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Railways, roads & transport, 1954

5,820 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

Nails and Splintered Glass on Roads!

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 47

Big nails or small nails, splintered glass or other puncturing objects --forget them all! Nothing can stop…

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Nails and Splintered Glass on Roads!

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 47

Big nails or small nails, splintered glass or other puncturing objects --forget them all Nothing can stop…

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Work on Londonderry Road

Nepean Times · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 6

At question time Ald. Dwyer, at last meeting of Penrith Council, asked the engineer when the work on the culverts on…

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Nails and Splintered Glass on Roads

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 47

Big nails or small nails, splintered glass or other puncturing objects --forget them all Nothing can stop…

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Hails and Splintered Glass on Roads!

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 47

Big nails or small nails, splintered glass or other puncturing objects --forget them all! Nothing can stop…

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Nails and Splintered Glass on Roads!

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 47

Big nails or small nails, splintered glass or other puncturing objects --forget them all! Nothing can stop…

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Nails and Splintered Glass on Roads!

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 47

Big nails or small nails, splintered glass or other puncturing objects --forget them all! Nothing can stop…

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Don't Take Rusks on the Road!

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 32

Have your tyres puncture- proofed with Sealmaster and stop roadside puncture hold-ups. No more wheel…

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Don't Take Risks on the Road!

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 32

Have your tyres puncture- proofed with Sealmaster and stop roadside puncture hold-ups. No more wheel…

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Don't Take Risks on the Road!

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 32

Have your tyres puncture- proofed with Sealmaster and stop roadside puncture hold-ups. No more wheel…

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Don't Take Risks on the Road

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 32

Have your tyres puncture- proofed with Sealmaster and stop roadside puncture hold-ups. No more wheel…

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Police on a Railway Platform Charge of Language From Nearby Premises

Nepean Times · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 6

POLICE on St. Marys railway station heard language loudly spoken in near-by premises they…

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Lemongrove Railway Platform Another Refusal to Council

Nepean Times · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 6

Penrith Council is still meeting with no success in its efforts to have a railway platform established at King Street,…

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Horse-Drawn Trams Had Disappeared

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 24

LONDON.—Elderly nuns who last, saw London streets in the days of horse-drawn trams,…

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Giant Road Train Hauls Australia's Biggest Loads On Snowy Scheme

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 31

COOMA: Australia's largest and heaviest vehicle, hauling giant loads of hydro-generating material from Cooma (3000 ft.) to Munyang Power Station, 5100 ft. up on Mount Kosciusko, is a common sight in Cooma and…

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Train Crash Near Karachi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 21 (A.A.P.).—The Pakistan Foreign Minister, Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan, escaped…

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"Many Dead" in Train Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 6

KARACHI, Thurs.--Between 50 and 100 people died in a train crash today, survivors say. The survivors…

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Taking The Shock From Train Riding

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 5

Australian railways may soon be giving passengers a smoother ride by using shock…

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Charged man dies under city train

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 5

An engine - driver charged with being under the influence of liquor while in charge…

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60 Die in Train Disaster Blazing wreck

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 10

KARACHI, Friday.--At least 60 people were killed last night when the crack Pakistan express crashed into a derailed petrol wagon near Karachi and…

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