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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

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

Fascist Sabotage in Train Smash Feared High Official's Life Imperilled

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--Sabotage is now suspected as the cause of the railway smash at Durham on Saturday, in which ten people were killed and 20 seriously injured. Police are probing a theory that the smash may have…

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Tram, Bus Losses £50,000 Due to Restrictions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

Experts estimate that the loss on the Transport Department's operations in the year ending June 30 will be nearly…

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Nine Hart In Head-on Tram Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 4

Nine people suffered minor injuries when an Undercliffe-hound tram jumped the rails, and struck a Quay-bound tram head on at the…

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8 Injured In Tram Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 5

Eight people required hospital treatment and a number of others suffered minor injuries when two…

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Doctor-motorist Placed on Bond

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 13

Michael James Morrison Black (33), medical practitioner, 6 Everton Rd., Strathfield, pleaded guilty at Central Court…

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Slain Man's Hat on Railway Line

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Police investigating the murder of Bernard Phillips (37), money-lender's agent, yesterday found the dead man's…

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Doctor-motorist Placed on Bond

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 3

Michael James Morrison Black (33), medical practitioner, 6 Everton Rd., Strathfield, pleaded guilty at Central Court…

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Doctor-motorist Placed on Bond

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 13

Michael James Morrison Black (33), medical practitioner, 6 Everton Rd., Strathfield, pleaded guilty at Central Court…

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Doctor-motorist Placed on Bond

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 13

Michael James Morrison Black (33), medical practitioner, 6 Everton Rd., Strathfield, pleaded guilty at Central Court…

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Train Seat Bookings

The Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 3

Seat booking on the inter-city express will be resumed as from Monday. Scats may be booked for the first train on Monday…

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Much-thumbed Road To Students' Rally

The Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 3

MITTAGONG, Wednesday. -- Unable to buy interstate railway tickets, 10 University students and a Methodist minister hitch-hiked 479 miles from Melbourne to Mittagong to attend a Student Christian…

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Old Hawkesbury River Bridge Spans to Be Re-erected Elsewhere

Construction · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 3

It has been stated that railway engineers plan to dismantle the spans of the old railway bridge across the Hawkesbury River when the new bridge is completed this year and to re-erect sections in…

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Two Die, Seven Hurt in Road Smash 3-Ton Military Truck Overturns Party of Soldiers on Way Back to Liverpool

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 5

TWO soldiers were killed and seven others injured when a three-ton military truck, in which they were travelling, skidded and overturned…

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Two Die, Seven Hurt in Road Smash 3-Ton Military Truck Overturns Party of Soldiers on Way Back to Liverpool

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 5

TWO soldiers were killed and seven others injured when a three-ton military truck, in which they were travelling, skidded and overturned…

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Two Die, Seven Hurt in Road Smash 3-Ton Military Truck Overturns Party of Soldiers on Way Back to Liverpool

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 5

TWO soldiers were killed end seven others injured when a three-ton military truck,, in which they were travelling, skidded and overturned…

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Two Die, Seven Hurt in Road Smash 3-Ton Military Truck Overturns Party of Soldiers on Way Back to Liverpool

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 5

TWO soldiers were killed and seven other injures when a three-ton military truck, in which they were travelling, skidded and overturned…

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Two Die, Seven Hurt in Road Smash 3-Ton Military Truck Overturns Party of Soldiers on Way Back to Liverpool

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 5

TWO soldiers were killed and seven others injured when a three-ton military truck, in which they were travelling, skidded and overturned…

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Two Die, Seven Hurt in Road Smash 3- Ton Military Truck Overturns Party of Soldiers on Way Back to Liverpool

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 5

TWO soldiers were killed and sever others injured when a three-ton military track, in which they were travelling, skidded and overturned…

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Killed in Motor Smash Merrylands Girl and Fiance

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 2

A man and his fiancee were killed, and four other persons badly injured, when a car crashed into a telegraph pole on Liverpool Road Bankstown on…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Wednesday, January 9, 1946 Loss on Trams and Buses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 2

The rapid recession in the finances of the Transport Department presents the McKell Government with an administrative problem too serious to…

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