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Railways, roads & transport, 1947

6,390 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

Search for Gunmen Man Murdered In Motor Car Death of 2nd LIKELY

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Chinese gunmen are being sought by detectives following the slaying of one man and the serious wounding of…

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Railway Booking Change

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 6

FROM Saturday, booking of sleeping berths and seats on the Melbourne and Brisbane expresses (except via Wallangarra) will be extended from…

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Stop Press Man Found Dead in Railway Hut

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 32

Jack Crawford, railway fettler, Brighton St., Petersham, was found dead in a hut at concord west railway station about 8 a.m. today…

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Search for Gunmen Man Murdered In Motor Car Death of 2nd LIKELY

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Chinese gunmen are being sought by defectives following the slaying of one man and the serious wounding of…

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Railway Booking Change

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 6

FROM Saturday, booking of sleeping berths and seats on the Melbourne and Brisbane expresses (except via Wallangarra) will be extended from…

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Search for Gunmen Man Murdered In Motor Car Death of 2nd LIKELY

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Chinese gunmen are being sought by detectives following the slaying of one man and the serious wounding of…

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Man Found Dead in Railway Hut

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 19

JACK CRAWFORD, railway fettler, Brighton St., Petersham, was found dead in a hut at Concord West railway station about 8 a.m. today…

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Man Found Dead in Railway Hut

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 19

JACK CRAWFORD, railway fettler, Brighton St., Petersham, was found dead in a hut at Concord West railway station about 8 a.m. today…

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Railway Booking Change

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 6

FROM Saturday, booking of sleeping berths and seats on the Melbourne and Brisbane expresses (except via Wallangarra) will be extended from…

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Search for Gunmen Man Murdered In Motor Car Death of 2nd LIKELY

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Chinese gunmen ore being sought by detectives following the slaying of one man and the serious wounding of…

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Charge Against Tram Conductor Dismissed

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 2

A charge of having assaulted a woman tram passenger, preferred against Robert Moffatt (50), tram conductor, 125 Unwin's Bridge Rd., was dismissed at Newtown Court today…

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Search for Gunmen Man Murdered In Motor Car Death of 2nd LIKELY

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNW, Thursday.--Chinese gunmen are being sought by man and the serious wounding of…

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Motor Cyclist Badly Hurt in Road Crash

Daily Mirror · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 10

BRAIN ROSE (22), Ololo Ave., vaucluse, was seriously injured when a motor cycle he was riding came into collision with a car at the corner of…

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Motor Cyclist Badly Hurt in Road Crash

Daily Mirror · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 10

BRIAN ROSE (22), Ololo Ave., Vaucluse, was seriously injured when a motor cycle he was riding came into collision with a car at the corner of…

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Bus Trip “Nightmare” on Punchbowl Roads

Tribune · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 7

Two hundred residents of Karne St., Violet St., Paton Avenue, Punchbowl, have signed a petition circulated by the local branch of the Communist Party protesting to the Canterbury Municipal Council against…

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Shires Must Get More Money for Roads

The Land · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 4

THE suggestion that a proportion of the petrol tax should be allocated to shires for the maintenance and improvement of subsidiary roads merits the earnest consideration of the Government…

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No Austerity on King’s Train

Tribune · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 1

LONDON.—Austerity isn’t the keynote of the new carriages completed for the Royal tour of South Africa. The exterior coloring is ivory with…

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Minister for Health. New South Wales. Bridge Street, Sydney, January 24, 1947

The Observer · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 6

Dear Mr. Williams. ADDITIONAL MAJOR HOSPITAL, ST. GEORGE’S DISTRICT. Following the raising of this matter…

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Radar, New Devices Needed At Airports Air Travel Could Be Train Safe

The Sun · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Thursday.--Air travel could become as safe as train travel if radar and other…

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Ford's Important Move For Decentralisation New Motor Factory At Ballarat

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 11

LATEST big industrial firm to support the national policy of decentralisation of industry is the Ford Motor Company of Australia, whose now modern car plant at Ballarat (Vic.) went into production in January. This…

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