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Railways, roads & transport, 1947

6,390 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250

Tram Men May Avoid Strike

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 2

It is expected that, after hearing reports from officers, tram and bus men at a mass meeting tonight will decide…

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Trammies Mixed Ideas

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 20

"I SEE there's five of them out," said one tram man, looking up from his paper as a tram waited at a North Shore terminus this morning. "Six," corrected his mate…

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Trammies Mixed Ideas

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 20

"I SEE there's five of them out," said one tram man, looking up from his paper as a tram waited at a North Shore terminus this morning."Six," corrected his mate…

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Trammies Mixed Ideas

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 20

"I SEE there's five of them out," said one tram man, looking up from his paper as a tram waited at a North Shore terminus this morning."Six," corrected his mate…

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Damage At Railway

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 4

THIS UNUSUAL picture of the Railway clock tower was taken through the shattered skylight of the main hall at…

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Tram Men May Avoid Strike

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 2

It is expected that, after hearing reports from officers, tram and bus men at a mass meeting tonight will decide…

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Trammies Mixed Ideas

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 20

"I SEE there's five of them out," said one tram man, looking up from his paper as a tram waited at a North Shore terminus this morning."Six," corrected his mate…

Continued on Trove, page 20 →

Trammies Mixed Ideas

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 20

"I SEE there's five of them out," said one tram man, looking up from his paper as a tram waited at a North Shore terminus this morning. "Six," corrected his mate…

Continued on Trove, page 20 →

Trammies Mixed Ideas

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 20

"I SEE there's five of them out," said one tram man, looking up from his paper as a tram waited at a North Shore terminus this morning."Six," corrected his mate…

Continued on Trove, page 20 →

Trammies Mixed Ideas

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 20

"I SEE there's five of them out," said one tram man, looking up from his paper as a tram waited at a North Shore terminus this morning. "Six," corrected his mate…

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Maintainance of Country Roads

The Land · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 4

THE whole of the motor vehicle and petrol taxes available to N.S.W. is spent on roads end bridges, end although only about half these taxes are paid by country residents, three-quarters is spent in the country and one-quarter in the Country of Cumberland…

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The Road Back

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 4

"The Sun's" leader, "Make It a Good New .Year," hits the nail right on the head. Impartially praising Mr. Chifley's…

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Bandits Raid Rangoon Train

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 5

RANGOON, Friday.--Bandits, using machine-guns, held up a train north of Rangoon on New Year's Day, killed a…

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Leg Caught In Train

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 3

An elderly woman's left leg was broken when she slipped while walking between carriages of the Sydney-Kntoomba Fish…

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Five Killed in Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 14

LONDON, Friday.--Five persons were killed and 40 injured when an express train from Norwich crashed into a stationary train at Gidea…

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Five Killed in Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 14

LONDON, Friday.--Five persons were killed and 40 injured when an express train from Norwich crashed into a stationary train at Gidea…

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Five Killed in Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 14

LONDON, Friday.--Five persons were killed and 40 injured when an express train from Norwich crashed into a stationary train at Gidea…

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War Damage Surplus Sought For Roads

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 5

DISPOSAL of surplus money [?]…

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Woman's Leg Broken in Train Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 3

KATOOMBA, Friday.--A woman train passenger travelling to Sydney on "The Fish" this morning suffered a compound fracture of the…

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18 Refugees Die in Unheated Train

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 7

BEKLIN, Friday.--Eighteen cf the refugees who travelled in an unheated train from Poland to the border of the British zone last Monday…

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