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Railways, roads & transport, 1948

5,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250

Won't Accept Oversea Motor Barpns’ Ads

Tribune · Saturday 21 February 1948 · page 3

BARONS'—The National Motorist Queensland Automobile mobile Association officaial monthly journal, won’t take any…

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Railway Cricket

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 February 1948 · page 9

WITH New South Wales and Victoria level on points, the result of their game on Monday will decide the holders…

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Railway Cricket

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 February 1948 · page 9

WITH New South Wales and Victoria level on points, the result of their game on Monday will decide the holders…

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Train Driver Hurt in Head-on Smash Perth

The Sun · Sunday 22 February 1948 · page 1

Two goods trains, collided head-on near Gin Gin, 50 miles from Perth, this afternoon. Both train crews leapt for…

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Men to ban unsafe trams

The Sun · Sunday 22 February 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY tramwaymen, threaten to ban driving 40-year-old "jumping-jack" trams…

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Motor-cyclist Hurt

The Sun · Sunday 22 February 1948 · page 5

An unidentified motor cyclist was critically, injured when his machine hit a telegraph pole in Mitchell-road,…

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Train Breaks Down

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 2

MANY people were late for work this morning when the 6.52 electric train from Flemington developed a defect at…

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Train Breaks Down

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 1

MANY people were late for work this morning when the 6.52 electric train from Flemington developed a defect at…

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Train Breaks Down

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 2

MANY people were late for work this morning when the 6.52 electric train from Flemington developed a defect at…

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Train Breaks Down

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 2

MANY people were late for work this morning when the 6.52 electric train from Flemington developed a defect at…

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20 Killed in Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 5

ZURICH, Monday. -- Twenty persons were killed and 44 injured yesterday, when a train packed with weekend…

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20 Killed in Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 5

ZURICH, Monday. -- Twenty persons were killed and 44 injured yesterday, when a train packed with weekend…

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20 Killed in Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 5

ZURICH, Monday.-- Twenty persons were killed and 44 injured yesterday, when a train packed with weekend…

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20 Killed in Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 3

ZURICH, Monday. -- Twenty persons were killed and 44 injured yesterday, when a train packed with weekend…

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Britain Under Snow: Roads Blocked Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 22.—An army of workers with bulldozers, snow-ploughs, tractors, and shovels battled last…

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Tram Workers May Ban 100 Old Trams

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 4

Tramway employees may ban more than 100 of Sydney's old footboard trams…

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Union Move to Ban 100 Sydney Trams

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 1

MEMBERS of the Tramway Employees Union on Thursday night will discuss the placing of a ban on about 100…

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Hope Fading in Railway Strike

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.--The disputes committee in charge of the railway strike, today rejected the Arbitration Court offer to hear the men's claims within 24 hours if they returned…

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Union Move to Ban 100 Sydney Trams

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 1

MEMBERS of the Tramway Employees Union on Thursday night will discuss the placing of a ban oil about 100…

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Hope Fading in Railway Strike

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.--The disputes committee in charge of the railway strike, today rejected the Arbitration Court offer to hear the men's claims within 24 hours if they returned…

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