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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

6,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

Railway Official Cleared

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 2

LITHGOW, Saturday.--A high ranking railway officer, convicted last year of illegal possession…

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Motor Boats St. George

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 8

Boisterous and choppy conditions prevailed at Sans Souci this afternoon for the St. George Motor Boats Club…

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Railway Official Cleared

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 3

LITHGOW, Saturday.--A high ranking railway officer, convicted last year of illegal possession of…

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Driverless Car Injures Motor Cyclist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 1

A young motor cyclist was injured when a driverless car crashed into him in Moore Park Road,…

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The Adventures of Matyas Pirity Veteran Pilot Digs Holes At Aerodrome

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 4

Matyas Pirity, 38, from Hungary, is a fighter and civil airline pilot with 3,000 flying hours' experience. His present job is labouring at Mascot airfield…

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New Soviet Road Check in Berlen

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Jan. 21 (A.A.P.).—Russian frontier guards at Helmstedt began alowing down Berlin-bound…

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Freed from tyranny a[?]road a new Australian portrays the spirit of his adopted country

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 20

THIS mural was painted by former Latvian caricaturist Verners Linde, to show his feeling towards his new country of adoption. It will be exhibited in Canberra…

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Truth on Motoring Plans Well Ahead Far People's Car

Truth · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 40

Prototype of a car which it is aimed to manufacture in Australia and sell within…

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30-Year Dream May Come True At Last Cabinet To Discuss Plan For One-gauge Railways Work Likely to Cost Over £57M

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 7

CANBERRA, Saturday.—The Federal Cabinet will decide next week whether it will ratify plans for rail standardisation throughout Australia…

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Motor Cyclist Dies After Crash

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 3

Edward Patrick Donovan, 22, of Dubbo, died in Dubbo Base Hospital yesterday, after a collision between his motor…

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Migrants For Railways

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 22 January 1950 · page 4

The N.S.W. Railways may solve its labour problems by nominating thousands of British migrants…

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Man's Head Cut Off by Train

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 5

An elderly man was decapitated by a train near Penshurst railway station last night. Police believe the man…

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Man's Head Cut Off by Train

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 5

An elderly man was decapitated by a train near Penshurst railway station last night. Police believe the man…

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Man's Head Cut Off by Train

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 5

An elderly man was decapitated by a train near Pens-hurst railway station last night. Police believe the man…

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Man's Head Cut Off by Train

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 5

An elderly man was decapitated by a train near Penshurst railway station last night. Police believe the man…

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Man's Head Cut Off by Train

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 5

An elderly man was decapitated by a train near Pens hurst railway station last night. Police believe the man…

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New Bridge to Be Bout at the Spit

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 6

Artist's impression of new bridge to be built at The Spit, showing the bascule span in…

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Tram or trolly bus

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 11

In Brighton, Eng., last year I was much impressed by the trolly bus system there. Years ago this town of 170,000 people…

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Snowslide wrecks train

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 11

VANCOUVER, Monday. -- A roaring snowslide pushed a loco and one car of a train off the tracks at Seton Lake…

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Delight for a Bridge Luncheon

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 14

SEAFOOD Delight makes a fine dish for a bridge luncheon. Toast plain scone halves,…

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