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Railways, roads & transport, 1953

6,017 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 250

End of Bridge

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 4

LYON (B.UP.).--The Guillotiere Bridge at Lyon, France, which, before it was rebuilt, collapsed in…

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End of Bridge

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 4

LYON (B.U.P.). -- The Guillotiere Bridge at Lyon, France, which, before it was rebuilt, collapsed in…

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End of Bridge

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 16

LYON (B.U.P.). --The Guillotiere Bridge at Lyon, France, which, before it was rebuilt, collapsed in…

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Road Courtesy

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 12

LONDON. -- Islington, London's second largest borough, reported no deaths of children on the…

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Road Courtesy

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 12

LONDON. -- Islington, London's second largest borough, reported no deaths of children on the…

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Bridge "In Two Years"

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 3

It was expected that the Iron Cove Bridge would be completed within two years the…

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Road Courtesy Campaign

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.— State Cabinet would soon authorise a campaign to improve the road manners of…

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Train in false getaway

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Sun.--Floods today again delayed the Port Augusta-Alice Springs…

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Train Passes Over Woman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 1

A woman lay between the railway lines at Birrong station, near Bankstown, yesterday afternoon while three…

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"Hill" Drinkers Take To Roads

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 4

BROKEN HILL, Mon.--With Broken Hill hotels closed daring the afternoon and night…

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"Hill" Drinkers Take To Roads

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 4

BROKEN HILL, Mon. --With Broken Hill hotels closed daring the afternoon and night…

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"Hill"Drinkers Take To Roads

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 4

BROKEN HELL, Mon.--With Broken Hill hotels closed daring the afternoon and night…

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"Hill" Drinkers Take to Roads

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 4

BROKEN HILL, Mon. --With Broken Hill hotels closed during the afternoon and night…

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Milk for Children in Train Block

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 1

FINKE RIVER, Monday.--Children on the stranded Port Augusta-Alice Springs train will…

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Theft of Train Reds Sentence Group

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 3

VIENNA, Jan. 11 (A.A.P.).—Prague Radio last night said that a Court has sentenced one man to…

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Road Victim Aged 25 Dies

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

ORANGE, Sun.--Robert Curtis, 25, of Murdoch Street, Cremorne, who was injured in a motor accident…

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Stop- Go- Stop Train May Go Into Reverse

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Sunday.— The Port Augusta-Alice Springs train, known as "The Ghan" moved out of…

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Youths rush trade jobs in railways

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 7

Railways Commissioner Winsor said today that youths are now turning to trades…

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Trammies seek sack for boss

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Sun.--Melbourne tramway workers want the chairman…

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2 Injured on Motor Cycle

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Mon. -- George Alder (25). Silsoe St., Hamilton, suffered a fractured skull when a…

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