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Railways, roads & transport, 1954

5,820 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Road Victim

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

Anastasis Zekkas (42), Pitt St., Redfern, who was knocked down and injured by a motor cycle yesterday…

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Road Victim

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

Anastasis Zekkas (42), Pitt St., Redfern, who was knocked down and injured by a motor cycle yesterday…

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Road Victim

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 8

Anastasis Zekkas (42), Pitt St., Redfern, who was knocked down and injured by a motor cycle yesterday…

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Road Victim

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 8

Anastasis Zekkas (42), Pitt St., Redfern, who was knocked down and injured by a motor cycle yesterday…

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Road Victim

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 8

Anastasis Zekkas (42), Pitt St., Redfern, who was knocked down and injured by, a motor cycle yesterday…

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Rain Strands Train; Buses Used

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 4

ORANGE, Monday.— Five hundred passengers, most of them for Sydney, had to be transferred from…

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Train Seats Booked "In Mistake"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 13

Six train seats reserved for students had been booked again in Melbourne for other passengers, the Commissioner…

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Two More Train Victims Identified

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 7

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter).— Authorities have identified two more victims of the…

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Motor Cycle Badly Injures Man

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 5

Anastasis Zekkas, 42, of Pitt Street, Redfern, was seriously injured when he was knocked down by a motor…

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Trees make way for motor cars

The Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 3

Workmen are cutting down 10 coral trees in Cliff St., Watson's Bay, to make way for a parking…

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Tram shocks conductor

The Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 7

A tram conductor was slightly shocked today when he received burns while he was adjusting…

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50-50 Letterettes in Fifty Words Railway rackets

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 18

The seat booking muddle at Central Station is just another racket which N.S.W…

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Truck smashes bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 9

A 40ft. wooden bridge collapsed under a lorry at West Fairfield…

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India’s Example for Australia The road to independence

Tribune · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 9

Is it possible for a strong notion to help a weak one without dominating it? Australia urgently wants to know the answer to that question right now, when she needs capital to…

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Traffic choas for Royal tour Mla Says Ban on Harbor Bridge Is "Panic Move"

The Sun · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 3

The worst traffic chaos in Sydney's history is feared on the day of the Queen's arrival February 3…

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Oil monopolies hit at motorists

Tribune · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 10

HIGH octane petrol has been kept from Australian motorists by agreement between the big oil monopolies…

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Testing a Light Alloy Railway Carriage

Construction · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 10

Observers and their equipment on a test run. Cast iron ballast provides the equivalent to passenger load…

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One-line Railway in Cologne. Final Trial in Few Weeks

Construction · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 26

Plans are being perfected for a revolutionary one-line railway near Cologne, Germany. At trials held so far a goods train has reached a speed…

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Bridge Ban Review

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 2

The Government yesterday promised to review the traffic ban on the Harbor Bridge…

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Newcastle Road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 2

Sir,—As an Australian motorist who has travelled abroad a great deal, I desire to draw attention to the serious…

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