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Railways, roads & transport, 1950

6,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 250

Plebiscite on Watson's Bay Trams

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

A plebiscite of Vaucluse residents on the reintroduction of trams between Rose Bay and Watsons'…

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Plebiscite on Watson's Bay Trams

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

A plebiscite of Vaucluse residents on the reintroduction of trams between Rose Bay and Watsons'…

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Plebiscite on Watson's Bay Trams

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 6

A plebiscite of Vaucluse residents on the reintroduction of trams between Rose Bay and Watsons'…

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Died After Road Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 5

Mrs. Florence Sarah Hackett, 64, of Macleay Street, Darlinghurst, was fatally injured yesterday when she was knocked down…

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Bridge Toll Deputation Will See Minister

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 2

The Tous Abolition Committee will ask the Federal Minister for Transport, Mr. H.Beale, next Wednesday to…

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Driver evades road tax, fined

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 7

Mr. Hook, S.M., yesterday fined a transport driver £10 in the Traffic Court for having carried timber without a…

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Man Killed, Second Hurt on Train Roof

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 7

A half-caste aborigine was killed and another critically injured when they struck an overhead bridge while riding on the roof of a train near Dungog yesterday…

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Man, Son Die in Road Crash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 3

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- A man and his 10-years- old son died in hospital shortly after they had…

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Boy dies, two hurt in road smash

The Sun · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 2

An 11-year-old boy was killed and his brother and another boy injured when a…

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Sweep to Return to the Open Road

The Sun · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Mrs. C. R. Fry, north Geelong, who shared a £5 prize with wandering chimney sweep, George Henry, has given her part of the prize to George to help him to return to…

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Tram Mishap: Workers Late

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 2

Clovelly and Coogee tram schedules were disorganised this morning when tram jumped the…

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Tram Mishap: Workers Late

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 2

Clovelly and Coogee train schedules were disorganised this morning when a tram jumped the…

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Wants Bridge Painted Gold

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1950 · page 5

A TOWN-PLANNING expert will fight to have Sydney Harbor Bridge painted old-gold instead of sombre grey. He is NSW Town-Planning…

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Schoolgirl Tells Of Train Attack

Truth · Sunday 29 January 1950 · page 11

A 13-YEARS-OLD school-girl told Mr. Paton S.M. at Campbelltown Court on Wednesday that she was…

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First Motor Cycle Was Real Boneshaker

Truth · Sunday 29 January 1950 · page 41

Weary of toiling up the hills on his boneshaker, Herr Gottlieb Daimler, in 1885, fitted a petrol engine…

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Aboriginal Becomes Tram Girl

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 29 January 1950 · page 3

THE pretty 19 years old girl, Joan Byard, pictured below, last Wednesday fulfilled her…

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Motor-cycle In Three-way Crash

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 29 January 1950 · page 1

After colliding wtih a car at Carlton yesterday, a motor cycle skidded, struck a bicycle, and finished up under another…

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22 Dead, 60 Injured in Train Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Monday. -- Twenty-two people were killed and 60 injured when a goods train collided with a mail train…

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22 Dead, 60 Injured in Train Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Monday. -- Twenty-two people were killed and 60 injured when a goods train collided with a mail train…

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22 Dead, 60 Injured in Train Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Monday. -- Twenty-two people were killed and 60 injured when a goods train collided with a mail train…

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