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Railways, roads & transport, 1953

6,017 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Less Deaths on U.k. Roads

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 7

LONDON (D.M.W.S.). -- For the first time in 2S years, there are likely to be less than 5000 people…

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Suspicion of Sabotage in Train Wreck

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Sat. (I.N.S.). --A Congressional inquiry will seek to determine if sabotage…

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Suspicion of Sabotage in Train Wreck

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Sat. (I.N.S.). -- A Congressional, inquiry will seek to determine if sabotage…

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Suspicion of Sabotage in Train Wreck

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 11

WASHINGTON, Sat. (I.N.S.).-- A Congressional inquiry will seek to determine if sabotage…

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Suspicion of Sabotage in Train Wreck

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Sat. (I.N.S.).-- A Congressional inquiry will seek to determine if sabotage…

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Followers of the Star Continuing Our Serial the Rainbow Bridge

The Methodist · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 11

["Have you heard the news?" one of the Glenwood girls shouts as she comes running towards Charys Berry and Kim Baisley.]…

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Murder in the Mail Van a discarded pair of overalls led to the solving of one of America's most brutal train robberies. True Crime

The World's News · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 6

AT about noon on October 11, 1923, a passenger train puffing through the Siskiyou Mountains, in Oregon, US, and toward San Francisco, came…

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Darwin Railway May Be Extended

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 2

DARWIN, Saturday -- The extension of the Darwin-Birdum railway 120 miles to Newcastle…

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Motor Boats

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 8

St. George Motor Boat club B Class Cruiser Handicap (W. Furlong Trophy), Heat 1: Marco (L. Marshall) 1. Odds On…

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Darwin Railway May Be Extended

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 10

DARWIN, Saturday.-- The extension of the Darwin-Birdum railway 120 miles to Newcastle…

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Darwin Railway May Be Extended

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 2

DARWIN, Saturday.-- The extension of the Darwin-Birdum railway 120 miles to Newcastle…

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Darwin Railway May Be Extended

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 8

DARWIN, Saturday.-- The extension of the Darwin-Birdum railway 120 miles to Newcastle…

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Darwin Railway May Be Extended

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 11

DARWIN, Saturday. -- The extension of the Darwin-Birdum railway 120 miles to Newcastle…

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Darwin Railway May Be Extended

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 8

DARWIN, Saturday.-- The extension of the Darwin-Birdum railway 120 miles to Newcastle…

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Man Killed by Train

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 18 January 1953 · page 5

Marian Kaminski, 35, a New Australian, fell in front of an electric train at the Rookwood railway halt, near…

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Motoring Section Road Impressions Of Singer Sports Tourer

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 18 January 1953 · page 15

THE SINGER COMPANY has produced this new model of its Sports Tourer by powering it with the excellent 1,500 e.c overhead camshaft engine as used in its saloon. Additionally, it has provided independent front suspension, thus improving…

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Residents Say Old Bridge May Collapse

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 18 January 1953 · page 4

COOMA, Saturday.—A 50-year-old bridge over the Murrumbidgee near Cooma is liable to collapse in the…

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Financial Review Lure Of The Downhill Road By the Financial Editor

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 18 January 1953 · page 6

HERE IS a soft way out of Australia's economic dilemma, by the route of a currency depreciation. And there is a strenuous way through a reduction of internal costs…

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Man's Death After Fall Under Tram

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1953 · page 3

John Herbert Williams (63), Riley St., Surry Hills, was fatally injured when he fell under a…

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Death Under Tram

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 18 January 1953 · page 1

John Herbert Williams, 63, of Riley Street, Surry Hills, was fatally injured yesterday when he fell from a tram and…

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