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Railways, roads & transport, 1951

5,650 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250

Motorist Fined £25

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 12

William Morton John Guthrie (37), leather merchant, Dover Rd., Rose Bay, was fined £25 in…

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New Tram Strike Talk in Melbourne

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 6

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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New Tram Strike Talk in Melbourne

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 6

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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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 af essential transport. A threat of tramless…

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Horse Tramples Face Of Miner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 6

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

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Jubilee Train

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 20

IN celebration of the Centenary of Victoria and the 1951 Commonwealth Jubilee, a special train, painted bright green and…

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Woman's Death in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 9

Mrs. Grace Cosgrove (75), 5 Dudley St., Bondi, was fatally injured yesterday when she was struck by a motor lorry on the…

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Woman's Death in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 7

Mrs. Grace Cosgrove (75), 5 Dudley St., Bondi, was fatally injured yesterday when she was struck by a motor lorry on the…

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Elderly Woman Killed on Road

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 5

Mrs. Grace Cosgrove, 75, of Dudley Street, Bondi, was killed in a road accident at Bondi yesterday…

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The Sun's Road Safety Campaign

The Sun · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 5

Australia now has the world's second highest road death-rate. In the past four years,…

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Woman's Death in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 7

Mrs. Grace Cosgrove (75), 5 Dudley St., Bondi, was fatally injured yesterday when she was struck by a motor lorry on the…

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Woman's Death in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 7

Mrs. Grace Cosgrove (75), 5 Dudley St., Bondi, was fatally injured yesterday when she was struck by a motor lorry on the…

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Woman's Death in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 9

Mrs. Grace Cosgrove (75), 5 Dudley St., Bondi, was fatally injured yesterday when she was struck by a motor lorry on the…

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Woman's Death in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 7

Mrs. Grace Cosgrove (75), 6 Dudley St., Bondi, was fatally injured yesterday when she was struck by a motor lorry on the…

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Woman's Death in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 7

Mrs. Grace Cosgrove (75), 5 Dudley St., Bondi, was fatally injured yesterday when she was struck by a motor lorry on the…

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New Bridge to Be Built at Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 7

ALBURY, Thursday. — The New South Wales Department of Main Roads and the Victorian Country Roads Board have…

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29 Road Deaths in 18 Days

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 5

If the present rate of road accidents continues, 1951 will eclipse 1950 as he worst year on record…

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29 Road Deaths in 18 Days

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 5

If the present rate of road accidents continues, 1951 will eclipse 1950 as he worst year on record…

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29 Road Deaths in 18 Days

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 5

If the present rate of road accidents continues, 1951 will eclipse 1950 as the worst year on record…

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29 Road Deaths in 18 Days

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 5

If the present rate of road accidents continues, [?]1 will eclipse 1950 as worst year on record…

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