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Railways, roads & transport, 1948

5,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250

Glass Injures Train Driver

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

FRAGMENTS of glass temporarily blinded a train driver between. Bankstown and Yagoona today when a missile…

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Glass Injures Train. Driver

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

"FRAGMENTS of glass tem- porarily blinded a train driver between Bankstown and Yagoona today when a missile…

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Man Killed Under Train

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 5

A train killed an unidentified man at Town Hall Station at 5.50 p.m. yesterday…

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Glass Injures Train Driver

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

FRAGMENTS of glass temporarily blinded a train driver between Bankstown and Yagoona today when a missile…

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Driver of Train Blinded by Glass

The Sun · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 5

Driver of a crowded electric train on the Bankstown line today was blinded by flying glass when a missile crashed through his cabin window. The driver, Percy Hayes, 48,…

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28 British Dead in Palestine Troops Search For Train Wreckers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

LONDON, March 1 (A.A.P.).— Twenty-eight British soldiers are now dead as a result of the Palestine train outrage yesterday…

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Motor Cycle Overturns, Two Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 1

A man and his wife died last night after a motor-cycle accident on a lonely riverside road at…

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New Railway Chief Mr. J. J. Cahill Mentioned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

The Minister for Works and Local Government, Mr. J. J. Cahill, is mentioned in Parliamentary Labour Party…

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Appointments from within service Body of 3 to control railways

The Sun · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

State Cabinet, it is expected, will appoint a Commission of three, all from within the…

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Husband, Wife Die in Motor Cycle Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 7

A man and his wife were killed when their motor cycle and side-box crashed info a cliff at Sutherland about 6 p.m. yesterday. They were John Harris…

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Argentina Takes Over Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday. -- Argentina is using the final acquisition of British-owned railways as an excuse for a tremendous display of nationalism…

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Minister May Head Railways

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Cahill) today declined to discuss the suggestion that he…

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Motor Vehicle Insurance Up

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Insurance rates for all classes of motor vehicles, will be increased 15 per cent, above…

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Motor Vehicle Insurance Up

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Insurance rates for all classes of motor vehicles will be increased 15 per cent, above…

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Motor Vehicle Insurance Up

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Insurance rates for all classes of motor vehicles will be increased 15 per cent, above…

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Motor Vehicle Insurance Up

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Insurance rates for all classes of motor vehicles will be increased 15 per cent, above…

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Motor Vehicle Insurance Up

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Insurance rates for all classes of motor vehicles will be increased 15 per cent, above…

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Train Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

Sutherland police would like to hear from anyone who saw John Reynolds, 16, of Yarra Bay, fall from a train near Sutherland…

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Harbour Bridge Toll for 37 YEARS? Penalising the Motorist

Construction · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

“The statement by the Commissioner for Main Roads that at the present rate it will take 37 years to clear the total indebtedness on the Sydney Harbour Bridge provokes bitter thoughts among…

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Higher Newcastle Rates for Roads

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- Greater Newcastle Council last night raised the rates by a Denny to 8d in the £. This…

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