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Railways, roads & transport, 1949

6,149 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 250

Motors And Motoring

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 15

A NEW move to increase motor vehicle luxation in feared by the N.R.M.A. Mr. H. E.Richards, general secretary. said Road Transport…

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Britain Will Be Biggest Supplier Estimated Import Of Motor Vehicles Insufficient For Requirements Higher Costs Increase Prices

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 15

ANY. attempt to visualise exactly what 1949 holds for Australia's 200,000 potential buyers in need of new cars, trucks and utilities in respect to the availability of the type of vehicle suited for their requirements at a price they can afford to pay leaves one with the overriding conclusion that the outlook in respect of imports of units from…

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1-Day Tram Strike Plan

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 1

Tramwaymen at Waverley Depot yesterday decided to ask the State Executive of the Tramway Employees' Union to organise a one-day stoppage of all Sydney tramway employees. They recommended the…

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Migrant to Come by Motorcycle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P).--A former R.A.F. sergeant-fitter will leave London in March in an attempt to motor-cycle to Australia…

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Expert Survey of Victorian Railways

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.--Mr. John Elliott, Chief Regional Officer of the Southern Region of the British Railways, has…

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Expert Survey of Victorian Railways

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 12

LONDON, Friday.--Mr. John Elliott, Chief Regional Officer of the Southern Region of the British Railways, has…

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Train Hits Truck

The Sun · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 2

MURWILLUMBAH, Saturday.--Sydney-bound North Coast mail train tore the table top from a truck with which…

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Staten Is. Bridge Link Proposed

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 10

NEW YORK. -- The city is considering building a £24,375,000 suspension bridge from Brooklyn to Staten…

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Beer Quota Lost in Train Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 5

LITHGOW, Saturday.-- The weekly beer quota for a country hotel was lost yesterday when a fire…

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Beer Quota Lost in Train Fire

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 2

LITHGOW, Saturday.-- The weekly beer quota for a country hotel was lost yesterday when a fire…

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Duponts Own 500 Motor Cars

Tribune · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 4

LONDON. — Some extraordinary facts about the clique that runs the USA are given in Ferdinand Lundberg’s book America’s Sixty…

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Two hurt when car and tram hit

The Sun · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 3

Two men were hurt by flying glass from a shattered car windshield, when a tram and car collided head-on, near a…

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Cut in Football Motor Trains

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 10

LEETON, Saturday. -- The South-west District Football League had been informed by the Railway Department…

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Passenger Assaults Tram Man

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 3

A tram conductor, who remonstrated with a man for failing to pay his fare last night, was pulled from…

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Passenger Assaults Tram Man

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 3

A tram conductor, who remonstrated with a man for failing to pay his fare last night, was pulled from…

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Passenger Assaults Tram Man

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 3

A tram conductor, who remonstrated with a man for failing to pay his fare last night, was pulled from…

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Passenger Assaults Tram Man

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 3

A tram conductor, who remonstrated with a man for failing to pay his fare last night, was pulled from…

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City Constable Dies After Crash On Road To Bowral

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 6 February 1949 · page 4

Constable Alan Patch, of Rose Bay police, died in Bowral Hospital after his motor cycle had crashed six miles from Bowral…

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Union man says Sydney's trams near breakdown

The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY'S tram and bus services were approaching a complete breakdown, Tramway Union organiser J. T. Coulthart said last night. Mr. Coulthart challenged the…

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Road Safety

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 10

FOR safety reasons, responsible railwaymen such as drivers and signalmen have, to undergo periodical medical…

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