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Railways, roads & transport, 1949

6,149 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 250

Tram Tickets

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 16

A PART-from travelling to and from work, numerous business people make several one section trips by tram in the…

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Tram Tickets

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 16

A PART from travelling to and from work, numerous business ' people make several one section trips by tram in the…

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Tram Tickets

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 16

A PART from travelling to and from work, numerous business people make several onesection trips by tram in the…

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Higher Motor Tax Feared

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 10

A new move to increase motor vehicle taxation was feared by the N.R.M.A., said the general…

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Motor Cycle Club News

The Leader · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 5

Some very useful work was executed on the scramble course last Sunday and apart from some fences to be erected the course is all complete and ready…

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Merrylands Motor Cycle Club

The Biz · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 4

Last week-end members supported the practice at Blacktown in perparation for the big motor cycle races on Anniversary Day when club members A. Baglee, G…

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Railway Offences

The Biz · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 4

For avoiding payment of rail fares, the following were fined £3 at Liverpool Court last Monday: John Joseph Kennedy (Warwick Farm), Amy Chapman…

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Toll of the Roads

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 10

LONDON.--Every day in 1948 three children were killed on the roads. Every day 80 were injured…

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Boy, 3, Killed By Mail Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 4

Robert James Winnel, 3, was killed instantly when the Morec-bound mail train struck him near Cowan station…

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Coal train men miss treble pay

The Sun · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 11

Railway men were today refused treble time for hauling coal trains on Monday (Australia…

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Why Petrol Tax Should Be Spent On Roads

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 13

THAT there is sound reason behind the urging by Australian automoblie organisations that the revenue annually…

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Road Trains. Will Be Used For More Tests Soon

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 21

FOLLOWING the success of the recent trial of road transport of cattle from Contral Australia. the Australian Meat Board has…

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Capital Investment In Motor Industry Far Exceeds That Of Nation's Railways Nation's Railways

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 13

MORE capital expenditure is represented in the 1,000,000 cars, trucks and utilities now in use on the roads of the Commonwealth than has been spent on the whole of Australia's railway systems, including administrative buildings, stations, workshops, rail tracks and rolling stock…

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Alexandria Railway Goods Yards, Darling Harbour Landing and Sussex Street Markets

The Land · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 25

The State Marketing Bureau reports: POTATOES: Supplies at Alexandria were again reduced, amounting to only 763 bags of new grade Factors and…

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Railways Cut Many Freight Concessions

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 5

The New South Wales Railways Department yesterday increased rates on concession parcels involving more than 50 varieties of freight…

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Girl Cyclist Strikes Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 7

A 14-years-old girl was Injured late yesterday afternoon when her bicycle crashed into a tram at Bondi…

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Motorists

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 14

WHILST admitting the fact that there are a few hogs and drunken drivers among motorists, the very great…

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Motorists

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 14

WHILST admitting the fact that there are a few hogs and drunken drivers, among motorists, the very great…

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Motorists

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 14

WHILST admitting the fact that there are a few Roadhogs and drunken drivers among motorists, the very great…

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Motorists

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 14

WHILST admitting the fact that there are a few Roadhogs and drunken drivers among motorists, the very great…

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