Diesel Rail Motor Starts on New Run
A DIESEL rail motor train capable of carrying 28 first-class passengers and 56 second-class passengers went into…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
6,149 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 250
Wants Excursion Train Change
The special seaside excursion train to Cronulla, which leaves Liverpool on Sundays, should operate from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maimed By Train, Boy Runs Home
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—A boy ran 50 yards home to his mother after a train had crushed his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Novel Methods Reduce Road Toll
SYDNEY traffic authorities do well to study Hungarian methods of teaching traffic rules and discipline to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boxer Harry Hayes Can't Train for Two Months
A badly cut left eye would prevent welterweight boxer Harry Hayes from training for at least two months. Hayes' manager (Jack Dunleavy) said this…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Only 30/- Wage Rise Will Bridge Widening Gap Between Pay And Prices
Nothing less than a straight-out demand tor an immediate 30/- increase in the basic wage, irrespective of adjustments to war and prosperity loadings and special prices lag compensations, will bridge the great gap between wages and prices…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Vehicle Breakdowns
Motor vehicles, both old and new, are breaking down on the roads in record numbers. New vehicles involved are…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mysterious Motor Regulation Goes
A mysterious motor traffic regulation regarded by experts as being totally unnecessary and quite extraordinary is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Run by Tramps
Tramps or hobos, they're all the same excepting that the hobo is a Knight the Road in the U.S.A., and his council part tramps into the Australian sunset…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Merrylands District Motor Cycle Club
Lost week-end members supported the practice at Blacktown in perparation for the big motor cycle races on Anniversary Day when club members A. Baglee, G…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soaring Costs Tram Plight Worse
Two months after raising fares, the N.S.W. tram and bus services face a loss more than twice as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Noisy Trams
Sir,—The deadening effect of political interference is well exemplified by a comparison of the tramway services in Victoria and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Diesels for N.s.w. Railways
The first of 10 new diesel twocar rail motors began running on the Dubbo Coonamble line yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Cricket
Teams from Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia, and Tasmania will reach Sydney next week for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railways reject coal
BRISBANE, Wednesday.-- Coal from Callide mine has been found unsuitable for locomotive use, a Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man's Body In Railway Yard
Screened by long grass, the decomposed body of an elderly man was found by a railway employee late…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Boats
THE Australasian Bower Boat Association will decide the New South Wales Unlimited Power and Unrestricted Hull…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Man's Body In Railway Yard
Screened by long grass, the decomposed body of an elderly man was found by a railway employee late…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One Tramway Man With No Deficit
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- Tram and bus schedules were temporarily forgotten at Newcastle Transport Depot today, when it became known that a tram driver, Jack Vaughan, of High St., Waratah…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man's Body In Railway Yard
Screened by long grass, the decomposed body of an elderly man was found by a railway employee late…
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