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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

6,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 250

Train Leap to Escape Rape

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 14

MAITLAND, Mon.--A young woman said in Maitland Court today that she had kicked out the window of a box carriage on the Brisbane Express…

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Farmer Run Down by Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 9

WAUCHOPE, Tuesday.--A 55-year-old farmer was run down and killed by a train yesterday while he was…

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Farmer Run Down by Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 9

WAUCHOPE, Tuesday.-- A 55-years-old farmer was run down and killed by a train yesterday while he was…

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Farmer Run Down by Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 9

WAUCHOPE, Tuesday.-- A 55-years-old farmer was run down and killed by a train yesterday while he was…

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The Trials Of Railway Travel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 2

Mishaps such as the derailment which delayed the Melbourne express and other trains on Sunday are doubtless…

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Trams Held Up For Hour By Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 5

Tram traffic was held up for nearly an hour yesterday when a bus, a tram, and an oil waggon were involved in a…

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Tramway Strike Bid Against Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday. — As Melbourne's tram strike entered its sixth day to-day, the Tramways…

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Watson's Bay Trams Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 4

The 'woollahra Municipal Council last night received a petition, signed by 526 persons from Rushcutter Bay, asking for the…

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'Salaries Too Low To Attract Doctors To Railways'

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 5

Doctors were unwilling to enter the Railway Department's employment because of the low salaries offered, Dr. M. R. Finlayson, director of the N.S.W. railways medical services, said yesterday…

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Truck Dragged by Tram in City

The Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 1

Leslie Stanley Murray, 22, escaped injury in George Street today, when the two- ton truck he was driving was…

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Deadlock in Melb. tram strike

The Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. --Melbourne's tram strike has reached a temporary deadlock…

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Court move to curb tram union

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Mon.--The Tramway Board in the next two or three days would seek de-registration of the tram strikers' union, the Board's chairman (Mr. Risson)…

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Smash Dislocates City Traffic Van and Tram in Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 3

Traffic was dislocated for over half an hour late this afternoon when a heavy furniture van…

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Smash Dislocates City Traffic Van and Tram in Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 3

Traffic was dislocated for over half an hour late this afternoon when a heavy furniture van…

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£250,000,000 Roads Loan. Federal Plan Announced

Construction · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 2

The Treasurer, Mr. A. W. Fadden, said recently in the House of Representatives that the Government intended to borrow £250 million over a period of five years under the control authority of the…

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Running Around with the Motor Bike Boys

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 8

On Sunday members of the Parramatta District Motor Cycle Club carried out work on the track at Wallacia…

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Vic. Tram Strike Police Chief In Talks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Chief Commissioner of Police, Mr. A. M. Duncan, was called into…

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Danger If Baits Used On Railway Signals

Tribune · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 8

LATEST to raise the safety issue of non-employment of Balts on jobs where language difficulties heighten industrial accident danger…

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Vic• Tram Men Give Fighting Lead To Workers

Tribune · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 5

Victorian tramway workers, whose fighting lead the 1946 transport strike was followed by granting of a 7/- interim basic wage rise by the Arbitration Court, have again given a fighting lead to all workers…

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Underground Railway for Melbourne. Investigation Proposed

Construction · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 2

Victoria State Cabinet is proposing an urgent inquiry into the building of a Melbourne underground railway system. Mr. Guye, Transport Minister, said he would…

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