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Railways, roads & transport, 1947

6,390 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

18 Refugees Die in Unheated Train

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 7

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

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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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5 Killed, 40 Hurt In Train Crash

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 2

LONDON. Friday--Five passengers were killed and 40 injured (15 seriously) in a train crash last night…

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Britain Has A Tough Road Ahead Of Her

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 4

WELL hear a lot more about Britain's newly nationalised coal mines…

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The Turks Tread Warily On Road To Democracy Our Staff Correspondent Who Has Been Visiting Turkey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 2

FOR all the miracles that have been worked in the past quarter century to change Turkey into a modern, westernised State, not even the country's…

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Motors and Motoring

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

invention of Mr. Harry Ferguson, racing motorist and pioneer airman, ploughed a odd in record time at operator. can raise the plough and receive total the bedge rows and tight Corners.enabling the complete surface of the…

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Butchers Shut From Monday Ultimatums On Milk, Trams And Buses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 1

Nine hundred out of 1,200 butchers' shops in Sydney and 300 in Newcastle will be closed indefinitely from Monday unless, before then, the New South Wales…

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Grave Tram Strike Threat Officials' Advice Rejected: Jan. 20 Deadline

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 1

Tram and bus men decided last night to hold a stop-work meeting on January 20 unless their demands for shorter hours and higher pay are conceded…

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Govt. Will Not Pass Act To Stop Tram Bus Hold-up

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 5

Legislative action by the State Government to avoid the threatened-one-day tram and bus stoppage on January 20 is unlikely. The stoppage will take place…

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New South Wales Government Railways. Summary of Annual Report for the Year 1945–46

The St George Call · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 3

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, has presented to [?] Minister for Transport his report on the operations of the Department of Railways…

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Trams, Buses May Stop Jan. 20 Employees Firm On Demands For Additional Pay

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 9

A mass meeting of tram and bus men at the Trades Hall last night voted almost unanimously in favor of a 24-hour stoppage on January 20 if the Government does not meet their…

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Tram and Bus Men's Threat of Stoppage

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 11

UNLESS demands for a 40-hour, five-day week, and penalty rates for weekend work are conceded previously, Sydney's trams and buses will stop on Monday, January 20. BY deciding this at a mass…

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Bondi Trams Delayed by Fall of Overhead Wires

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 11

TRAM traffic was delayed for half an hour on the Bondi line early this morning when supporting cables snapped and an overhead tram wire…

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Tram and Bus Men's Threat of Stoppage

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 11

UNLESS demands for a 40-hour, five-day week, and penalty rates for weekend work are conceded previously, Sydney's trams and buses will stop on Monday, January 20. BY deciding this at a mass…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 5

HARRY JOSEPH HYDES (24), "St. Clair." Salisbury St., Watson's Bay, was killed early this morning when his motor cycle failed to take…

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Tram and Bus Men's Threat of Stoppage

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 11

UNLESS demands for a 40-hour, five-day week, and penalty rates for weekend work are conceded previously, Sydney's trams and buses will stop on Monday, January 20. BY deciding this at a mass…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 2

HARRY JOSEPH HYDES (24), "St. Clair," Salisbury St., Watson's Bay, was killed early this morning when his motor cycle failed to take…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 7

HARRY JOSEPH HYDE'S (24), "St. Clair," Salisbury St., Watson's Bay, was killed early this morning when his motor cycle failed to take…

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Tram and Bus Men's Threat of Stoppage

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 11

UNLESS demands for a 40-hour, five-day week, and penalty, rates for st weeke'nd work are conceded previously, Sydney's trams and buses will stop on Monday, January 20. BY deciding this at a mass…

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Motor Cyclist Killed

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 5

HARRY JOSEPH HYDES (24), "St. Clair," Salisbury St., Watson's Bay, was killed early this morning when his motor cycle failed to take…

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