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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

6,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250

New Move on Bridge Toll

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 9

Organisations fighting for abolition of the toll on the Harbor Bridge are to confer soon to prepare a…

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Road Permits for Superphosphate

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 10

Special permits for the road transport of superphosphate were available at the nominal charge of Is, the Minister for…

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Road Permits for Superphosphate

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 10

Special permits for the road transport of superphosphate were available at the nominal charge of Is, the Minister for…

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Road Permits for Superphosphate

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 2

Special permits for the road transport of superphosphate were available at the nominal charge of Is, the Minister for…

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Road Permits for Superphosphate

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 2

Special permits for the road transport of superphosphate were available at the nominal charge of Is. the Minister for…

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Road Permits for Superphosphate

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 10

Special permits for the road transport of superphosphate were available at the nominal charge of Is, the Minister for…

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Road Permits for Superphosphate

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 10

Special permits for the road transport of superphosphate were available at the nominal charge of Is, the Minister for…

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The President’s Column Petrol Tax for Roads

The Observer · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 6

£16,000,000 was approximately the income to the Commonwealth Treasury last year from this tax, and with the ever increasing use of…

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Permits For Road Haul Of Super

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 24

"WHEATGROWERS experiencing delays in the delivery of superphosphate could obtain special permits to use road…

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Permits For Farmers To Cart Supplies of Super. By Road

The Land · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 2

SPECIAL permits are now available for farmers to enable them to use road transport for the delivery of their superphosphate supplies. Announcing this yesterday, the…

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Railway Pensions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 2

Sir,—It would appear that the time is overdue for those in authority to reconsider the superannuation allowance to at least one…

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£10 Basic Wage Attitude Of Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Counsel stated in the" Full Arbitration Court to-day that the New South…

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£300,000 Bill for Railway Thefts

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 6

The Railway Department's bill for unrecovered and stolen goods was £300,000 a year, Detective Albert James of the CIB said today in Quarter Sessions. Told by Detective James…

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Railwayman loses hand, leg

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 6

MOLONG, Friday.--Clarence Norman Rogers, 23, railway signalman, of Sale Street, Orange, had his right hand…

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Driver of tram is fined £10'

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 9

Driver of a tram, which was involved in a collision with a three-ton truck, was fined £10 by Mr. Beavers, SM, in…

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Basic Wage Rises Hit Railways Each 1'-adds £145,000 yearly to bill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--Each 1-increase in the basic wage cost the New South Wales Railway Department £145,000 a year, Mr. F. W…

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160 Trams Stop After Blasts Under Street

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 1

Ten thousand tram passengers from 160 trams walked home after underground tramway power cables blew out at 5.55 p.m. yesterday…

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Sutherland Dist. Motor Cycle Club

The Observer · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 8

Well fellas here I am again to give you our social activities. Although the weather wasn’t the best last Sunday the boys rolled up in…

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Motor- Cycling News Interstate Riders Seeking Revenge

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 23

Victorian and South Australian speedsters are determined to take their revenge on N.S.W. racing men when they clash at the 1950 N.S.W. Grand Prix at Bathurst on Easter Saturday; April 8. The local men have…

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Inquiry on Tram Blast

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 5

Road Transport Department engineers are investigating the cause of yesterday's explosion in…

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