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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1949

6,149 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Noiseless Trams

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 16

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT engineers should investigate the possibilities of noiseless trams, which are…

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Noiseless Trams

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 16

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT engineers should investigate the possibilities of noiseless trams, which are…

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Railways May Be Torn Up

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 11

The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) said in Sydney today that never in the history of the…

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Noiseless Trams

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 16

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT engineers should investigate the possibilities of noiseless trams, which are…

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Noiseless Trams

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 16

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT engineers should investigate the possibilities of noiseless trams, which are…

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Turf--Sport Spots Motor Boats

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 31

LEN SOUTHWARD, who won the Australasian speedboat championship with Red Head and broke the…

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Fairfield's Bottleneck. Congestion at Railway (To the Editor)

The Biz · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 1

Sir,—Friday, March 11th, at 5.25 p.m. gave about four hundred Fairfield citizens a most aggravating display of bureaucratic inefficiency at the infamous…

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Omnibus Parking on Railway Land

The Biz · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 6

To relieve the congestion of traffic especially during peak period, the M[?]. Aid. J. Henshaw, in a minute to Fairfield Council last Tuesday night,…

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The Colwood Motor Hoe

The Biz · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 10

A demonstration of the speed manoeuvrability and power of the Colwood motor hoe by the sole district agents, Messrs. Farrell Bros, of N. and A. Service…

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Leg Severed in Motor Smash Fairfield Man Victim

The Biz · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 5

A young man has [?] right leg cut off an Saturday in an unusual motor cycle accident. He [?] [?] [?] Simpson (23), of [?]Lom[?] Street, FairField, and he is…

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Stop Press Train Cuts Likely

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 24

Railway officials expect train schedules, Particularly in the not them area, to be affected early next week as a result of the [?]…

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Stop Press Train Outs Likely

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 24

Railway officials exper[?] schedules. Particularly in the northern area to be affected early next week as a result of the…

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Graziers Want Stricter Road Traffic Control

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 11

STATE Government is likely to receive a deputation from. N.S.W. graziers' and motorists' associations, requesting more particular attention to traffic regulations on country roads…

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More Road "Trains From The Centre

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 2

FOLLOWING a conference between representatives of the Queensland, N.S.W., and South Australian Governments, the N.T…

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Motors and Motoring

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 11

THE travelling public Will appreciate the Governments citoris to ensure that hotels provide reasonable meals, said Mr. A. Leslie, acting…

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Motorists On Daring Alpine Drive World Waits Results Of Famous Monte Carlo

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 11

THE world awaits details of the running and results of the famous and most strenuous sporting motoring fixture, the Monte Carlo rally which was staged again this year after a lapse of nine years due to the war and its aftermath. Strange to say, the 1949 rally was run during a period of international unrest in Europe, just as was the 1939…

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Motor Rickshaw

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 11

ONE of nur fixed ideas about the Far East has Just become un-fixed-and it happened right here in London at Earl's Court, where a cycle…

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Train bandit was mad with the drink

The Sun · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Friday.--Mother of a self-confessed train bandit today sued the railway company for £15,000, on the ground that it brought about the hold-up by serving drinks to a minor…

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Tram, Taxi, Van, Car In Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 4

A collision on Edgecliff Road, Woollahra, late yesterday afternoon involved a tram, taxi, furniture van, and car…

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Wagga Railwaymen Criticise Award

Tribune · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 7

WAGGA ARU sub-branch has expressed its disgust at the “niggardly increase” of 1/- in the camping allowance awarded to railway way…

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