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Railways, roads & transport, 1949

6,149 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 250

Philip Tells Story of Train That Was "Six Drinks Late" at Edinburgh"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 7

EDINBURGH, Tuesday. --Prince Philip, after receiving the freedom of Edinburgh told of a train that was "six drinks late." THE last time he was in Edinburgh, after "a very good dinner" the Lord Provost, Sir Andrew Murray, realised there was just time for "one for the…

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Philip Tells Story of Train That Was "Six Drinks Late'' at Edinburgh"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 7

EDINBURGH, Tuesday.--Prince Philip, after receiving the freedom of Edinburgh told of a train that was "six drinks late." THE last time he was in Edinburgh, after "a very good dinner" the Lord Provost. Sir Andrew Murray, realised there was just time for "one for the…

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Philip Tells Story of Train That Was "Six Drinks Late" at Edinburgh"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 7

EDINBURGH, Tuesday.--Prince Philip, after receiving the freedom of Edinburgh told of a train that was "six drinks late." THE last time he was in Edinburgh, after "a very good dinner" the Lord Provost. Sir Andrew Murray, realised there was just time for "one for the…

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Philip Tells Story' of Train That Was "Six Drinks Late" at Edinburgh"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 7

EDINBURGH, Tuesday.--Prince Philip, after receiving the freedom of Edinburgh told of a train that was "six drinks late." THE last time he was in Edinburgh, after "a very good dinner" the Lord Provost. Sir Andrew Murray, realised there was just time for "one for the…

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Philip Tells Story of Train That Was"six Drinks Late"at Edinburgh''

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 7

EDINBURGH, Tuesday.--Prince Philip, after receiving the freedom of Edinburgh told of a train that was "six drinks late." THE last time he was in Edinburgh, after "a very good dinner" the Lord Provost, Sir Andrew Murray, realised there was just time for "one for the…

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Sun Motor News Thrills, skids in classic hill-climb championship

The Sun · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 14

Classic motor racing event of the year--the Australian hill-climb championship, held on Sunday on Hawkesbury Panorama Hill--was won by racing driver Frank Kleinig. Driving his Hudson…

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Tram Hold-ups Go on

The Sun · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Over 650 members of the Brisbane Tramways Union decided at the mass meeting…

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Sun Motor News Playboy car on assembly line

The Sun · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 15

One of the many new postwar cars built in US, the Playboy, is in volume production, and promises to be a success. In addition to…

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York Motors Profit Rises

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 13

Profit of York Motors (Holding), Ltd., for the year ended November 30 was £145,800, compared…

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Motorman Gets Bond

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--A former Brisbane motorman, who attacked his sweetheart's father and mother…

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Motorman Gets Bond

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--A former Brisbane motorman, who attacked his sweetheart's father and mother…

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Spare The Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 14

THE latest publicity move is to plaster the outside of buses with advertisements. It is to be hoped that, the craze…

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Spare The Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 14

THE latest publicity move is to plaster the outside of buses with advertisements. It is to be hoped that the craze…

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Spare The Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 14

THE latest publicity move is to plaster the outside of buses with advertisements. It is to be hoped that the craze…

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Spare The Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 14

THE latest publicity move is to plaster the outside of buses with advertisements. It is to be hoped that the craze…

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Spare The Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 14

THE latest publicity move is to plaster the outside of buses with advertisements. It is to be hoped that the craze…

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Spare The Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 14

THE latest publicity move is to plaster the outside of buses with advertisements. It is to be hoped that the craze…

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Spare The Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 14

THE latest publicity move is to plaster the outside of buses with advertisements. It is to be hoped that the craze…

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Fettler, Hit By Train, Escapes Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 1

A railway fettler was struck in the back by the locomotive of the Sydney-Brisbane express yesterday afternoon, but was…

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Cyclist Described As "Road Menace"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 16

Mr. Cookson, S.M. and police variously described a 20-years-old motor cyclist as "a lair, a hoodlum," "a menace on the road" and "a danger to the public," at Paddington Court today…

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