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Railways, roads & transport, 1954

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Six hurt in train collision

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Thurs. Six preons were injured, one seriously, when the famous express, the Royal Scot…

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Queen's Visit to Wagga Special Train From Tumut

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 3

A special train will leave Tumut fur Wagga at 5 a.m. on Saturday, 13th February, the occasion being the visit of the…

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Junee Girl a Waitress on Royal Train. Selected for Duty Among V.I.P.

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 1

Miss Leonie Dans wan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan swan, of Main street, Junee, has been selected as…

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Man's Body Under Train

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday: The driver and guard of the first train from Sandringham this morning found the body of a…

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Narraburra to Push Work of Black-top Roads Jnnee Section Gets a High Priority

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 3

Immediate application will be made In the Main Roads Board by the Narraburra Shire Council for a grant to…

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Abuse of Motor Vehicles

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. engineers here list some of the common forms of abuse of motor vehicles:—…

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Won't see Queen on open roads

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: The Minister in Charge of the Royal Tour (Mr. E. J. Harrison) said today people strung out on country roods would be disappointed if…

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Strict Guard Placed on Royal Train

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday; The Royal train was locked up in the carriage workshops at Eveleigh this afternoon, when…

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Train Crash Inquest: Order on Driver

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: A train driver witness at the inquest into the death of five people at the Sydenham rail smash on December 19 appeared in the City…

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You Need to Train Your Champion for the Show

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 2

The untrained chamnion in any field is a myth and farmers planning to show the Duality of their dairy stock at…

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Driver's alleged query: fatal train crash

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A railwayman who administered first-aid to the driver of an electric train involved in the fatal Sydenham smash on December 19 last told the City Coroner today that the driver kept repeating, "Did I do the right thing?"…

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Royal train did not stop at Gosford

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 1

GOSFORD, Tuesday: The hopes held by more than 30,000 people that Royal tour authorities would make…

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Idle Rumours and Closing of Wagga Bridge. Even a Possibility It Will not Close

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 5

There are some ridiculous suggestions doing the rounds about the time the Hampden Bridge over the…

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Queen May Invest Train Hero

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 5

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wed.: If the George Medal can be flown from Buckingham Palace in time, New Zealand…

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Wont See Queen on Open Roads

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 1

The Minister in harge of the Royal Tour (Mr. E. J. Harrison) said that people strung out on country roads…

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Road chaos on North Coast

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 2

GRAFTON, Wednesday: A bank-up of 1300 can stretched more than seven miles from the Harwood ferry over the…

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Train Brakes Satisfactory, Court Told Inquest on fatal city smash

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed.: A technician of the Westinghouie Broke Organitation told the City…

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Too Much Strain on Queen Train, not car in coast trip

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 6

LISMORE, Wednesday: The Premier (Mr. J. Cahill) announced today that a change has been made in the way the Royal party will return to Sydney from…

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Road Safety Committee

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Leeton Road Safety Committee was held on Tuesday night last…

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Under the Influence Collided with Train

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 2

At tho Leeton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday. Gordon Stanley Griffith, 51, labourer, of Farm 863, Stanbridge, pleaded guilty…

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