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Railways, roads & transport, 1954

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Boys die in truck capsizes New Year Road Toll

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 10

Two boys were killed yesterday in truck capsizes at Eastwood and Boatharbor, near Lismore…

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Two Road Deaths, 12 Injured In N.S.W.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 3

A youth and a boy, aged 5, were killed and 12 people were injured in N.S.W. road accidents…

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Motorcycle Ban

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 11

LONDON. -- Protests against excessive noise at night have caused the Swiss Municipality of…

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Guardian angel of harassed motorists

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1954 · page 22

ON Boxing Day a voice rang the Road Service Department of…

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Holden Special Motoring Section Road Tested

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 3 January 1954 · page 78

Everyone likes a lively car. Rapid response is undoubtedly the outstanding characteristic of the Holden Special on the road. THIS liveliness comes…

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Holiday Road Toll

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1954 · page 9

Two boys have been killed and more than 20 people have been injured on New South…

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Train fatally injures man

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 January 1954 · page 11

A train ran over and fatally injured a man near Clyde station last night. He was William James…

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Road tests for cyclists

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 January 1954 · page 34

New South Wales Amateur Cyclists' Union has applied to the Australian Union for permission to…

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Letters From the Editor's Mailbag Courts too lenient with road 'ratbags'

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1954 · page 46

Magistrates are too often guided by their hearts rather than by their heads when they are dealing with drunken drivers and other nitwits of the roads. It is certainly no en-…

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Ban On Trams Cuts Smashes

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 3 January 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday A.A.P.). —Replacement of tramcars by buses has reduced London's road accidents…

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Jordan Railway To Be Rebuilt

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 3 January 1954 · page 11

LONDON, Saturday (A.A.P.).—Jordan and Syria have accepted Saudi Arabia's proposal to rebuild the…

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Truth About Motoring Far North Coast Area Has Fine Resorts

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1954 · page 45

The seaside resorts of the far North Coast, with their sub-tropical climate, make popular motor tour sites throughout the year…

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Child Knocked Down by Tram

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1954 · page 47

Charlie Zammit (4), William St., Paddington, suffered a fractured skull when he was knocked…

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Injured man on railway

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1954 · page 4

William James Long-more (43), Factory St., Clyde, was found with his right leg severed and…

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15 Trampled to Death in Tokio

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 January 1954 · page 9

TOKIO, Sat.--Fifteen people were trampled to death today when thousands of Japanese surged into the Imperial Palace grounds…

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Buses safer than trams

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 January 1954 · page 9

LONDON, Sat.--Replacement of trams by buses has reduced London's road accidents by 300 a year…

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Train smash Open Inquiry Held Up

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 2

No open inquiry into the Sydenham train smash could be held before the coroner held an…

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Police to See Driver of Train

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 3

The driver of the Bankstown train involved in the recent Sydenham rail smash…

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Road deaths 707 in 1953

The Sun · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 24

During 1953 707 people ere killed in road accidents in NSW, compared with 700 in 1952…

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U.s. Army Shows New Mobile Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 6

An experimental folding bridge, which is carried and launched by a turretless tank, was demonstrated by the U.S. Army at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, last week. The bridge is made of aluminium and is designed to carry loads of up to 60 tons…

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