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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

6,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250

Three Hurt in Road Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 6

Three persons were injured last night when a double-decker bus and car collided at the…

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Russian Tricks On Road To Berlin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

Recent Russian interference with road, rail, and barge traffic between Berlin and Western Germany has an ominous…

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New Safety Drive Plan To Reduce Road Toll

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 4

The Road Safety Council yesterday appointed a special committee to draw up a plan to stop road accidents…

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Union Expects End To Trams Dispute

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 1

Tramway and Omnibus Employees' Union officials said yesterday that they were confident that talks with Transport…

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Tram Driven Through Stop Signal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 9

William Hart, tram driver, of King's Road, Brighton-leSands, was fined £5 in the Traffic Court yesterday for…

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Return of Trams Voted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 7

Ninety per cent. of 300 votes already counted in a Vaucluse plebiscite favored restoration of the tram service on the…

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Japanese Motor Trucks for Aust

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Mon.--Australia would import Japanese motor vehicles next April for the first time in 12 years, Mr. J. Woolard said tonight…

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Railways Transfer

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

The Secretary for Railways (Mr. Nicholas) announced today that the medical and employment sections of the…

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Railways Transfer

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

The Secretary for Railways (Mr. Nicholas) announced today that the medical and employment sections of the…

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Railways Transfer

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

The Secretary Railways (Mr. Nicholas) announced today that the medical and employment sections of…

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Man Hurt by Tram

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 8

Thomas Perkins Power (78), of Mansions House Private Hotel, Elizabeth St., Sydney, received a fractured left leg,…

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Man Hurt by Tram

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 24

Thomas Perkins Power (78) of Mansions House Private Hotel, Elizabeth St., Sydney, received a fractured left leg…

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Railways Trans

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

The Secretary for Rai (Mr. Nicholas) announce day that the medical ant ployment sections of the…

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Stop Press Rains Affect Railways

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 28

washsways news occured on railway line beyone Moogee are working on the line and of the weather it an not…

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Railways Transfer

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

The Secretary for Railways (Mr. Nicholas) announced today that the medical and employment sections of the…

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Laminated Timber Bridge

Construction · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 8

A two-hinged arch of 120ft. span has been erected over Culp Creek at Eugene. Oregon, U.S.A., to carry road, rail and foot traffic. The structure was shop-fabricated from glued…

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Bridge Toll Protest

The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 21

A joint conference of representatives from all North Shore councils to discuss the abolition of the Sydney…

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Will Maintain Bridge Approaches

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 4

Parramatta City Council has accepted responsibility for maintenance of approaches to the O'Connell Street river bridge…

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Councils to Talk on Bridge Toll

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 6

A conference of North Shore Municipal and Shire Councils will be held at the Manly Council Chambers at 8 o'clock…

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Husband pulled from path of train

The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 11

A 21-year-old laborer, who said he had had a difference with his wife, was dragged from the railway line at Bankstown last night night before a train sped through…

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