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Railways, roads & transport, 1948

5,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Stop Press Brisbane Train Stoppage

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 12

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Commissioner of Railway (Mr. Willis) stated today that there would be no suburban trams from 6.30 p.m…

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Bridge Too Low for Queen Mary

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 5

Shipping men have received dozens of queries as to whether the masts of the Queen Mary can clear…

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Railway Crisis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 1

The Assistant Commissioner for Railways, Mr. F. Garside, said yesterday that, in his 40 years' experience, he had never…

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Tram Wrecks Taxi Five Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 3

A taxi-driver and four passengers were injured when a tram and taxi collided head-on near…

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Motorboats in Incident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 2 (A.A.P.).— An unidentified armed motorboat, believed to be manned by Greek guerillas, attacked the…

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5 Hurt In Tram-Taxi Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 5

Five people were hurt early today when a taxi and a tram collided in…

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Railways Facing Coal Crisis Stocks Down To Few Days

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 7

Union officials said yesterday that the Assistant Commissioner of N.S.W. Railways (Mr. Garside) had warned them that the State's railways were…

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Tramway Union Baby Contest

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 3

ANN FAULKNER, whose father is attached to Waverley Depot, won the Tramway Union's baby competition, in…

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Tramway Union Baby Contest

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 3

ANN FAULKNER, whose father is attached to Waverley Depot, won the Tramway Union's baby competition, in…

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Tramway Union Baby Contest

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 3

ANN FAULKNER, whose father is attached to Waverley Depot, won the Tramway Union's baby competition, in…

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Fell From Train

The Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1948 · page 2

LITHGOW, Wednesday.-- K. J. O'Brien, 21, of Campbell-street, Kandos, escaped serious injury when he fell…

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Want Better Train Service

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1948 · page 2

Minutes of a meeting held at Fairfield to urge the Railway Commissioners to provide a better service on the southern…

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Still Less Cars on Road Than Pre-war. Registrations 1,281 Per Month

Construction · Wednesday 4 February 1948 · page 7

Monthly registrations of new cars in New South Wales rose from an average of 44 in 1945-46 and 667 for 1946-47 to an average of 1,281 a month in the last half of 1947. This is still…

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Police Blitz Motor Cyclists

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1948 · page 1

Forty motor - cyclists were booked by police for breaches of traffic regulations in Church-st., Parramatta, on Sunday night…

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Railway Excursions

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 February 1948 · page 6

The Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, announces that arrangements have been made for the issue of…

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Challenge To Order By Railway Chief

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1948 · page 5

A challenge to an order by the Railways Commissioner, Mr. Hartigan, that railwaymen must join…

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New Rolling Stock for Queensland Railways

Construction · Wednesday 4 February 1948 · page 4

Railway rolling stock contracts totalling have been let by the Queensland State Government to the Brisbane Engineering company Evans, Deakin, and Co., Ltd…

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Screams as shake lands in tram

The Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1948 · page 1

Women screamed and men yelled in alarm when a five-foot brown snake (highly venomous) landed in d tram at Earl-wood today…

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Title Deeds for Motor Owners

The Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1948 · page 1

Notice was given by Mr. C. C. Lazzarini at today's meeting of the Parliamentary Labor Caucus that the party…

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Goods Train Looted Freight Smashed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 1

Thieyes early this morning boarded a goods train on the viaduct at Jubilee Park, Glebe, and threw…

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