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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

6,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 250

Northern Train No Faster Than in '85

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 15

TAMWORTH, Wednesday.--Speed of the Newcastle-Tamworth train has improved by six minutes in 60 years, according to Mr. Alfred Butler,…

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Northern Train No Faster Than in '85

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 15

TAMWORTH, Wednesday.--Speed of the Newcastle-Tamworth train has improved by six minutes in 60 years, according to Mr. Alfred Butler…

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Northern Train No Faster Than in '85

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 15

TAMWORTH, Wednesday.--Speed of the Newcastle-Tamworth train has improved by six minutes in 60 years, according to Mr. Alfred Butler,…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Northern Train No Faster Than in '85

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 15

TAMWORTH, Wednesday.--Speed of the Newcastle-Tamworth train has improved by six minutes in 60 years, according to Mr. Alfred Butler…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Northern Train No Faster Than in '85

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 15

TAMWORTH, Wednesday.--Speed of the Newcastle-Tamworth train has improved by six minutes in 60 years, according to Mr. Alfred Butler…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Northern Train No Faster Than in '85

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 15

TAMWORTH, Wednesday.--Speed of the Newcastle-Tamworth train has improved by six minutes in 60 years, according to Mr. Alfred Butler…

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Editorial Only One Road to Prosperity

The Sun · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 1

BECAUSE of Continual stoppages, due to agitation and direct action over the 40-hour week and consequent dislocation of production, a large Sydney glassworks closes down on Saturday and…

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Dugan Fled Down Road As Police Searched In Park

The Sun · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 3

While 200 police scoured Centennial Park for Darcy Ezekiel Dugan and a fellow escapee on Monday, Dugan walked calmly down the road to a brief…

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New Railway Station Public Meeting to Be Called

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 3

The Mayor of Granville (Alderman Calov) will call a public meeting for discussion of the Railway Department's plan of proposed…

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New Trams and Buses

Construction · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 4

It has been stated in the daily press that new trams of the corridor type are to be built at Randwick to meet Sydney’s transport needs. These are in addition to the two hundred buses that…

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"Sun" Readers Say Tram Manners

The Sun · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 4

Countless times I have been one of a very large number of women, who, laden like beasts of burden, purposely travel home…

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Both Tram Escapees Recaptured Dugan Falls To Police Trap

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 1

Prison-tram escapee, 25-year-old Darcy Dugan, walked into a police trap last night and was recaptured without a struggle. Dugan's arrest at Boronia Park, Lane Cove, at 8.45 p.m. ended…

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Trammies' Trials

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 12

TRAM conductors, conductresses and drivers deserve praise for the way they are taking their discomforts and trials, brought about by the…

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Trammies' Trials

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 12

TRAM conductors, conductresses and drivers deserve praise for the way they are taking their discomforts and trials, brought about by the…

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Trammies' Trials

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 12

TRAM conductors, conductresses and drivers deserve praise for the way they are taking their discomforts and trials, brought about by the…

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Trammies' Trials

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 12

TRAM conductors, conductresses and drivers deserve praise for the way they are taking their discomforts and trials, brought about by the…

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Trammies' Trials

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 12

TRAM conductors, conductresses and drivers deserve praise for the way they are taking their discomforts and trials, brought about by the…

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Child Fell From Tram

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 16

FALLING from a tram in Curlewis St., Bondi, today, Lynette Gubbay (5), The Avenue, Rose Bay, fractured her skull. She was taken to St…

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Trammies' Trials

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 12

TRAM conductors, conductresses and drivers deserve praise for the way they are taking their discomforts and trials, brought about by the…

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Child Fell From Tram

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 16

FALLING from a tram in Curlewis St., Bondi, today, Lynette Gubbay (5), The Avenue, Rose Bay, fractured her skull. She was taken to St…

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