefield today Flying Cloud looks like making it 15. FLYING CLOUD, one of the best gallopers at Randwick on…

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Payten May Train Fifteenth Winner

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 8

Leading trainer B. R. Payten has led in 14 winners since August 1. At Moorefield today Flying Cloud looks like making it 15. FLYING CLOUD, one of the best gallopers at Randwick on…

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