New Motorship in Service Soon
THE Coramba (3550 tons), a new motorship for the A.U.S.N. cargo fleet, is due in Sydney in about six weeks' time…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
5,065 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 250
Fire on Railway Bridge From Our Special Reporter
BRISBANE, Thursday. —Train crews have discovered two attempts to wreck trains in north…
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BRISBANE, Thursday. -- Police are investigating two new attempts to wreck trains on the Townsville-Charters…
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WASHINGTON, Friday. -- The Government has ordered a 25 per cent, cut in coal -burning railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spotlight on the News Bridge is a big girl now
Today is the 16th birthday of the Harbor Bridge and it has now carried nearly 100 times as many people as there are in Australia. Apart from pedestrians and scalers (of whom no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bodies Will Combine In Effort To Get More Funds For Roads
A MEETING of local governing, primary producers' and motorists' organisations, convened by the joint committee of the Local Government…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Alexandria Railway Goods Yard, Darling Harbour Landing and Sussex Street Markets
State Marketing Bureau reports:—POTATOES: Following very light arrivals at Alexandria in the previous week, receivals from both local and interstate sources showed…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Motors and Motoring NRMA Hostile About Petrol For Racehorses
USE of freighter aircraft for the carriage of racehorses from Melbourne to Sydney (and undoubtedly for their return) is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr. and Mrs. The Bridge Lesson
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THE most exciting country I have yet been to in Europe is Hungary. Budapest, its capital, underwent a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rail Motor Sabotaged
BRISBANE, Friday.--Saboteurs early today damaged a rail motor at Gympie by smashing three…
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Hundreds of people were delayed when a breakdown caused trams to bank up for a quarter of…
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MRS. ELSIE BRACKENREG (63), Smith St., Mascot, is in Royal South Sydney Hospital in a critical condition as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Boating Max Breaks Down --Eastway Shield
AFTER winning the first heat of the motor boat championship of N.S.W. for the Eastway Shield on George's River…
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ERNIE NUNN, Of Deepwater, this afternoon won the Speedboat Championship of N.S.W. and the Eastway Shield…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hold-up Of Trams
Hundreds of people were delayed when a breakdown caused trams to bank up for a quarter of…
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Hundreds of people were delayed when a break- down caused trams to bank up for a quarter of…
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Hundreds of people were delayed when a breakdown caused trams to bank up for a quarter of…
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MRS. ELSIE BRACKENREG (63), Smith St., Mascot, is in Royal South Sydney Hospital in a critical condition as…
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MRS. ELSIE BRACKENREG (63), Smith St., Mascot, is in Royal South Sydney Hospital in a critical condition as…
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