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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1948

5,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 250

£42 Fines for Motor Driver

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 2

JOSEPH BERNARD McCAULEY (26), laborer, was fined £30 at Central .Court today for having driven a car in…

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Penpoints From the People "Spit" Tram

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 6

HIGH time the Transport Department removed a notice posted on St. Leonards railway platform announcing, "Alight…

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Cars and Trams

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 6

THE law relating to cars pulling up to the rear of trams should be enforced One continually sees cars pull up…

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Qld. Awaits Vital Rail Strike Vote Plan To Ignore Court No Tram Halt in Brisbane

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.--Mass meetings of railwaymen throughout Queensland today will consider the Industrial Court's order that they should resume…

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Penpoints From the People "Spit" Tram

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 6

HIGH time the Transport Department removed a notice posted on St. Leonards railway platform announcing, "Alight…

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Cars and Trams

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 6

THE law relating to cars pulling up to the rear of trams should be enforced. One" continually sees cars mill up…

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Cars and Trams

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 6

THE law relating to cars pulling up to the rear of trams should be enforced: One continually sees cars pull up…

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Queensland Rail Strikers Defy Court Won't Resume Work Move to Bring in Tram Men

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.--Mass meetings of striking railwaymen throughout Queensland today decided to flout the industrial Court's order that they…

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Penpoints From the People "Spit" Tram

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 6

HIGH time the Transport Department removed a notice posted on St. Leonards railway platform announcing; "Alight…

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Penpoints From the People "Spit" Tram

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 6

HIGH time the Transport Department removed a notice posted on St. Leonards railway platform announcing, "Alight…

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Cars and Trams

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 6

THE law relating to cars pulling up to the rear of trams should be enforced. One continually sees cars pull up…

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Stop Press Quay Railway

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 12

The Premier (Mr. McGim) said today that a conference of all parlies concerned in the proposed circular quay railway would be called…

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Letters Circular Quay Railway Architects' View To the Editor of the "Herald."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 2

Sir,—It is un fortunate that Mr. D. B. Carver, in his letter in the "Herald" on Friday, has associated certain criticism of the…

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Daughter Saved, Woman Hurt In Tram Crash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 1

A woman was injured while saving her daughter in a tram collision at White Bay early this morning…

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Thefts From Railways Six Years' Gaol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 9

Al Collien, 37, photographer, described by police as "one of the foremost offenders in railway crime in…

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Railway crisis may hit NSW

The Sun · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 2

Support by direct action would probably e given to the striking Queensland railway men if it was sought, Mr. A. Searle (Sydney district secretary of the AEU) said today…

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Veteran Motorists

The Sun · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 2

The veteran Motorists of Australia (NSW section) has elected the following officers; --Chairman. Mr. A. R…

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Two Trams In Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 2

Mrs. Bonnie Williams, Jersey Rd., Woollahra, received injuries to the back when two trams collided in…

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Two Trams In Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 5

Mrs. Bonnie Williams, Jersey Rd., Woollahra, received injuries to the back when two trams collided in…

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They're nuts about trams--and the Quay railway

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 29 February 1948 · page 32

Yesterday I spent an hour and a half with the only known body of citizens in favor of the projected overhead railway at Circular Quay. They were nine…

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