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Railways, roads & transport, 1952

6,059 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 250

Army Alert In Egypt After Terrorists Blast British Oil Train

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 17 February 1952 · page 3

CAIRO, Feb. 16 (A.A.P.).—British Army Headquarters in Egypt to-day stopped all Egyptian State railway traffic throughout the Canal Zone…

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Car Runs Off Road Into Gully 6 migrants in canal HOBART

The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1952 · page 3

SIX men were drowned today when a car plunged into a swiftly-running canal at the hydro-electric construction works about 160…

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Youths badly hurt in motor- bike crash

The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1952 · page 44

Two youths were critically injured when their motor- cycle struck a brick wall in Lady…

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Ivy Bridge in Good Trial

Daily Mirror · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 19

MELBOURNE, Monday. --Mentone trained filly. Ivy Bridge, who won by 12 lengths at Pakenham last…

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Ivy Bridge in Good Trial

Daily Mirror · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 18

MELBOURNE, Monday. --Mentone trained filly. Ivy Bridge, who won by 12 lengths at Pakenham last…

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Ivy Bridge in Good Trial

Daily Mirror · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 19

MELBOURNE, Monday. --Mentone trained filly. Ivy Bridge, who won by 12 lengths at Pakenham last…

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Train ban relaxed in Egypt

The Sun · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 12

CAIRO, Monday.-- Egyptian army trains began moving through the Suez Canal zone yesterday after the British lifted a 24-hour ban…

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Toby Travelled by Train-- to Where?

Daily Mirror · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 4

If any passenger on an Auburnbound electric train on Thursday had a fox terrier as a travelling companion, 13-years-old Ron Windon, Belmore St.,…

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Toby Travelled by Train -- to Where?

Daily Mirror · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 4

If any passenger on an Auburnbound electric train on Thursday had a fox terrier as a travelling companion, 13-years-old Ron Window, Belmore St.,…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, February l8, 1952 Malaya's Rocky Road to Self-government

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 2

The extension of Mr. Malcolm MacDonald's appointment as Commissioner-General in South-East Asia…

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Tas. Railway Chief Dies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 4

HOBART, Sunday.—Mr. A K. Reid, who was appointed general manager of the Tasmanian railways last June,…

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Hit by Train

The Sun · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 3

Roy Mantle, fettler, of Lancaster Av., Blacktown, was critically injured today when struck by an…

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Police use bridge trap

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Mon.--Armed police used a semitrailer as a roadblock in the centre of a narrow…

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Stop Press Man Killed by Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 24

John Alfred Wright (85). Waradah St., Ourley, was killed instantly today when he was hill by an electro train near Oarley railway…

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Stop Press Man Killed by Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 24

John Alfred Wright (85), Wars[?] St. Oatley, was killed instantly today when he was hit by an electric train near Oatley railway…

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Man (85) Struck By Train, Killed

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 3

John Alfred Wright (85), of Waratah St., Oatley, was killed instantly today when he was struck by an…

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Baby Crawled Out After Train Passed Over Him

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—But for a railway engine's cow-catcher 14-month-old Digby Kelvin…

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Special Machine Used To Rebuild Road Shoulders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 8

A special trench roller is being used by the Department of Main Roads for the reconstruction of road shoulders on the Sydney-Picton section of Hume Highway…

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Motoring Section Every Tuesday Ford Produces Startling Model for Test Purposes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 8

The Ford Company has produced a sleek streamlined model which has been described as a likely "Ford of to-morrow." The model is now being exhibited in…

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Motor Show at Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 8

Organised by the Apex Club, a committee has been formed at Wollongong to hold a motor show at…

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