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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

6,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 250

Cars Derailed on Newcastle Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 3

The last two carriages of the Newcastle train jumped the rails today shortly after the train cleared No. 8 platform at Central Station. PASSENGERS in the crowded…

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Cars Derailed on Newcastle Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 3

The last two carriages of the Newcastle train jumped the rails today shortly after the train cleared No. 8 platform at Central Station. PASSENGERS in the crowded…

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Cars Derailed on Newcastle Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 3

The last two carriages of the Newcastle train jumped the rails today shortly after the train cleared No. 8 platform at Central Station. PASSENGERS in the crowded…

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Detective Watches a Train at Emu Three Men Charged with Stealing From Railway. Alleged Confession of One

Nepean Times · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 1

HOW he, with other detectives, followed a car from Penrith to Emu Plains and watched men go down on to the railway line was…

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Burglary at Railway Institute

Nepean Times · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 1

During the night of Thursday-Friday thidves broke into Penrith Railway Institute and removed from the library a safe in which the billiard and…

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Union To Insist On New Trams

The Sun · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 3

Tramway Union officials told the Transport Commissioner (Mr. Neale) today that tram employees…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 1

Two young men were injured last Sunday when a car and the motor cycle on which they were riding, collided in Waratah Street, Bexley. They…

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Tram Conductor Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 1

Clifford Everson, a tram conductor. residing at Noble Street, Hurstville, suffered severe lacerations to the chin and forehead and…

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Union Fears Tram Service Collapse

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 6

Unless 400 new trams are built soon, Sydney's worn-out trams will break down and services will fail, a Tramways Union deputation will tell the Transport Commissioner (Mr…

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State To Build More Trams; Buses Ordered

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 1

The State Government would build new trams this year, the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) announced last night. The trams, which would have…

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Headless Body Of Woman On Railway

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The decapitated body of a young woman was discovered in the early hours of yesterday morning covered in snow and lying across the New Haven railway line. THE features were battered beyond…

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Trams, Buses Can't Handle Crowds Peak Hour Scramble To Obtain Seats Many Protests by Passengers

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY is in a bitter, and extremely vocal, mood about its seriously inadequate transport system, which is failing hopelessly to cope with peak-hour crowds…

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Tram Men Threaten Drastic Action Protest on "Antiquated, Dangerous Transport"

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 5

IF necessary, tne Tramways' Union would take drastic action fo remedy Sydney's chaotic and dangerous transport system, the president (Mr. Cook) told the Commissioner for Road Transport and…

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Motorist Successful in Court Appeal

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 11

AT the Quarter Session Appeals Court yesterday Arnold Cedric McCarthy (43), salesman, of 96 Hastings Pde., Bondi, successfully appealed…

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Dedman's Warning on Motor Sales

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 11

CANBERRA, Thursday.--"It is impossible to prevent people who are prepared to assist others in breaking the law being fleeced." said the…

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Motorist Successful in Court Appeal

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 14

AT the Quarter Session Appeals Court yesterday Arnold Cedric McCarthy (43), salesman, of 96 Hastings Pde., Bondi, successfully appealed…

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Tram Men Threaten Drastic Action Protest on "Antiquated, Dangerous Transport"

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 5

IF necessary, the Tramways' Union would take drastic action to remedy Sydney's chaotic and dangerous transport system, the president (Mr. Cook) told the Commissioner for Road Transport and…

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Dedman's Warning on Motor Sales

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 11

CANBERRA, Thursday.--"It is impossible to prevent people who are prepared to assist others in breaking the law being fleeced." said the…

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Tram Men Threaten Drastic Action Protest on "Antiquated, Dangerous Transport"

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 5

IF necessary the Tramways' Union would take drastic action to remedy Sydney's chaotic and dangerous transport system, the president (Mr. Cook) told the Commissioner for Road Transport and…

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Motorist Successful in Court Appeal

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 14

AT the Quarter Session Appeals Court yesterday Arnold Cedric McCarthy (43), salesman, of 96 Hastings Pde., Bondi, successfully appealed…

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