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Railways, roads & transport, 1948

5,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250

Train Indicators

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 8

GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS should use a little more care. Each evening at Town Hall Station the indicator…

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2 Killed, 12 Hurt On Roads

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 5

Two were killed and 12 were injured in road accidents yesterday…

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Road Crash Kills Two Many Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 3

Two persons were killed, and at least 10 were injured, in road accidents in New South Wales'…

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Hot Weather Hint For Motorists

The Land · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 5

The onrush of summer is causing many cars to be held up by vapor look, according to the N.R.M.A. Excessive heat causes…

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Motorist Held Up By Vapor Lock

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 5

THE onrush of summer in causing many cars to be held up by vapor lock, according to the N.R.M.A. Excessive heat causes…

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Great Expansion In British Motor Exports

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 5

VALUE of the United kingdom's motor industry exports accessories in October was almost…

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Four Injured In Motor Race Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Thursday.— A 14-year-old child and three police officers were injured in a spectacular crash during the…

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Man's Body on Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 4

Police have not yet identified the body of a young man which was found between railway lines near Auburn station at 4.30 a.m. on…

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Editorial Railways' Answer to the Air

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 3

The Government's decision to spend £6,500,000 on better and more modem railway trains shows that it is beginning to realise the answer to competition from the air services…

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U.K. Railways Nationalised

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.).--Britain's four main railway companies, and 54 other railway undertakings, became…

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Motor Cyclist Hurt

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 6

JOHN WALKER (19), of Parnell St., Burwood, suffered lacerations to the leg and a possible fractured thigh when…

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Motor Cyclist Hurt

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 2

JOHN WALKER (19), of Parnell St., Burwood, suffered lacerations to the leg and a possible fractured thigh when…

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Motor Cyclist Hurt

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 6

JOHN WALKER (19), of Parnell St., Burwood, suffered lacerations to the leg and a possible fractured thigh when…

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Homes and roads flooded in north

The Sun · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 4

Heavy rain in the past two days has flooded homes, blocked miles of roads, and seriously damaged crops in north and northwestern NSW. Four boys had narrow…

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Train Crash Kills 12 Storm Disaster

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 3

NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (A.A.P.).—At least 12 and possibly 16 holiday travellers were killed and many others…

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Nerve-Wracking Train Service Is World's Worst

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 8

How long the N.S.W. public will stand the over-crowded, dirty, decrepit, and casual suburban railway "service" is a question for 1948. Understaffed before the 40-hour week, this public utility is an imposition on long-suffering users from whom exorbitant fares are extorted…

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Milk Strewn Over Road in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 2

MILK and shattered glass were strewn over Pacific Highway, North Sydney, a dawn today when a car drive…

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Milk Strewn Over Road in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 2

MILK and shattered glass were strewn over Pacific Highway, North Sydney, at dawn today when a car driven…

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Milk Strewn on Road in Collise

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 2

MILK and shattered [?] were strewn over [?] Highway, North Sydney dawn today when a car [?]…

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505 Killed in Road Accidents in 1947

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 6

Five hundred and five people were killed in rood accidents in New South Wales durin 1947. Of that number, three…

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