An Old Etonian Has A Tough Road Ahead Today's World
IN 1887, Queen Victoria delighted her Royal Chaplain by asking to see his Infant…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
6,390 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250
Unions Ignore Rightwing To Aid Trammies
In spite of the Rightwing-dominated Labor Council’s attempt to isolate the trammies in their struggle for a better deal, several unions have promised the trammies full support…
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If votes’ on the NSW Labor Council resolution directing the Tramways Union to cancel its Monday stopwork meeting had been counted, it would probably have been found that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →McKell, GG Job-Seeking, Blamed For Tram Strike
Premier McKell’s neglect of bus and tram men’s just demands while he concentrated on getting the £27,000-a-year vice-regal plum, is the cause of the strike which took all trams and buses off Sydney streets. TRAM and bus men have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Protest Over New Tram Pimp Methods
NEW methods of spying on trams has been introduced, according to a story in Contact, a bulletin for tram workers. Contact reports that two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jeep Commandeered to Chase Motorist
A seaman arrested a motorist in Gardener's Road, Rosebery, last night after chasing him for nearly a mile in an Army jeep. The seaman, William Eadie, 30,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blindness Feared for Famous Racing Motorist
LONDON, Tuesday.--Sir Malcolm Campbell, famous racing motorist, is threatened with blindness, and is seeing a specialist today…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--Sir Malcolm Campbell, famous racing motorist, is threatened with blindness, and is seeing a specialist today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Loses Foot In Rail Motor Smash
BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Edward Lanksey (34), saddler, of Cairns, had his right foot severed above the ankle when a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Finance High Costs of U.s. Motor Car Exports
wHY buyers of motor vehicles today have to pay a higher price for a new car or truck than in 1939, is strikingly illustrated by official figures issued by the U.S.A. Automobile Manufacturers' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Blindness Feared for Famous Racing Motorist
LONDON, Tuesday.--Sir Malcolm Campbell, famous racing motorist, is threatened with blindness, and is seeing a specialist today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Finance High Costs of U.s. Motor Car Exports
WHY buyers of motor vehicles today have to pay a higher price for a new car or truck than in 1939, is strikingly illustrated by official figures issued by the U.S.A. Automobile Manufacturers' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Man Loses Foot in Rail Motor Smash
BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Edward Lanksey (34), saddler, of Cairns, had his right foot severed above the ankle when a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blindness Feared for Famous Racing Motorist
LONDON, Tuesday.--Sir Malcolm Campbell, famous racing motorist, is threatened with blindness, and is seeing a specialist today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blindness Feared for Famous Racing Motorist
LONDON, Tuesday.--Sir Malcolm Campbell, famous racing motorist, is threatened with blindness, and is seeing a specialist today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Men Call Strike Off: Await Arbitration
The decision to return to work made by tram and bus men at their stop-work meeting yesterday is considered a triumph for the A.L.P. policy of adherence to arbitration…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Sydney Morning Herald. Tuesday, January 21, 1947 Stupid Tram Stoppage
Tram and bus employees need expect no bouquets on their decision to resume work after their unpaid-holiday yesterday. The overwhelming rejection of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Stoppage Jams Traffic
Emergency transport measures enabled most employees to reach their work places yesterday despite the stoppage of trams and Government-owned buses. There was considerable traffic congestion both in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Men's Decision Court Award Awaited
The stop-work meeting of tram and bus employees at Leichhardt Stadium yesterday decided by an overwhelming…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorist Chased In Jeep After Accident
A man commandeered a jeep at Kingsford last night to chase an alleged hit-run driver. Thomas Clifton, 27, and William…
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