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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1947

6,390 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 250

Motor Industries Meet Today

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 12

The annual general meeting of the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries will begin today at Australia Hotel…

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Women Seen As "Menace" on Trains, Trams

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 13

LONDON, Wednesday.--Australian, British and American women are "a menace to the community" when it comes to travelling, according to a British newspaperman, A. D…

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Women Seen As "Menace" on Trains, Trams

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 13

LONDON, Wednesday.--Australian, British and American women are "a menace to the community'' when it comes to travelling, according to a British newspaperman, A. D…

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Railway Worker Killed by Train

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 5

A train killed Vincent Nixon, 26, permanent way worker, of Park Road, Lidcombe, near Blayney early yesterday morning…

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Farmer Killed at Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 4

A farmer of Colo Vale, Mittagong, Robert Shepherd Wilson, 56, was killed at Malting's Bridge, near Mittagong, yesterday morning,…

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Road Safety Lesson

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 6

BOYS VISITING the Road Safety Exhibition staged in the County Hall, Westminster, by the London County Council,…

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Road Safety Lesson

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 6

BOYS VISITING the Road Safety Exhibition staged in the, County Hall, Westminster, by the London County Council,…

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Road Safety Lesson

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 6

BOYS VISITING the Road Safety Exhibition staged in the County Hall, Westminster, by the London County Council,…

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Road Safety Lesson

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 6

BOYS VISITING the Road Safety Exhibition staged in the County Hall, Westminster, by the London County Council,…

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Children Misbehave at Swinging Bridge

The Biz · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 6

The conduct of some children who swim near the swinging bridge, Fairfield Park, is not a[?] that could be desired. This was asserted by G. von…

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Man Run Over By Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 6

A few minutes after a woman saw a man lower himself to the railway line at Auburn station today, more than a hundred…

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Man Run Over By Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 6

A few minutes after a woman saw a man lower himself to the railway line at Auburn station today, more than a hundred…

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Man Run Over By Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 2

A man was decapitated by an electric train at Auburn railway station shortly before 10 a.m. today…

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Man Run Over By Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 6

A few minutes after a woman saw a man lower himself to the railway line at Auburn station today, more than a hundred…

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Man Run Over By Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 2

A man was decapitated by an electric train at Auburn railway station shortly before 10 a.m. today…

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Man Run Over By Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 6

A few minutes after a woman saw a man lower himself to the railway line at Auburn station today, more than a hundred…

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Man Run Over By Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 2

A few minutes after a woman saw a man lower himself to the railway line at Auburn station today, more than a hundred…

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4 Arterial Roads for City Soon

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 7

Construction of a ring of arterial roads around the city would begin this year, the Lord Mayor (Alderman R. J. Bartley)…

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A Collision at Kingswood Police Charge Motorist, Who Charges Constable

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 2

A collision on the Western Road, Kingswood, on October 28 last, is the subject of a charge brought by the police against a civilian and of charges…

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Railway Guard's Injury Former Penrith Resident

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 1

Mr. Arthur Corr, formerly of Penrith, met with a severe accident at Carcoar on 1st inst., when engaged in his work as a railway guard…

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