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Railways, roads & transport, 1947

6,390 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 250

The Country Party Vote Is A Vote By People Who Want To March In The Centre of the Political Road

The Land · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 4

THERE has been a great deal of uninformed talkt and ill-in-formed writing, over the question of the proposed amalgamation. of…

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Motors and Motoring

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 13

Standing in a six-inch award of rye, clovers and lu[?] Mr.W.I Munix (Engineer-in-chief of the Goulburn City Council) discusses an irrigation problem with Mr. R. Chapman (left. The area depleted is protion of the 220-acre irrigation project laid down by the council in…

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Motor Repair Problem

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 13

LONG delay, high prices and often poor workmanship surround major motor vehicle repairs,…

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Flying Motor Car Is Latest U.S. Invention

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 13

A FLYING motor car—the "Air[?]"—has recently undergone test fights at Connecticut (U.S.A.) Designed and built by R.E.Fulton…

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1,000 Railway Fitters Strike

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 3

About 1,000 fitters employed in Railway Department workshops and power-houses will hold stopwork meetings at noon to-day…

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Stop-press Trapped Under Tram

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 1

A young man was trapper for some time under a tram in Oxford-street. Darlinghurst. this afternoon. Traffic…

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Man's Brutal Attack on Tram Conductor

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 2

After a tram conductor had asked three men for their fares on a Botany tram yesterday afternoon, one of the men punched him in the face and pushed his head through a compartment window, breaking the glass…

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Man's Brutal Attack on Tram Conductor

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 3

After a tram conductor had asked three men for their fares on a Botany tram yesterday afternoon, one of the men punched him in the face and pushed his head through a compartment window, breaking the glass…

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Railway Squatters

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 14

DURING my visits to Sydney I change to trams at Railway Square and notice the number of "squatters" who nightly occupy the…

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Railway Squatters

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 14

DURING my visits to Sydney I change to trams at Railway Square and notice the number of "squatters" who nightly occupy the…

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Stop Press Woman Struck by Tram

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 28

A Central District Ambulance waggon was rushed to the inters[?]ction of Oxford and Crown Sts., Darlinghurst, durig the afternoon…

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Railway Squatters

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 14

DURING my visits to Sydney I change to trams at Railway Square and notice the number of "squatters" who nightly occupy the…

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Railway Squatters

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 14

DURING my visits to Sydney I change to trams at Railway Square and notice the number of "squatters" who nightly occupy the…

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Man's Brutal Attack on Tram Conductor

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 3

After a tram conductor had asked three men for their fares on a Botany tram yesterday afternoon, one of the men punched him in the face and pushed his head through a compartment window, breaking the glass…

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Man's Brutal Attack on Tram Conductor

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 2

After a tram conductor had asked three men for their fares on a Botany tram yesterday afternoon, one of the men punched him in the face and pushed his head through a compartment window, breaking the glass…

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Railway Squatters

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 14

DURING my visits to Sydney I change to trams at Railway Square and notice the number of "sauatters" who nightly occupy the…

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Railway Squatters

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 14

DURING my visits to Sydney I change to trams at Railway Square and notice the number of "squatters" who nightly occupy the…

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Railway Squatters

Daily Mirror · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 14

DURING my visits to Sydney I change to trams at Railway Square and notice the number of "squatters" who nightly occupy the…

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Girl Injured in Fall From Train

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 2

Maureen Belchor (about 17) suffered concussion and bruising when she fell from a moving train near Marrickville…

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Girl Injured in Fall From Train

Daily Mirror · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 2

Maureen Belchor (about 17) suffered concussion and bruising when she fell from a moving train near Marrickville…

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