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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1968

16 stories in Sydney's papers

Accident Lack No Guarantee

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 16 January 1968 · page 4

Long records of accident-free motoring ore no guarantee against the possibility of future road accident involvement, Mr. J. Howick said last week…

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An "Accident" As Shock Tactic Betty Smith looks at some of the films shown at the Perth International Film Festival

Tribune · Wednesday 21 February 1968 · page 6

AMONG the several noteworthy entries in this year's Perth International [?]…

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Increased home drive accidents

The Biz · Thursday 29 February 1968 · page 1

The number of accidents involving cars leaving and entering private driveways in police division 26 area have increased during the last two months. Officer-in-charge of…

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Increased Driveway Accidents

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 12 March 1968 · page 5

Accidents involving cars leaving and entering private driveways in police division 26 area, based on Merrylands, have increased during the last two months…

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STATES of the Nation Accidents Heighten Safety Campaign

Tribune · Wednesday 13 March 1968 · page 4

SYDNEY: The second serious structural collapse in two weeks, on building jobs in Sydney, has put a…

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Head-on collision

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 9 April 1968 · page 7

ABOVE: One of the cars involved in a head-on collision on Woodville Road, Merrylands, on March 31. BELOW: The steering column of the same car forced upwards and forwards by the impact…

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Police Seek Witnesses of Accident

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 9 April 1968 · page 3

A nine-year-old girl was rushed to Fairfield District Hospital after being hit by a car in Orchleigh Street, Guildford, last week. Police said the girl,…

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Mayor injured in car collision

The Biz · Thursday 11 April 1968 · page 1

The Mayor of Fairfield, Ald. H. Schofield, is recovering in St. Joseph's Hospital, Auburn, after being involved in a car accident last Saturday night…

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L'ANNEE 1968 Sera Meilleure Que Prevuesauf Accident Monetaire estime la Chambre de commerce de Paris

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 3 May 1968 · page 3

I^ARIS. 1 termes de taux d'actmtc et de niveaux de production, [/expansion se generalise saut dans certaines industries de consommation,…

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Pedestrians killed in accidents

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 14 May 1968 · page 3

Two pedestrians, involved in different accidents in Holroyd, died in hospital on Wednesday of last week…

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Cyclist victim of hit-run accident

The Biz · Thursday 23 May 1968 · page 3

Fairfield police are looking for the driver of a car involved in a hit and run accident in Railway Parade, Canley Vale, last Monday. Victim of the accident,…

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Accident Rate Rise in Homes

The Biz · Thursday 20 June 1968 · page 1

A recent survey of accidents to children in the Fairfield district revealed alarming conclusions, the director of State Health Education, Dr. S. J. Krister, has announced. The survey…

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Paragraphs About People Fatality

The Biz · Thursday 11 July 1968 · page 2

Injured in an accident while riding his motor bike in Smithfield on June 29, Grahame Colin…

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Lack of Petrol Cuts Road Toll No Accidents

The Biz · Thursday 18 July 1968 · page 1

Fairfield's accident rate dropped by 50 per cent during the recent petrol tanker drivers' strike, a spokesman for Merrylands Police Traffic Branch said this week…

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Injured worker 'was treated'

Tribune · Wednesday 24 July 1968 · page 10

PERTH: A young painter who died in an industrial accident at Kwinana (WA) had received medical attention,…

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Gorton's headed on a sheer collision course with posties

Tribune · Wednesday 13 November 1968 · page 10

SYDNEY: For the second time this year the Gorton Government and its Postmaster-General (Mr. Hulme) last week set themselves on a collision course with the entire trade union movement. On both occasions--in…

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