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Railways, roads & transport, 1948

5,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 250

Rosehill Run As Doncaster Tryout McGrowdie-Penmore Beau Robert for Railway

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 16

NOEL McGROWDIE, who has had remarkable success in big races, is likely to ride Penmore in the Doncaster. Yesterday Penmore was the medium of…

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Arsenic Poisoning Mystery Death Of Railway Guard Took Dose of Medicine

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 2

COOTAMUNDRA, Friday. -- Four grains of arsenic were found in the body of the railway guard who died mysteriously at Temora last week after…

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Hit by Train, Old Man Dies

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 3

William Henry Annetts (75), Clarke Rd., Waitara, was killed this morning when struck by an electric…

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Hit by Train, Old Man Dies

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 3

William Henry Annetls (75), Clarke Rd-, Waitara, was killed this morning when struck by an electric…

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Hit by Train, Old Man Dies

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 3

William Henry Annetts (75), Clarke Rd., Waitara, was killed this morning when struck by an electric…

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Hypnotic Power Revealed When Bridge Player Slept

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 3

Professor Enrico Ceccarelli, hypnotist, who arrived in Sydney by flying boat from London last night for an Australian theatrical tour, first discovered that he had hypnotic powers when "his partner in a bridge game fell asleep and could not be awakened…

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Hypnotic Power Revealed When Bridge Player Slept

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 3

Professor Enrico Ceccarelli, hypnotist, who arrived in Sydney by flying boat from London last night for an Australian theatrical tour, first discovered that he had hypnotic powers when his partner in a bridge game fell asleep and could not be awakened…

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Hypnotic Power Revealed When Bridge Payer Slept

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 3

Professor Enrico Ceccarelli, hypnotist, who arrived in Sydney by flying boat from London last night for an Australian theatrical tour, first discovered that he had hypnotic powers when his partner in a bridge game fell asleep and could not be awakened…

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Hypnotic Power Revealed When Bridge Player Slept

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 3

Professor Enrico Ceccarelli, hypnotist, who arrived in Sydney by flying boat from London last night for an Australian theatrical tour, first discovered that he had hypnotic powers when his partner in a bridge game fell asleep and could not be awakened…

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216 Trains Run in Qld. Tons Of Fruit Leave For Sydney By Road

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday.--In spite of the Queensland railwayman's decision this morning to continue their strike, 216 trains ran in Queensland today…

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Southern Coal Uses For Railways To the Editor of the "Herald."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 2

Sir,—While it is true as stated in the "Herald" of March 10 that southern coal is not suitable for use in gas works such as those at…

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60 Railways For Soviet Children

Tribune · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 5

BY 1950, Soviet boys and girls will have 60 railways of their own. The longest will be in Moscow—16 miles long…

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Men, women pack ramp in power failure Trams rushed at Wynyard

The Sun · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 1

Thousands of impatient homeward-bound workers packed Wynyard ramp and tramway platform today when all trams to and from the North…

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Beau Robert's Railway Test Doncaster Hopes in Rosehill Seven

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 10

BEAU ROBERT will shorten points for the Doncaster if he wins today's Railway Handicap, in the opinion of pre-post bookmakers…

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Beau Robert's Railway Test Doncaster Hopes in Rosehill Seven

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 March 1948 · page 10

BEAU ROBERT will shorten points for the Doncaster if he wins today's Railway Handicap, in the opinion of pre-post bookmakers…

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Bandits stop, rob train

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 March 1948 · page 3

SINGAPORE, Sat.--Masked bandits carrying revolvers and machine-guns…

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The King has never seen The Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 March 1948 · page 7

WHEN the King and Queen visited Australia 21 years ago as the Duke and Duchess of York, our smartest women…

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Motor Cyclist's Fatal Injuries

Truth · Sunday 14 March 1948 · page 3

One motor cyclist was killed and another seriously injured in separate accidents last night. Warren Webster (17), process…

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Road Manners

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 6

I WANT to protest against the dangerous practice of some drivers who speed to pass trams at stopping places. I…

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Road Manners

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 6

I WANT to protest against the dangerous practice of some drivers who speed to pass trams at stopping places. I…

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