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Railways, roads & transport, 1950

6,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

Feb. Ration For Motorists Petrol Ticket Issue

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 5

Petrol ration tickets for February will be issued to motorists next Tuesday, January 31. They will he issued on the same scale as the tickets which expire on January 31, but the date of expiration of the new tickets…

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Feb. Ration For Motorists Petrol Ticket Issue

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 5

Petrol ration tickets for February will be issued to motorists next Tuesday, January 31. They will be issued on the same scale as the tickets which expire on January 31, but the date of expiration of the new tickets…

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Feb. Ration For Motorists Petrol Ticket Issue

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 5

Petrol ration tickets for February will be issued to motorists next Tuesday, January 31. They Will be issued on the same scale as the tickets which expire on January 31, but the date of expiration of the new tickets…

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Feb. Ration For Motorists Petrol Ticket Issue

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 5

Petrol ration tickets for February will be issued to motorists next Tuesday, January 31. They will be issued on the same scale as the tickets which expire on January 31, but the date of expiration of the new tickets…

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Feb. Ration For Motorists Petrol Ticket Issue

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 5

Petrol ration tickets for February will be issued to motorists next Tuesday, January 31. They will he issued on the same scale as the tickets which expire an January 31, but the date of expiration of the new tickets…

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Our transport system needs trams--and action!

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 16

THREE years ago, the Premier (Mr. McGirr) said: "I will let nothing deter me from making our transport system comparable with that of any country in the world ... New noiseless trams will be built. My Government is determined to give the people safer and speedier transport with the highest degree of seating…

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Protector of Cars Loses Own Motor

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 6

Boston.--Andrew J. Palermo, who recovers 5000 automobiles a year for finance companies, asked police to help him find…

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Our transport system needs trams--and action!

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 16

THREE years ago, the Premier (Mr. McGirr) said: "I will let nothing deter me from making our transport system comparable with that of any country in the world ... New noiseless trams will be built. My Government is determined to give the people safer and speedier transport with the highest degree of seating…

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Deepwater Motor Boat Club Vice-commodore's Day

The Biz · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 3

A very successful "Vice-Commodore's Day" was held at Deepwater on Saturday January 21, and some very thrilling events were witnessed. The…

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Merrylands District Motor Cycle Club

The Biz · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 9

Results of the sporting trial on 15th January, have been received, and was won by Lex Brewer, with Keith Bryen and Allen Dwyer tieing for second, and…

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Train Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

The Secretary for Railways. Mr. S. R. Nicholas, announced yesterday that after 6 p.m. to-day alterations would be made to the…

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Bridge Toll To Continue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 1

Federal Cabinet had refused to make a special grant out of petrol tax moneys to allow the State Government to lift the…

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Change in Train Times

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 12

From today timetables of trains on the Hornsby, Parramatta, Liverpool, Penrith, and Richmond lines will change…

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Nine Dead In Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2

PARIS, Friday.--Nine were killed and 47 injured in a collision between two passenger trains last night…

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Nine Bead In Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2

PARIS, Friday.--Nine were killed and 47 injured in a collision between two passenger trains last night…

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Nine Dead In Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2

PARIS, Friday.--Nine were killed and 47 injured in a collision between two passenger trains last night…

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Nine Dead In Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2

PARIS, Friday.--Nine were killed and 47 injured in a collision between two passenger trains last night…

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Nine Dead In Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2

PARIS, Friday.--Nine were killed and 47 injured in a collision between two passenger trains last night…

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No Federal Aid on Bridge Toll

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 13

The Federal Government had rejected a request that it grant from petrol tax collections sufficient money to enable the…

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"Venus" Fined £4 Over Train Fare

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Friday. -- Lady David Douglas-Hamilton was fined £4 at Sutton, Surrey, yesterday for travelling on a…

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