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Railways, roads & transport, 1950

6,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 250

Lament Of A TramLover

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 7

WE tram lovers are lonely folk, the more so now that Mr. Winsor has got to work. Few people, I admit, become attached…

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Leaderless Legion Representing the Unrepresented Reckless Motorists

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 26

ITS a wonder that even more deaths are not caused by the incessant fighting for leading places which takes place every week-end…

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OPINION The right track but slow road

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 February 1950 · page 9

THE Federal Governments decision to send a mission abroad to examine the possibility of…

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29 killed and 100 injured in head on train crash

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 February 1950 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sat.--At least 29 people were killed and 100 injured last night in the nation's worst railway disaster for three years…

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The Good Oil on Motor Lubrication

Truth · Sunday 19 February 1950 · page 40

LUBRICANTS in your car are required to perform many functions, the chief of which is to minimise wear. IT is most important that the, oil used is of the correct…

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And Motorists Want Their Fines Chalked Up

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 February 1950 · page 17

Sydney motorists yesterday urged the adoption of an American parking system under which police place stickers imposing an immediate fine on cars parked longer than permitted. Motorists wishing to…

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Motor-cyclist's Leg Fractured

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 February 1950 · page 12

A motor-cyclist fractured his right leg when his machine and a truck collided at the intersection of George and…

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Train Hits Car; Six Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Six persons were injured, one critically, when, an electric train…

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12 Toll Barriers on Harbor Bridge

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 2

Twelve new toll barriers will come into operation on the Harbor Bridge on April 5. These will elminiate the…

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Death-roll In U.S. Train Disaster May Grow To 34

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, Feb. 19 (A.A.P.).— Hospital authorities said yesterday that they feared the death-roll would rise to 34 in Friday night's Long Island railway collision…

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Railways Threat Union Meets To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 4

Some train services in New South Wales may be stopped if the State Council of the Australian Railways Union, which…

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Motor Cyclists in Accidents

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 8

Three men Were injured yesterday when they were involved in motor-cycle accidents…

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Good Recovery in Dutch Railways

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 16

AMSTERDAM, Monday. --Dutch railways, whose lines and rolling stock were almost completely destroyed in 1945, have made a remarkable recovery, according to a survey in Amsterdam…

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Floods Still Block Roads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 1

Roads leading from Hay, in the south-west of N.S.W., to Deniliquin and Balranald are still…

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Armed Man In Road At Double Bay

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 4

Two men, one with' a pistol, approached a woman and a man in a car in Glendon Rd.. Double…

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Armed Man In Road At Double Bay

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 4

Two men, one with a pistol, approached a woman and a man in a car in Glendon Rd„ Double…

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£3,000,000 railway approved

The Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 7

Construction of a £3,000,000 railway between Inverell and Glen Innes was approved today by State…

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Motor Cyclists' Night

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 27

The annual get-together of racing motor cyclists, past and present, will be held at Repin's on March 1. Those old-time…

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Motor Cyclists' Night

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 27

Ade annual get-together of motor cyclists, past and present, will be held at Repin's on March 1. Those old-time…

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Motor Cyclists' Night

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 27

The annual get-together of racing motor cyclists, past and present, will be held at Repin's on March 1. Those old-time…

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