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Railways, roads & transport, 1953

6,017 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250

Trams Delayed

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 1

City bound trams were delayed nearly, half an hour this morning, when an overhead power cable…

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Trams Delayed

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 1

Citybound trams were delayed nearly half an hour this morning, when an overhead power cable…

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Trams Delayed

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 12

Citybound trams were delayed nearly half an hour this morning, when an overhead power cable…

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Trams Delayed

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 1

Citybound trams were delayed nearly half an hour this morning when an overhead power cable…

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Trams Delayed

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 12

Citybound trams were delayed nearly half an hour this morning, when an overhead power cable…

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Rush for Trial Train Tour

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 25 January 1953 · page 5

An experimental tourist train which will make a round trip from Sydney and return via Moss Vale and Wollongong to-day has been booked out…

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40 die in road accidents

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1953 · page 7

TWO fatal accidents yesterday brought the road toll in NSW to 40 deaths since…

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Champion Lives Like a Spartan Iron master started Landy on road to 4-minute mile

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1953 · page 28

BEHIND Australia's running marvel John Landy, 22, is 57-year-old Percy Cerutty, a wispy, iron man who worships physical fitness. Cerutty shares some of the glory reflected from…

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Motor Industry Outlook Has Greatly Improved: Increase In New Car Sales

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 25 January 1953 · page 7

The outlook for the Australian Motor Industry had improved greatly during the past two months, the general secretary of the Motor Traders' Association of New South Wales, Mr. H. C. Jones, said yesterday…

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Big Crowd At Motor Races

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 25 January 1953 · page 5

ORANGE, Saturday.—The Gnoo-Blas road-racing circuit at Orange had its inaugural meeting to-day with a…

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Hints To Motorists

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 25 January 1953 · page 15

N.R.M.A. engineers offer these hints to motorists for home maintenance:- WORN UNIVERSAL JOINTS: Any clicking noise noticed when moring off or…

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Motor Races At Orange

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 25 January 1953 · page 15

THIS aerial picture shows the course route of the new motor racing track which has been built at…

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One-Day Scenic Motor Tour

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 25 January 1953 · page 15

One of the most pleasant drives in the State within easy reach of Sydney is through National Park to Wattamolla and Garie, returning via the Upper Causeway and Waterfall. THIS pleasant drive takes…

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Motoring Section Bond Impressions Of Austin A-40 Tourer

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 25 January 1953 · page 15

THE AUSTRALIAN-BODIED A40 FALCON TOURER is Austin's answer to the undoubted demand for an open car, capable of good performance, and at a price considerably below that of the corresponding saloon…

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Long Tramp Ending for Last of Telegram Girls

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 January 1953 · page 5

Two G.P.O. telegram girls who have tramped 45,000 miles to deliver 2,400,000 telegrams have received a week's notice of dismissal. They are the last of…

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Carruthers On Road

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 15

JOHANNES BURG, Monday.--Jimmy Carruthers, world bantamweight champion, begins…

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Carruthers On Road

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 15

JOHANNES BURG, Monday. --Jimmy Carruthers, world bantamweight champion, begins…

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Carruthers On Road

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 14

JOHANNES BURG, Monday.--Jimmy Carruthers, -world bantamweight champion, begins…

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Train hits woman, 80

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Sun. -- Doctors amputated the leg of an 80-years-old woman after a train had struck…

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Holiday Forecast Fine, Warm Patrols To Watch Crowded Roads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 1

Sydney should have fine, warm, humid weather, with a few showers, for to-day's Australia Day holiday, the Weather Bureau said last night. Big crowds are expected at sporting events and on the…

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