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Railways, roads & transport, 1946

6,185 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

Woman's Artery Cut On Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 4

Servicemen applied a tourniquet when a woman's artery was severed in a Bondi via Bellevue Hill tram in Gurner Street,…

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50-50 New Railway Retrograde Letterettes in Fifty Words Unsightly

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 16

New York, put its noisy, unsightly elevated railway underground. But the city's Third Avenue "elevated"…

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No Railways 'Gestapo' Says Commissioner

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 4

Allegations that the Railway Department uses "Gestapo'' methods to check absenteeism among its employees are denied…

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No Railways 'Gestapo' Says Commissioner

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 4

Allegations that the Railway Department uses "Gestapo" methods to check absenteeism among its employees are denied…

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No Railways 'Gestapo' Says Commissioner

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 4

Allegations that the Railway Department uses "Gestapo" methods to check absenteeism among its employees are denied…

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No Railways 'Gestapo' Says Commissioner

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 2

Allegations that the Railway Department uses "Gestapo" methods to check absenteeism among its employees are denied…

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No Railways 'Gestapo' Says Commissioner

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 January 1946 · page 4

Allegations that the Railway Department uses "Gestapo" methods to check absenteeism among its employees are denied…

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Accidents: Cycle Hits Men on Road

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1946 · page 5

WHEN a motor cyclist crashed into a crowd of soldiers in Belmore-road, Herne Bay, last…

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Tanks to Go by Rail to Save Road Wear

Truth · Sunday 13 January 1946 · page 23

Because of damage they caused to loads and bridges, 42 Matilda, and General Grant tanks which were being sent by road from Southport…

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Naval Man's Feet Crushed by Tram

Truth · Sunday 13 January 1946 · page 23

William Wright (22), R.N. steward, had both feet crushed when he slipped and fell under a tram while attempting to board it at the corner…

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Suspected Train Robbers Arrested

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 2

JERUSALEM, Monday. -- Seventeen Jews suspected of having been connected with the train pay-roll robbery between…

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Suspected Train Robbers Arrested

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 3

JERUSALEM, Monday. -- Seventeen Jews suspected of having been connected with the train pay-roll robbery between…

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Train Derailed, Man Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A man was killed and the guard was seriously injured early to-night when the rear portion of an electric…

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Armed Jews Rob Derailed Train

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday. -- Thirty armed Jews, including a number of women, stole £35,000 in cash from a train after it had been…

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Heat Derails Train; One Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Intense heat today buckled suburban railway lines, causing a serious train accident in which…

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Nightmare Train Trip After Central Scramble

The Sun · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 5

Trains leaving Central last night were as crowded as ever as country-bound passengers scrambled and struggled for standing room. Profiting by recent experience…

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Armed Jews Rob Train Palestine Hold-up

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 3

JERUSALEM, Jan. 13 (A.A.P.). —About 70 armed Jews attacked a train travelling between Lydda and Haifa. They derailed it by…

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Five Deaths on Road at Weekend

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 2

WAYTER McLUCKIE (23), Victoria Ave., Chatswood. who was injured, with seven others, when a truck carrying a picnic party collided with…

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Five Deaths on Road at Weekend

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 2

WAYTER McLUCKIE (23), Victoria Ave., Chatswood, who was injured, with seven others, when a truck carrying a picnic party collided with…

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Five Deaths on Road at Weekend

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 January 1946 · page 2

WAYTER McLUCKIE (23), Victoria Ave., ChatsWood, who was injured, with seven others, when a truck carrying a picnic party collided with…

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