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Railways, roads & transport, 1949

6,149 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 250

Wild Driver Ploughed Express Through Crowded Holiday Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 13

THE worst railway disaster in Australia's history happened on Easter Monday, April 21, 1908, at the little junction of Sunshine, where the lines from West and…

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Wild Driver Ploughed Express Through Crowed Holiday Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 13

THE worst railway disaster in Australia's history happened on Easter Monday, April 21, 1908, at the little junction of Sunshine, where the lines from West and…

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Wild Driver Ploughed Express Through Crowded Holiday Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 13

THE worst railway disaster in Australia's history happened on Easter Monday, April 21, 1908, at the little junction of Sunshine, where the lines from West and…

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Wild Driver Ploughed Express Through Crowded Holiday Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 13

THE worst railway disaster in Australia's history happened on Easter Monday, April 21, 1908, at the little junction of Sunshine, where the lines from West and…

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Wild Drives Ploughed Express Through Crowded Holiday Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 13

THE worst railway disaster in Australia's history happened on Easter Monday, April 21, 1908, at the little junction of Sunshine, where the lines from West and…

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Fall From Tram

The Sun · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 5

James Daly, 28, tram conductor, of Collins Street, Surry Hills, suffered lacerations and a possible fractured…

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Sun Motor News Sydney engineer's safety brake for an emergency

The Sun · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 19

Mr. Thornton (Bert) Tait, Sydney engineer who invented the "Tait Control," a device enabling incapacitated persons to drive a car, has now developed a new "safety brake" suitable for fitting to any car with hydraulic brakes…

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Kangaroos Train with Clubs

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 23

Only three of the 17 Sydney members of the Kangaroos trained with their club teams last night…

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Road Safety Meeting on Monday Night

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 1

Parramatta branch of the N. S. W. Road Safety Council will hold a very special meeting on Monday, March 21, at 8…

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Extensive "Road Work" for the Tory Champ

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 1

The Leader of the Opposition, Mr. R. G. Menzies, said last week that, during the Parliamentary recess, he intended to. make extensive, political tours in various States, beginning with New South Wales.—News Item…

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Merrylands Motor Cycle Club

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 3

Although last Sunday was a free day, a number of members took advantage of the beautiful sunshine and Journeyed to Wollongong for the trip, and also to see…

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Reports From the Law Courts Supreme Court Full Court (Before the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Jordan, Mr. Justice Street and Mr. Justice Maxwell.) Cornelius Smith Pty. Ltd. v Commissioner for Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 5

This was a motion that judgment be entered for the defendant or a new trial directed in a Supreme Court action in which the…

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Brisbane Tram Men Solid In Third Stoppage

Tribune · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 8

“BRISBANE.—Last weekend Brisbane City Council tram and bus men answered the State Arbitration Courts’s back to work order by…

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Motor yacht races

The Sun · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 17

Rear-Commodore's Day of the Royal Motor Yacht Club, Rose Bay, next Saturday, will start at 2.15 pm, with…

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No Special Race Trams Today

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 23

There will be no special tram service direct to the racecourse for today's meeting at Randwick…

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Support Offered for Tram Union

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 6

LAUNCESTON, Wednesday.--Federal Council of the Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees'…

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No Special Trams for Randwick

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 32

THERE will be no special tram service direct to the racecourse for today's meeting at Randwick…

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Support Offered for Tram Union

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 6

LAUNCESTON, Wednesday.-- Federal Council of the Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees'…

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State Views On Railway Gauge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 2

It is unlikely that the State Government will ratify an agreement with the Federal Government to permit a start being made with the standard gauge railway…

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Motorists' Shopping Made Easy

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 26

CHICAGO. -- Chicago is to have, a motorists' shopping centre, where customers can do their shopping…

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