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Railways, roads & transport, 1950

6,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 250

First Train From Communist China

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 9

HONGKONG, Monday.-- A 12-car freight train, the first from Communist-controlled China, arrived yesterday from…

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Train Overruns Line, 30 Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 6

LONDON, Monday.-- Thirty people were injured, none seriously, when a Wolversham excursion train over-ran the…

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Train Overruns Line, 30 Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 6

LONDON. Monday.-- Thirty people were injured, hone seriously. when a Wolversham excursion train over-ran the…

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Red Train to Hong Kong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 3

HONG KONG, March 12 (A.A.P.-Reuter).—The first freight train to travel between shanghai and Hong Kong…

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Heavy rains cause landslides Rock Falls Block Train Lines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 7

Landslides caused by rain blocked two New South Wales railway lines yesterday. Both landslides were on the South Coast…

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Landslide on Railway Line

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 4

Workmen clearing the South Coast railway line between Coledale and Scarborough yesterday morning, after tons of earth from an embankment collapsed on to the track. The 8.30 a.m. train from Sydney to Wollongong was cancelled because of the fall. Workmen stood by all day in case of further landslides…

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Coal Ban Sought Tram Strike Support

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Striking Wonthaggi miners have asked the Central Council of the…

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Fine of £50 for Motor Cyclist

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 4

Roy T. Hurst (26), South St.. St. Marys, was fined £50 at Penrith Court today for having driven a motor-cycle…

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Fine of £50 for Motor Cyclist

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 4

Roy T. Hurst (26), South St., St. Marys, was fined £50 at Penrith Court today for having driven a motor-cycle…

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Fine of £50 for Motor Cyclist

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 4

Roy T. Hurst (26), South St., St. Marys, was fined £50 at Penrith Court today for having driven a motor-cycle…

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Fine of £50 for Motor Cyclist

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 4

Roy T. Hurst (26), South St., St. Marys, was fined £50 g.t Penrith Court today for having driven a motor-cycle…

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Road Horrors

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 26

SHIRE Councils should forbid the erection of garish hoardings along country roads and highways. They mar the…

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Road Horrors

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 26

SHIRE Councils should forbid the arection of garish hoardings along country roads and highways. They mar the…

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Road Horrors

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 26

SHIRE Councils should forbid the erection of garish hoardings along country roads and highways. They mar the…

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Road Horrors

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 26

SHIRE Councils should forbid the erection of garish hoardings along country roads and highways. They mar the…

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Road Horrors

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 10

SHIRE Councils should forbid the exection of garish hoardings along country roads and highways. They mar the…

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Road Horrors

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 26

SHIRE Councils should forbid the erection of garish hoardings along country roads and highways. They mar the…

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Harbour Bridge Engineer Dead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 3

LONDON, March 13 (A.A.P.).—Sir Ralph Freeman, who was designing engineer for Dorman, Long and Co.,…

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Harbor Bridge Engineer Dies

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Mon.--Sir Ralph Freeman, consulting engineer in the construction of the Sydney Harbor Bridge, died today,…

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U.s. Efforts to Train Germans

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 7

WASHINGTON, Wednesday. --Twenty-seven specially trained American officers and their wives soon will be…

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