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Railways, roads & transport, 1953

6,017 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 250

New Speed Record by Motor-cyclist

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 3

GUNNEDAH, Mon.--Motor-cyclist Jack Ehret this morning established a new Australian land speed record of 141.5 miles an hour…

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Man's Fatal Tram Fall

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 24

Bertie Stanley Berry, Wakefield St., Kent Town, Adelaide, was killed early .today. when…

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Lions on the Aerodrome

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 1

JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 20 (A.A.P.).—Pilots arriving at Malamala aerodrome in Eastern Transvaal have been…

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Bridge Problem

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 11

Yesterday's bridge problem should be worked out in no trumps instead of With Spades As Trumps…

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Bridge Problem

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 11

Yesterday's bridge problem should be worked out in no trumps instead of With Spades As Trumps…

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Bridge Problem

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 11

Yesterday's bridge problem should be worked out in no trumps instead of With Spades As Trumps…

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Roads to Beauty

The Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 22

Geneva is the gateway travellers who leave overseas as an arrow, the road and Mediterranean to the southern…

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Death Fall From Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 1

Mr. B. Berry, 54, of Wakefield Street, Kent Town, Adelaide, died yesterday in Cootamundra Hospital, after…

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Express Train Speeds Up Goods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 2

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. R. Winsor, said yesterday that a fruit express train had carried 3,196 tons of fruit…

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Vehicles on Road a Record

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 12

New South Wales now has a record number of 642,514 registered motor vehicles on…

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Motor Cyclists "Well Behaved"

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 6

Motorcyclist members of the N.S.W. Auto Cycle Union showed "very good road behaviour" in a…

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Parking in Railway Parade

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 11

A conference is to be held of all interested parties, to discuss the problem of parking in Railway Parade…

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Motoring Hint

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 9

The N.R.M.A. engineers say that spark plugs should be checked for wear every thousand miles. High engine…

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New B.i. Motorship Commissioned

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 1

The Chinkoa the 63rd vessel added to the B.I. fleet during and since the war left the United Kingdom on January 4 on her…

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New Motorship for Royal Interocean Lines

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 1

M.V. Straat Banka arrived in Brisbane on January 15 from South America on her maiden voyage to Australia…

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Early Resumption On Quay Railway All-out Effort to Finish Job

Construction · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 3

It is expected that work on the Quay Railway and Station. suspended last October, will be resumed next month. The State Government will make every effort to finish the project quickly…

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Many Join Veteran Motorists

The Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 13

More than 50 new applications had been received for membership to the Veteran…

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Motor cyclist sent for trial

The Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 12

Ronald Thurbon Green, electrician, of Linthorn Ave., Croydon, was committed for trial on a…

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Motorist fined £50

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 29

Mr. Hawes, S.M., yesterday fined a man, who, police said, had a "shocking record,"…

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Motorist Injured by Bolter

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tues. A bolting cart-horse raced through two sets of traffic lights in the…

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