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Railways, roads & transport, 1951

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Dogs Blamed for Many Road Smashes

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 17

LONDON, wednesday.--me presence, of dogs on roads was the primary cause of 2187 accidents or 1.5 per cent, of the…

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Dogs Blamed for Many Road Smashes

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 11

LONDON, Wednesday.--The presence of dogs on roads was the primary cause of 2187 accidents or 1.5 per cent. of the…

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Dogs Blamed for Many Road Smashes

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 11

LONDON, Wednesday.--The presence of dogs on roads was the primary cause of 2187 accidents or 1.5 percent. of the…

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Dogs Blamed for Many Road Smashes

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 17

LONDON, Wednesday.-- The presence of dogs on roads was the primary cause of 2187 accidents or 1.5 per cent, of- the…

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Train Building Joins Lag One of 250 COMPLETED

Construction · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 3

Only one new train is in service in Sydney although the Government has ordered 250 trains. The new train went into service…

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Motor-cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 8

Wilfred Bennett, 22, of West Street, Strathfield, fractured his skull and injured his spine when his motor-cycle collided with a…

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Motor Courts Catch U.S. Imagination

Construction · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 4

Vacationists who once were forced to use tumble down tourist cabins, are now catered for with replete Motor Courts, or Motels, on all the major…

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Drinking motor drivers warned of consequences

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 2

People who drink and drive and are involved in accident's must take what is coming to them, Mr. Scroope, SM, warned in…

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Motor Spares New Par Issues

The Sun · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 23

Motor Spares, Ltd., is raising £118,900 by preference and ordinary issues, both at par. The ordinary issue is on a…

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Rush for U.S. Defence Jobs 75,000 Jobless In Motor Trade

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 13

DETROIT, Wednesday.--Thousands of people from Southern states are streaming to Detroit, home of the U.S. motor industry, in the hope of finding a…

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Rush for U.S. Defence Jobs 75,000 Jobless In Motor Trade

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 13

DETROIT, Wednesday.--Thousands of people from Southern states are streaming to Detroit home of the U.S. motor industry in the hope of finding a…

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If Your Wife Nags-see Your Motor

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 5

Sydney doctors today agreed with a London report that nagging wives could cause their husbands…

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4 motorists killed when bridge falls

The Sun · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 7

QUEBEC, Wednesday.--At least four people were plunged to death in the icy St. Maurice River, at Three Rivers, when four spans of the Duplessis bridge collapsed early…

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No Train Available for Railway Picnic

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 6

LITHGOW, Thursday.--The coal shortage has forced the postponement of the picnic at Blackheath on Monday for…

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No Train Available for Railway Picnic

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 6

LITHGOW, Thursday.--The coal shortage has forced the postponement of the picnic at Blackheath on Monday for…

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No Train Available for Railway Picnic

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 6

LITHGOW, Thursday.--The coal shortage has forced the postponement of the picnic at Blackheath on Monday for…

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No Train Available for Railway Picnic

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 6

LITHGOW, Thursday.--The coal shortage has forced the postponement of the picnic at Blackheath on Monday for western railwaymen and their…

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Dangerous Greystanes Road

The Biz · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 2

The secretary of Greystanes Progress Association wrote as follows to Holroyd Council:— I have been directed by the above…

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Road Accident Prevention

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 7

Residents of Penrith are to be invited to do something to protect themselves from road accidents which unfortunately have again begun to show…

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Merrylands Road Traffic

The Biz · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 3

The Department of Road Transport wrote to Holroyd Council, acknowledging letter concerning a recent conference held relative to congestion at omnibus…

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