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Railways, roads & transport, 1950

6,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

Bid To Check Toll Of Road

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 3

A meeting of the executive committee of the Road Safety Council has been convened by the…

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Bid To Check Toll Of Road

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 3

A meeting of the executive committee of the Road Safety Council has been convened by the…

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Bid To Check Toll Of Road

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 3

A meeting of the executive committee of the Road Safety Council has been convened by the…

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Bid To Check Toll Of Road

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 3

A meeting of the executive committee of the Road Safety Council has been convened by the…

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Bid To Check Toll Of Road

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 3

A meeting of the executive committee of the Road Safety Council has been convened by the…

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George's River Bridge, Sydney Sharp Increase in Usage

Construction · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 9

The tollmaster of the George's River Bridge reports that during the month of December 236.011 vehicles crossed the bridge, responsible for revenue amounting to £6,219/6/2 compared with the…

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Lifting of Bridge toll matter for State, says Beale

The Sun · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 12

Abolition of the Sydney Harbor Bridge toll was entirely the responsibility of the NSW State Government, the Federal Minister for Transport (Mr. Howard Beale) today told a…

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Towns Face Blackouts Big road fleet to carry oil

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 1

Four major towns in northwest New South Wales this week face a total power and lighting blackout because of…

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Proposed Bus Routes to North Merrylands. and or Wentworthville and Whalan's Road

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 3

At the suggestion of the Mayor Ald. W. Campbell, the town clerk of Holroyd. Mr. P. A. Arnett outlined. in a report before council on January 24, possible…

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Running Around with the Motor Bike Boys

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 6

Parramatta Motor Cycle Club will hold a T.T. on the racing circuit at Wallacia on Sunday. Last week-end some members…

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Churchill Endorses Labor's Socialism Tory Manifesto Silent on Nationalised Coal, Railways and Bank of England No Threat to Free Cradle-to-grave Health Scheme

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 7

Notwithstanding all the poppycock about the anti-Sosh manifesto of the British Conservative Party in reply to Labor's election manifesto, Mr. Churchill has endorsed Mr. Attfee's Socialistic policy on public control of the Bank of England, the…

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Chinese Injured by Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 5

Soong Lung, 55, a Chinese living in Dixon Street, city, was knocked down by a tram in Pitt Street, city, yesterday. Central…

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'Two Govts. Could End Bridge Toll'

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 11

Those who paid the Sydney Harbor Bridge toll wanted to know why the Federal and N.S.W. Governments could not get together to abolish the toll, said the president of the N.R.M.A. (Mr. C. R. Davidson), who is also chairman of the…

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'Two Govts. Could End Bridge Toll'

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 11

Those who paid Sydney Harbor Bridge toll wanted to know why the Federal and N.S.W. Governments could not get together to abolish the toll, said the president of the N.R.M.A. (Mr. C. R. Davidson), who is also chairman of the…

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Toll on Bridge "Matter For State"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 2

The Federal Minister for Transport, Mr. Howard Beale, told a deputation yesterday that the…

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McGirr hits at Fed. Govt. on Bridge toll

The Sun · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 26

The Premier (Mr. McGirr) today accused the Federal Transport Minister (Mr. Beale) of "not facing the issue" in rejecting a request for aid to permit abolition of the…

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Big'Increase In New Motor Cars

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 6

New motor cars registered in Australia in 1949 totalled 86,117, compared with 59,736 in 1948—an increase of 44 per…

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Sunday trams to Clovelly

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 11

The Commissioner for Transport (Mr. Winsor) will replace buses with trams on…

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Plebiscite Over Trams

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 2

A plebiscite is being conducted by the Vaucluse Progress Association to…

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Tram Service Alterations

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 7

On Sundays in future trams will replace buses on the Circular QuayClovelly and Central…

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