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Railways, roads & transport, 1952

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75-Train Water Lift to Broken Hill

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 9

BROKEN HILL, Wed. -- A new water train service introduced yesterday will provide Broken Hill and the mines with 6,825,000 gallons of water…

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75-Train Water Lift to Broken Hill

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 9

BROKEN HILL, Wed.--A new wafer train service introduced yesterday will provide Broken Hill and the mines with 6,825,000 gallons of water…

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75-Train Water Lift to Broken Hill

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 9

BROKEN HILL, Wed. -- A new water train service introduced yesterday will provide Broken Hill and the mines with 6,825,000 gallons of water…

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120 Die in Freak Rio Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 1

RIO DE JANIERO, Wed. (A.P., I.N.S.).-- A least 120 passengers are now known to have been killed and 300 injured in afreak 50 m.p.h. smash between a suburban-train crowded with workers and an express near Rio de Janiero yesterday…

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120 Die in Freak Rio Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 1

RIO DE JANEIRO, Wed. (A.P., I.N.S.).-- At least 120 passengers are now known to have been killed and 300 injured 'n, a freak 50 m.p.h. smash between a suburban train crowded with workers and an express near Rio de Janerio yesterday…

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170,000 Miles, then Road Tested

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 28

Sydney --After 170,000 miles of really rough work a Bradford 10 cwt. Utility Was road tested. The…

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Road Tax Repeal Urged Cobb and Co. Cited

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 4

It would have bee just as sensible to have subsidised Cobb and Co's coa has by taxing competing railway as is s to subsidise the…

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Rail Smash And 'Quake Havoc 120 Die in Rio Train

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 1

RIO de JANEIRO, Wed. (A.P., I.N.S.).-- At least 120 passengers are now known to have been killed and 300 injured in a…

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Rail Smash And 'Quake Havoc 120 Die in Rio Train

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 1

RIO de JANEIRO, Wed. (A,P., I.N.S.).-- At least T20 passengers are now known to have been killed and 300 injured in a…

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Rail Smash And 'Quake Havoc 120 Die in Rio Train

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 1

RIO de JANEIRO, Wed. (A,P., I.N.S.).-- At least 120 passengers are now known to have been killed and 300 injured in a…

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Rail Smash And 'Quake Havoc 120 Die in Rio Train

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 1

RIO de JANEIRO, Wed. (A.P., I.N.S.).--At least 120 passengers are now known to have been killed and 300 insured in a…

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Rail Smash And Quake Havoc 120 Die in Rio Train

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 1

RIO de JANEIRO, Wed. (A.P., I.N.S.).-- At least 120 passengers are now known to have been killed and 300 injured in a…

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Share Market, Commerce and Finance Broker to Client Commonwealth Engineering, manufacturers of road and rail transportation vehicles

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 15

CLIENT: You recommended against Commonwealth Engineering at 39 in March, 1950. The market is now 326. Broker: Yes…

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Motoring Safety

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 19

DETROIT (UP.). --Charles A. Chayne, General Motors engineer, says the car of the future will…

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Motoring Safety

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 19

DETROIT (U.P.).-- Charles A. Chayne, General Motors engineer, says the car of the future will…

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Bridge Toll Charges

The Propeller · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 1

It seems that the lifting of toll charges on the Georges Bridge, announced for March 31, will be delayed for several, weeks…

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Dangerous Road Crossing

The Propeller · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 1

In the Boomerang Hall. Sylvania, a public meeting was recently held for the purpose of preparing a petition to…

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Boy fails from train

The Sun · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 1

Ambulance men had to lie beside the rails with a badly injured schoolboy near Rockdale station…

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Collision on Bridge. Four Persons Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 1

On Wednesday of last week four persons were injured when their small car came into a head-on collision with, a ten-ton…

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New Railway Timetables

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 5

The Secretary for Railways (Mr. Anderson) yesterday announced that time tables for electric…

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