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Railways, roads & transport, 1949

6,149 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 250

Higher Fines Imposed On Speeding Motorists

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 3

"Apparently £5 or £6 fines are insufficient deterrents to speeding drivers in these days of high wages said Mr. E. J. Etherton, S.M., at the Traffic Court today. HE imposed fines from £7 to…

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Higher Fines Imposed On Speeding Motorists

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 3

"Apparently £5 or £6 fines are insufficient deterrents to speeding drivers in these days of high wages," said Mr. E. J. Etherton, S.M., at the Traffic Court today. HE imposed fines from 7 to…

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Higher Fines Imposed On Speeding Motorists

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 3

"Apparently £5 or £6 fines are insufficient deterrents to speeding drivers in these days of high wages," said Mr. E. J. Etherton, S.M., at the Traffic Court today. HE imposed fines from £7 to…

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Grant for Roads

The Propeller · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 1

The Department of Public Works advised Sutherland Shire Council at its last meeting that an additional amount…

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Proposed Road Crescent to Castlereagh Road

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 2

Lemongrove Progress Association has for years urged the construction of a road linking up The Crescent with Castlereagh Road, running…

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Train Churns Through Snow

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 20

This might look like the explosion of a bomb, but it is a cloud of snow, churned up by the blades of a powerful rotary snow plough, completely obscuring the train be hind it, as it bulldozes its way through drifts at Broken…

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Train Churns Through Snow

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 20

This might look like the explosion of a bomb, but it is a cloud of snow, churned up by the blades of a powerful rotary snow plough,, completely obscuring the train behind it, as it bulldozes its way through drifts at Broken…

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Train Churns Through Snow

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 20

This might look like the explosion of a bomb, but it is a cloud of snow, churned up by the blades of a powerful rotary snow plough, completely obscuring the train be hind it, as it bulldozes its way through drifts at Broken…

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Train Churns Through Snow

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 20

This might look like the explosion of a bomb, but it is a cloud of snow, churned up by the blades of a powerful rotary snow plough, completely obscuring the train behind it, as it bulldozes its way through drifts at Broken…

Continued on Trove, page 20 →

Train Churns Through Snow

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 20

This might look like the explosion of a bomb, but it is a cloud of snow, churned up by the blades of a powerful rotary snow plough, completely obscuring the train behind it, as it bulldozes its way through drifts at Broken…

Continued on Trove, page 20 →

Train Churns Through Snow

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 20

This might look like the explosion of a bomb, but it is a cloud of snow, churned up by the blades of a powerful rotary snow plough, completely obscuring the train behind it, as it bulldozes its way through drifts at Broken…

Continued on Trove, page 20 →

Train Churns Through Snow

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 20

This might look like the explosion of a bomb, but it is a cloud of snow, churned up by the blades of a powerful rotary snow plough, completely obscuring the train behind it, as it bulldozes its way through drifts at Broken…

Continued on Trove, page 20 →

Train Churns Through Snow

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 20

This might look like the explosion of a bomb, but it is a cloud of show, churned up by the blades of a powerful rotary snow plough, completely obscuring the train behind it. as it bulldozes its way through drifts at Broken…

Continued on Trove, page 20 →

Train Churns Through Snow

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 20

This might look like the explosion of a bomb, but it is a cloud of snow, churned up by the blades of a powerful rotary snow plough, completely obscuring the train be hind it, as it bulldozes its way through drifts at Broken…

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City Council's Experimental Road

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 1

Blue Mountains City Council is experimentally putting down a road of 160 yards at Blackheath, with 16-to-1 mixture of quartz and weak concrete,…

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Mother screams when train kills baby

The Sun · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Eighteen-months-old Dennis Wilson was hit by an electric train…

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Air and Motor Coach Service Agency

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 4

Mr. J. B. Shuback, proprietor of Penrith Newsagency, has been appointed local booking agent for Trans- Australia Airlines, Ansett…

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Other Cable Items Tramp Bill in S. AFRICA Hoboes Protest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 16 (A.A.P.). —South African tramps are angry over a new bill introduced in the House of…

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Railway Parcels

The Propeller · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 1

The Railway Department pleads with business people to use the railways for the conveyance of goods. There is…

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Fall From Tram

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 4

MISS KATHLEEN WILSON (49), 3 Walga Rd., Mosman, suffered lacerations to the forehead and head injuries…

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