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Railways, roads & transport, 1949

6,149 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

Stop Press Boy Injured on Road

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 20

After feeling a bumn on the rear of the rear of the [?] in Penhorse St., Winlonghby today a lorry driver found five-years-old John Tanered of…

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Boy Seriously Hurt in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 3

AFTER feeling a bump on the rear of his truck, in Penshurst St., Willoughby, today, a lorrv-driver found…

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Boy Seriously Hurt in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 2

AFTER feeling a bump on the rear of his truck, in Penshurst St., Willoughby, today, a lorry-driver found…

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Boy Seriously Hurt in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 2

AFTER feeling a bump on the rear of his truck, in Penshurst St., Willoughby. today, a lorry-driver found…

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Boy Seriously Hurt in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 3

AFTER feeling a bump on the rear of his truck, in Penshurst St., Willoughby, today, a lorry-driver found…

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Boy Seriously Hurt in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 3

AFTER feeling a bump on the rear of his truck, in Penshurst St., Willoughby, today, a lorry -driver found…

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Rebel Karens, Burmese Troops Clash Rangoon Road, Rail Traffic Suspended City Cut Off From Suburb

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 3

RANGOON, Wednesday.--Fierce fighting between rebel Karens and Burmese troops, which broke out early yesterday morning, has cut off Rangoon…

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Merrylands District Motor Cycle Club

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 4

In the absence of President Ron Bottle. Vice-president Bobby Jones, capably officiated at last meeting on January 27. Four new members were…

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Motorship Duntroon. Reconversion Soon for Passenger Service

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 1

Reconversion of the Melbourne Steamship Co.'s motor vessel Duntroon (10,340 tons gross), for general passenger service will…

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The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday, February 2, 1949 Politics Are Entering the Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 2

Safety must be the paramount consideration for all connected with the working of the railways, and no one will question…

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Old Man Falls From Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 5

Harold Dwyer, 73, of Tebbutt Street, Leichhardt, received head injuries in a fall from a tram early last night…

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Too Old At 40,’ Jobless Men, Women Tramp City Streets

Tribune · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 7

While employers are crying out about “labor shortages,” men and women are tramping Sydney streets unable to get work because they are “too old at 40.” “TOO OLD” to be employed…

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New Railway Bridges. On Sydney-Newcastle Line

Construction · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 5

The Railway Department are constructing eight new bridges between Strathfield and Newcastle so that heavier trains will be able to travel at speeds up to 70 m.p.h…

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Motorist, Out of Jail, Gets 2 Summonses

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 1

Arthur Wilson, 32, who went to jail last weekend to "cut out" parking fines, said last night that he had received two more summonses…

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Record Delivery of New Motors

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 21

Turnover of Austin Distributors, Ltd. (Melbourne), for the half-year ended December 31 constituted a record…

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Railway Unions Lift Ban

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 2

Two railway unions late this afternoon decided to lift the ban on the running of most country…

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Railway Unions Lift Ban

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 2

Two railway unions late this afternoon decided to lift the ban on the running of most country…

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'Railway Unions Lift Ban

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 2

Two railway unions late this afternoon decided to lift the ban on the running of most country…

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Bridge Collapses

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 1

PARIS, Thursday.--At least one person was killed and 120 injured, most not seriously, when a road bridge collapsed…

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Bridge Collapses

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 1

PARIS, Thursday.--At least one person was killed and 120 injured, most not seriously, when a road bridge collapsed…

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