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Railways, roads & transport, 1951

5,650 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 250

Terrorists Derail Train, Kill Two

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 3

SINGAPORE, Jan. 17 (A.A.P.Reuter).—Seventy terrorists yesterday attacked and derailed a colliery train at Rawang, near…

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New Spit Bridge in Four Years

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 10

Contract for the fabrication of the steel work and also for the construction of a new bridge…

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New Spit Bridge in Four Years

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 10

Contract for fabrication of the steel work and also for the construction of a new bridge…

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New Spit Bridge start in year

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 7

Construction of a new bridge at The Spit would probably begin within 12 months, the Secretary of the Main Roads Department (Mr. R. S. Johnston) said yesterday…

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McGIRR on Road Safety

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 4

"The Government will endeavor to remedy road safety problems by the institution of new laws and…

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Harder campaign against road-hogs

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 9

The Chief of Traffic Police (Superintendent Lawrence) yesterday ordered an intensified campaign against road fenders…

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New Drive On Road Offenders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 5

Traffic Superintendent Mr. W. R. Lawrence yesterday announced that from to-day patrols will…

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McGIRR on Road Safety

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 4

"The Government will endeavor to remedy road safety problems by the institution of new laws and…

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McGirr names road perils

The Sun · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 3

The Premier (Mr. McGirr) today named drinking drivers, speeding motor-cyclists, and over-tired transport drivers as the three greatest dangers on the road…

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English Firm To Build New Spit Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 1

The Department of Main Roads announced last night that it had given the contract for the new bridge over Middle…

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Stole Train to Fulfil 30-Year Ambition

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 11

PARIS, Thursday.--A civil servant who was arrested for driving a train illegally, told police he had wanted to drive a train since he was a boy, and for 30 years had only restrained the impulse with difficulty…

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Stole Train to Fulfil 30-Year Ambition

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 11

PARIS, Thursday.--A civil servant who was arrested for driving a train illegally, told police he had wanted to drive a train since he was a boy, and for 30 years had only restrained the impulse with difficulty…

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SUN Readers Say Teach road hogs

The Sun · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 25

As a veteran motorist, I disagree with the views of the assistant secretary of the Pedestrians' Road Safety…

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Children in Favor of Road Courtesy

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 9

Most children who voted in a public opinion poll on ways to counter road accidents suggested courtesy at a Road Safety exhibition yesterday…

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This Could Violent death in a creek-bed--and it wasn't all his fault the Sun's Road Safety Campaign

The Sun · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 3

THE driver of this car, whose crumpled and broken body has been thrown into the rear…

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Motor cyclists "young menaces"

The Sun · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 3

Three young motor cyclists were described in the Traffic Court today as "young menaces, oblivious to danger and unfit to drive"…

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Railway police raid houses

The Sun · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 2

Raiding houses at Cockle Greek and Waratah last night, Railway detectives seized more than £350 worth of…

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70 m.p.h. chase of motor-cycle

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 9

A man who rode a motorcycle at 70 miles an hour was fined £30 in the Traffic Court yesterday…

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New Tram Strike Talk in Melbourne

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--For the third time in less than a year, Melbourne is again threatened with a general, stoppage of essential transport. A threat of tramless…

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Horse Tramples Face Mimmer

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 6

LITHGOW,, Thilrsday.--Jack Weich, Geordie St., Lithgow, was- seriously injured when his head was trampled by a…

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