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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1949

6,149 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250

Precut Homes for Railwaymen

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 January 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday, -- First shipment of precut timber houses from England for use by Victorian Railway…

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Precut Homes for Railwaymen

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 January 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- First shipment of precut timber houses from England for use by Victorian Railway…

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8 Injured En Tram Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 January 1949 · page 10

Eight persons were slightly injured and several others severely shaken, when two double sets of…

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Visitors Saw Wrong Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 4

Several members of a party of young men and women from the far north coast on their first trip to Sydney yesterday…

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Road Safety for Children

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 5

Twelve policewomen will give lectures on road safety to schoolchildren when N.S.W. public schools resume…

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Building Exhibition Train. Tours British Cities

Construction · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 6

To display and demonstrate heating appliances and .associated products, the Allied Ironfounders' Exhibition Train recently visited London and will travel to 24 provincial centres by May, 1949…

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Glasses Dropped in Road; £2 Fine

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 9

A man was fined £2 at Parramatta Court yesterday for having dropped drinking glasses in the street. The man, Reuben…

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A.W.U. Activities N.S.W. Branch WILSON v. Commissioner for Railways Important Decision for Railway Workers and Others Commissioner Bound by Holidays Act

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 4

It had been the practice of the Railway Commissioner in cases where an employee was off sick during portion of the year to make deductions in the employee's annual…

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£1,000,000 for Railway Waggons. Queensland Government Orders

Construction · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 7

Six hundred more steel goods waggons are to be obtained by the Queensland Railway Department at a cost of slightly more than £1,000,000. Orders for three hundred have been placed…

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Gold found near railway station

The Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 14

KALGOORLIE, Wednesday. —In 24 hours, £1000 worth of gold was won by two men at Gwalia, where stone was…

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Motor Cyclist Fined

The Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 2

Leslie Ernest Fell, 22, laborer, of Roslyn Street, Mascot, was today fined £15 and disqualified for two years…

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Railways Have Sufficient Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 7

The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) said last night he thought the Railways Department had enough coal to run unrestricted train services until the miners…

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Tram Seats

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 10

IT used to be the rule for a tram conductor to ask children who paid half fare to stand up for adults. Evidently that…

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Tram Seats

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 10

IT used to be the rule for a tram conductor to ask children who paid half fare to stand up for adults. Evidently that…

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Tram Seats

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 10

IT used to be the rule for a tram conductor to ask children who paid half fare to stand up for adults. Evidently that…

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Protest Over Railway Bars

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 5

THE Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) would be asked to examine the policy of the Commissioner for Railways…

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Tram Seats

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 10

IT used to be the rule for a tram conductor to ask children who paid half fare to stand up for adults. Evidently that…

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Tram Seats

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 10

IT used to be the rule for a tram conductor to ask children who paid half fare to stand up for adults. Evidently that…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Tram Seats

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 10

IT used to be the rule for a tram conductor to ask children who paid half fare to stand up for adults. Evidently that…

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Protest Over Railway Bars

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 17

THE Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) would he asked to examine the policy of the Commissioner for Railways…

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