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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1952

6,059 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250

Disabled Motorists' Competition

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 18

Members of the Australian Disabled Motorists' Association will stretch many a yarn…

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Motor Boat Title

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 24

The Jewfish Point Motor Boat Club, George's River, will hold the Blaxland- Chapman Championship…

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Motor Boat Title

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 24

The Jewfish Point Motor Boat Club, George's River, will hold the Blaxland Chapman Cham pionship…

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Disabled Motorists' Competition

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 18

Members of the Australian Disabled Motorists' Association will stretch many a yarn…

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Tram Man On Four Charges

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 4

A tramways permanent way laborer appeared in Redfern Court today on charges of…

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Death Leap From Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 1

A NEW YORK PHOTOGRAPHER'S remarkable picture of a man plunging 240 feet to a suicide's death from the George Washington Bridge to the icy waters of the Hudson River on Wednesday night. The man is Clarence Sims, 25, a Negro. The picture shows the hands…

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Followers of the Star Introducing Charys Berry who walk the Rainbow Bridge

The Methodist · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 11

Charys, with her back to a tree, looked dreamily up at the sky, and then, hearing voices, gazed down the road instead. They were…

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Car Crushes Tram Man

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 1

A tram conductor had both feet badly injured when he was crushed between a car and the side of…

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514 Booked for Tram Breaches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 5

Tram inspectors this week took the names of 514 people for travelling on Sydney trams beyond the section for which they had paid…

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£100,000 Fire In Railway Yards

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 2

LAUNCESTON, Sat. --Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire at Launceston railway yards, centre of the State's railway system, early today…

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£100,000 Fire In Railway Yards

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 2

LAUNCESTON, Sat. --Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire at Launceston railway yards, centre of the State's railway system, early today…

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£100,003 Fire In Railway Yards

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 2

LAUNCESTON, Sat. --Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire at Launceston railway yards, centre of the State's railway system, early today…

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£100,000 Fire in Railway Yards

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 2

LAUNCESTON, Sat. --Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire at Launceston railway yards, centre of the State's railway system, early today…

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£100,000 Fire In Railway Yards

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 2

LAUNCESTON, Sat. --Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire at Launceston railway yards, centre of the State's railway system, early today…

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£100,000 Fire In Railway Yards

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 2

LAUNCESTON, Sat. --Damage estimated at £100,000 was caused by a fire at Launceston railway yards, centre of the State's railway system, early today…

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Peace Rally Train Ban

The Sun · Sunday 2 March 1952 · page 44

SPECIAL rail and road transport has been refused for the Peace and Friendship…

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Death Daily Stalks The Roads Of NSW Drunken, Reckless Drivers' Grim Toll Court Leniency Criticised

Truth · Sunday 2 March 1952 · page 40

Somewhere in this State is a healthy, life-loving man, woman or child, who within a day or two will be the 100th person killed in a N.S.W. road accident in 1952. Will he (or she) be…

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TRUTH about motoring New Hansa car shows efficiency of design

Truth · Sunday 2 March 1952 · page 33

An intriguing example of the very modern technique in Continental car design is the Hansa saloon which is a German product of a long-established engineering company, Borgward…

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A youth bought a motor-car for 76

The Sun · Sunday 2 March 1952 · page 15

Traditionally, George Washington's birthday has been Washington's biggest bargain-hunting day in the year…

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£100,000 loss in railway fire LAUNCESTON

The Sun · Sunday 2 March 1952 · page 44

FOURTEEN passenger carriages were destroyed in a £100,000 fire at Launceston railway station early today. Part of the station was…

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