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Railways, roads & transport, 1950

6,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Hunt After Train Leap

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 10

POLICE think a man who attacked a woman in the Brisbane Mail near Greta last night, forcing her to jump from the speeding train, was picked up…

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Hunt After Train Leap

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 10

POLICE think a man who attacked a woman in the Brisbane Mail near Greta fast night, forcing her to jump from the speeding train, was picked up…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Hunt After Train Leap

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 10

POLICE think a man who attacked a woman in the Brisbane Mail near Greta last night, forcing her to jump from the speeding train, was picked up…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Hunt After Train Leap

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 10

POLICE think a man who attacked a woman in the Brisbane Mail near Greta lost night, forcing her to jump from the speeding train, was picked up…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Hunt After Train Leap

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 10

POLICE think a man who attacked a woman in the Brisbane Mail near Greta last night, forcing her to jump from the speeding train, was picked up…

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Woman's Leap Out of Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Miss Coral McLachlan, 25-years-old bank clerk, of Harwood Is., Clarence…

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Girl falls from train window

The Sun · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 18

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The 2½-year-old daughter of Mrs. L. Chandler of Ballarat fell out of the window of the…

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Amazing escape in train leap

The Sun · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 18

Police and railway officials are amazed that a girl who jumped from the speeding Brisbane Mail last…

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Woman's Leap Out of Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Miss Coral McLachan, 25-years-old bank clerk, of Harwood Is., Clarence…

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Women relay runners train for Games event

The Sun · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 44

Two Interstate members of the Australian women's Empire Games relay team, Verna Johnson, of Western Australia, and Anne Shanley, of South Australia, have arrived in Sydney for baton changing practice before their…

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Great-granddaughter of Road-builder Cox

The Biz · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 4

Mrs. Mary Constance Anderson, who died at her residence, "Cooyong," 11 Fullerton Street, Woollahra, recently, was the daughter of the late Mr. E. T. Cox,…

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Woman Jumps From Speeding Train To Escape Man

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. — A 25-year-old woman jumped through a window of a speeding train…

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Attacked girl leaps from train at 50 mph

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 1

A young woman leaped from the Brisbane Mail at Greta last night to…

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Better Train Service Wanted Department's Reply to Council

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 1

Penrith Council has not been very successful with its recent requests to the Railway Department for improved train service, but it decided on…

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Fires From the Railway

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 2

On December 7, while doing a bit of safeguarding against and talking about bush fires, we noticed smoke coming from beyond the cottage just…

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Motor Boat Racing Bank Protection Question

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 6

Relative to the question of motor boat racing on the Nepean River and measures to ensure protection of the river bank, the Secretary of the Water…

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Watson's Bay Trams

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 2

Sir,—In your issue of January 16, Mr. Winsor attempts to give reasons why trams have beeen superseded by buses in certain…

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Vic. Railway Chairman Retires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 14

MELBOURNE. Wednesday.— The chairman of the Victorian Railways Commissioners, Mr. N. C. Harris, retired to-day. The…

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New Toll Barrier for Harbor Bridge

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 3

How the proposed new Harbor Bridge foil barrier will appear. Providing 12 lanes to cater for Sydney's growing traffic, instead of the present six, the new barrier will be some 400 feet nearer the city. Room for four more lanes is also earmarked for future traffic to the Quay Railway…

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New Toll Barrier for Harbor Bridge

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 3

How the proposed new Harbor Bridge toll "barrier will appear. Providing lanes to cater for Sydney's growing traffic, instead of the present six, the new barrier will be some 400 feet nearer the city. Room for fourore lanes is also earmarked for future traffic to the Quay Railway…

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