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Railways, roads & transport, 1950

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U.K. Leads in Motor Exports

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 4

The British motor Industry, already the world's biggest exporter of motor cars, has now become the largest single supplier…

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New Motor Cycle Suspension

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 4

A new type of front and rear rubber suspension for motor cycles which gives an Improved damping, tractive effort and…

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Safety First Regulations Slow Down Cootamundra Railway Yards

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 2

Asked for an explanation of the slowing down of work in the Cootamundra railway yards, a railwayman said: "For the…

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Motoring News Lost Car Keys

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 4

Motorists are involved in much inconvenience through, loss of cur keys. The N.R.M.A. suggests that owners should conceal a…

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The Motor World Cars in the Rain

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 3

Recent heavy rain in N.S.W. temporarily held up thousands of motor vehicles, and much work was required by…

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Motorist Fined £20; Sequel to Wagga Occident

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 2

A car driver, watching to see that he did not collide with people grouped around an accident on Saturday night, failed…

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Maragle Soldiers' Settlement Roads

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 2

At last weeks Council meeting the Shire Engineer (Mr. T. K. Richards) said it was expected that the work on the Maragle…

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Settles to Have Better Roads Carrathool Shire Programme

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 1

Provision has been made by the Carrathool Shire to give attention to all Shire roads serving two or more persons, and in some cases, to…

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Tumbarumba Rail Motor Times Altered

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Secretary for Railways (Mr. B. R Nicholas) said today that as from Thursday, March 9, the…

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Regulation Railway Strike at Cootamundra

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 2

COOTAMUNDRA, Wed.: Asked for an explanation ot the slowing down of work In Cootamundra railway yards, a railwayman…

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Man Crushed to Death at Marulan Railway Station

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 4

A Marulan man was fatally injured when he was crushed between as, engine and a truck on Sunday…

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British Motor Industry Now Leading in Vehicle Exports

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 1

The British Motor Industry, already the world’s biggest exporter of motor cars, has now become the largest single supplier of both cars…

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Road to Yanco Railway in Bad Condition

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 1

Cr. Don Langham drew attention to the bad condition of the road lending to the Yanco railway station, at the last meeting of the Leeton Shire…

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Hundreds Per Hour Spent on Roads

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 4

"We ore spending hundreds of pounds hourly on the roads at present while the bitumen is going on to them, and I would not…

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Bitumen Section Wanted on Corbie Hill Road

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 2

Attention was drawn to a particularly bad section of the Corbie Hill road over the old pound yard hill and towards Corbie Hill, at the…

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Promotion Comes To a Number of Local Railway Men

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 3

Various members of the railway department in Junee associated with the locomotive sheds have notified of their promotion…

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Sheep Jumped on to Road Out of Grass. Police Vehicle Overturns

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 1

Constable Keith Rooke was riding the police motor cycle and side-car along the Junee-Old Junee read on Friday evening last when…

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High Cost of the Forty Hour Week. Railway Annual Report Summary by Commissioner

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 1

The 40 hour week cost the New South Wales Railway Department £2,500,000 during the last financial year. according to the report by…

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U.s. Trainer Here to Train Olson Against Sands

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday: American trainer Hayward Wright, who unexpectedly arrived by plane last night, has taken over…

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Motors and Motoring Notes Care of Bodywork Will Lengthen Car Life; Will Increase Value

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 4

The motorist who withes to keep his car's bodywork in tip-top condition Should do more than merely wash and polish it Some finer points of body maintenance, both exterior and interior, are given here by the N.R.M.A. engineers. CARE of the modern body…

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