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Railways, roads & transport, 1949

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

Man Collapses, Dies in Train

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 7

TAMWORTH, Sun.--Police are trying to trace the relatives of a man who collapsed and died while travelling in a…

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New System of Centre Line Road Markings

The Sun · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 12

Roads throughout the State are now haying a "face lift." A new system of centre line marking of roadways is being…

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Found on Road Man Dies: Two Other Hurt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 4

Police are investigating the death of a sanatorium inmate found lying on Princes Highway on Saturday night…

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Other Cable Items First Jet Train Ready In Britain In July

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 3

LONDON, January 9 (A.A.P.).—Britain may have the world's first gas turbine— electric train by the middle…

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Tugboat Sinks Off Glebe Island Crushed Between Ship, Bridge Line Breaks in High Wind

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 5

WHEN the towline between a 200- ton tug and a 2000- ton collier snapped under Glebe Island Bridge today, the tug was holed and a few…

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Tugboat Sinks Off Glebe Island Crushed Between Ship, Bridge Line Breaks in High Wind

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 5

WHEN the towline between a 200- ton tug and a 2000- ton collier snapped under Glebe Island Bridge today, the tug was holed and a few…

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Tugboat Sinks Off Glebe Island Crushed Between Ship, Bridge Line Breaks in High Wind

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 5

WHEN the towline between a 200- ton tug and a 2000 -ton collier snapped under Glebe Island Bridge today, the tug was holed and a few…

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Tugboat Sinks Off Glebe Island Crushed Between Ship, Bridge Line Breaks in High Wind

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 5

WHEN the towline between a 200- ton tug and a 2000 -ton collier snapped under Glebe Island Bridge today, the tug was holed and a few…

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Railway Chief Moves For Change

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 1

A bitter campaign is being waged inside the Railway Department and in political quarters to…

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"Efficiency" In The Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 2

"You don't want a board, you want a boss." This was the advice of a former Railways Commissioner in South…

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Sun motor section

The Sun · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 2

The bun is reintroducing today its Motor Section -- Pages 9, 10, 11, 12. This will be a…

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Sun Motor News a Monday Feature U.s. Madi Motor History with 100,000,000 Cars

The Sun · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 9

Somewhere in the United States the 100,000,000th car was turned out during 1948. No one knows what car it was or from what assembly…

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4 Tram Hold-ups In Rain

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 2

Heavy rain today caused major tram hold-ups in four Sydney suburbs. THE breakdowns occurred at…

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Moves Against Railway Chief

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 2

Determined moves are being made in political and trade union circles to get the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Garside) into "hot water" before the new Railway Board is…

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4 Tram Hold-ups In Rain

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 5

Heavy rain today caused major tram hold-ups in four Sydney suburbs. THE breakdowns occurred at…

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4 Tram Hold-ups In Rain

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 5

Heavy rain today caused major tram hold-ups in four Sydney suburbs. THE breakdowns occurred at…

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4 Tram Hold-ups In Rain

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 5

Heavy rain today caused major tram hold-ups in four Sydney suburbs. THE breakdowns occurred at…

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4 Tram Hold-ups In Rain

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 3

Heavy rain today caused major tram hold-ups in four Sydney suburbs. THE breakdowns occurred at…

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Penpoints From the People Train Travel

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 8

ALMOST every week we read of someone falling from an electric. train. To see the way passengers are allowed to pack…

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Penpoints From the People Train Travel

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 8

ALMOST every week we read of someone falling from an electric train. To see the way passengers are allowed to pack…

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