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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1949

6,149 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250

Motor Boating. Speedboat Championship

The Propeller · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 7

On account of rough seas the N.S.W. championship for displacement speedboats of unlimited power capacity, which was to have taken…

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Trams Ousted in Manchester

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 4

LONDON, Wed. -- Manchester has abolished its trams, the City Council having decided that this form of transport is…

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Penpoints From the People Tram Slug

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 16

LAST Saturday I alighted from a Quay-bound Clovelly tram at Moore Park Junction, intending to catch a Railway…

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Motor Won by Woman's Dream

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 14

CAPETOWN.--Mrs. J. Bowles, of Grahamstown (Cape Province) won a 12 h.p. car, even though her arithmetic is…

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Poll on Trams

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 18

NELSON (B.C.).--In British Columbia pollsters currently are asking the citizens whether they want trackless…

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Motor Won by Woman's Dream

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 14

CAPETOWN.--Mrs. J. Bowles, of Grahamstown (Cape Province) won a 12 h.p. car, even though her arithmetic is…

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Penpoints From the People Tram Slug

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 16

LAST Saturday I alighted from a Quay-bound Clovelly tram at Moore Park Junction, intending to catch a Railway…

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Poll on Trams

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 19

NELSON (B.C.).--In British Columbia pollsters currently are asking the citizens whether they want trackless…

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Penpoints From the People Tram Slug

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 16

LAST Saturday I alighted from a Quay-bound Clovelly tram at Moore Park Junction, intending to catch a Railway…

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Poll on Trams

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 19

NELSON (B.C.).--In British Columbia pollsters currently are asking the citizens whether they want trackless…

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Motor Won by Woman's Dream

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 14

CAPETOWN.--Mrs. J. Bowles, of Grahamstown (Cape Province) won a 12 h.p. car, even though her arithmetic is…

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Poll on Trams

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 18

NELSON (B.C.)--In British Columbia pollsters currently are asking the citizens whether they want trackless trolley buses to replace the…

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Poll on Trams

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 18

NELSON (B.C.).--In British Columbia pollsters currently are asking the citizens whether they want trackless…

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Penpoints From the People Tram Slug

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 16

LAST Saturday I alighted from a Quay-bound Clovelly train at Moore Park Junction, intending to catch a Railway…

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Penpoints From the People Tram Slug

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 16

LAST Saturday I alighted from a Quay-bound Clovelly tram at Moore Park Junction, intending to catch a Railway…

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Motor Cycle Club News

The Leader · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 1

Now that all the festivities are over the Club is all ready for business. A syllabus has been prepared and will be submitted to the first general meeting…

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Merrylands District Motor, Cycle Club

The Biz · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 5

With Christmas past and the old year gone, this club Koks forward to a new year full of good clean motor Cycling, both Socially and competitively,…

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Motor Cycle Fatality

The Biz · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 5

When his motor cycle c[?]llided with a taxi-cab at the intersection of Woodville Road ard Merrylands Road on Wednesday night, January 5, Kenneth Thorpe…

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Many New Cars Figure In Road Breakdowns

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 9

MOTOR vehicles, old and new, are breaking down on the roads in record numbers. New vehicles involved are surprisingly…

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Alexandria Railway Goods Yard, Darling Iiakbour Landing and Sussex Street Markets

The Land · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 25

The State Marketing Bureau reports: POTATOES: Consignments at Alexandria again Increased, when 5.847 bags came to hand. These tubers conststed of new…

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