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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

6,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 250

Train Services to Be Extended

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 4

The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) has announced that as from tomorrow an improved train service…

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Australian-Built Car Is Ready For Road Tests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 3

An Australian-built car. produced by General Motors-Holden's Ltd., is ready for its road tests. The managing director of the…

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Tram, Lorry In Collision

The Sun · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 3

SMASHED FRONT of a tram which collided with a lorry in Flinders-street, city, today. The lorry was little the worse…

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Truman Acts to Hold Up Railway Strike

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 8

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- President Truman has forced a postponement of the nation-wide rail strike scheduled for Monday by…

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Truman Acts to Hold Up Railway Strike

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 8

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- President Truman has forced a postponement of the nation-wide rail strike scheduled for Monday by…

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"Greatest Genius" of Motor Industry Dead

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday. -- The death occurred yesterday of Dr. Frederick Lanchester, designer of the first British motor car, in 1895…

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Truman Acts to Hold Up Railway Strike

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 8

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- President Truman has forced a postponement of the, nation-wide rail strike scheduled for Monday by…

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Truman Acts to Hold Up Railway Strike

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 8

WASHINGTON, Saturday. -- President Truman has forced a postponement of the nation-wide rail strike scheduled for Monday by…

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Train services improve today

The Sun · Sunday 10 March 1946 · page 9

Beginning today, many additional trains will run to and from the country, as well as to and from stations in the tourist…

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Car Pushed 40 Yards Along Road by Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 March 1946 · page 5

A car was pushed 40 yards along Pacific Highway, St. Leonards, yesterday by a tram which had collided with it…

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Man stabbed near Harbor Bridge pylon

The Sun · Sunday 10 March 1946 · page 5

BLEEDING from stab wounds in his chest and face, William Patrick Tuddle, 35, a market,…

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Trolly Bus, Tram Collide in City

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 March 1946 · page 6

A tram and a crowded trolley bus collided yesterday at the intersection of College and Park Streets, City. Passengers in the trolley bus were…

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Motor Car Pioneer Dead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 3

LONDON, March 10 (A.A.P.).— The death has occurred of Dr. Frederick Lanchester, who designed and built the first British motor car in…

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Plane in Street Kills Motorist

The Sun · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 3

A discarded Royal Navy plane, on its way to be dumped at sea, caused the death of a motorist, it was stated at the City Coroner's Court today…

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New Bridge Over Tigris

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 4

BAGDAD, Tuesday.--A British firm of engineers in Bagdad is building a bridge across the Tigris which will cost £1,250,000. The firm has…

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New Bridge Over Tigris

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 4

BAGHDAD, Tuesday.--A British firm of engineers in Baghdad is building a bridge across the Tigris which will cost £1,250,000. The firm…

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New Bridge Over Tigris

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 9

BAGDAD, Tuesday.--A British firm of engineers in Bagdad is building a bridge across the Tigris which will cost £1,250,000. The firm has…

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New Bridge Over Tigris

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 4

BAGHDAD, Tuesday.--A British firm of engineers in Baghdad is building a bridge across the Tigris which will cost £1,250,000. The firm…

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New Bridge Over Tigris

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 4

BAGHDAD, Tuesday.--A British firm of engineers in Baghdad is building a bridge across the Tigris which will cost £1,250,000. The firm…

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Ran Beside Train To Kiss Bride

The Sun · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 1

Racing along the platform, an airman tried to kiss his wife through a carriage window while the Melbourne Express was steaming into Central today with 14 English war brides. But the most emotional scene…

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