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Railways, roads & transport, 1954

5,820 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250

Colorful display Arches by Motoring Interests

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 21

Motor interests have erected two of the many arches decorating Sydney for the Royal visit. One, erected by the…

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Colorful display Arches by Motoring Interests

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 21

Motor interests have erected two of the many arches decorating Sydney for the Royal visit. One, erected by the…

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Stop Press Queen on Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 48

The Queen and the Duke stood on the saluting platform above the bridge as the Gothic entered the harbor. The Queen wore a scarf…

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Stop Press Queen on Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 48

The Queen and the Duke stood on the saluting platform above the bridge as the Gothic entered the Larbor. The Queen wore a scarf…

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9 Hurt in Train Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 4

NUREMBERG, Tues.-- Fifty-one people were injured, nine seriously, when two passenger trains,…

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Northside motorists shy off city Mix-up oil closing of Sydney Harbor Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 22

A mix-up in plans during which the Harbor Bridge was first closed and then opened to traffic occurred this morning. The Bridge was to have been closed at 7 a.m., but…

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Northside motorists shy off city Mix-up on closing of Sydney Harbor Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 22

A mix-up in plans during which the Harbor Bridge was first closed and then opened to traffic occurred this morning. The Bridge was to have been closed at 7 a.m., but…

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Northside motorists shy off city Mix-up on closing of Sydney Harbor Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 22

A mix-up in plans during which the Harbor Bridge was first closed and then opened to traffic occurred this morning. The Bridge was to have been closed at 7 a.m., but…

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Northside motorists shy off city Mix-up on closing of Sydney Harbor Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 22

A mix-up in plans during which the Harbor Bridge was first closed and then opened to traffic occurred this morning. The Bridge was to have been closed at 7 a.m., but…

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Northside motorists shy off city Mix-up on closing of Sydney Harbor Bridge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 22

A mix-up in plans during which the Harbor Bridge was first closed and then opened to traffic occurred this morning. The Bridge was to have been closed at 7 a.m., but…

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Access Road "Myee" Dairy, Smithfield

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 8

L. L. Braithwaite, "Myee" Dairy Justin Sired. Smithfied, wrote lo Holroyd Council asking when council proposed to commence…

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Transport, Roads Taxed Thousands hit city at early hour

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 4

Sydney's Royal Tour fever reached boiling point early today when thousands of people crammed into trams, trains and buses and converged on an already crowded city…

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Transport, Roads Taxed Thousands hit city at early hour

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 4

Sydney's Royal Tour fever reached boiling point early today when thousands of people crammed into trams, trains and buses and converged on an already crowded city…

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Daily Telegraph's world-wide selection of news Police save tramps from cold

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 4

PARIS, Tues. -- Police in "Black Marias" last night rounded up tramps and beggars to save them from the extreme…

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Bridge open all day

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 11

Police yesterday reversed a decision to close the Harbor Bridge to motorists. They had expected a…

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Fell Boarding a Train

Nepean Times · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 4

About 8.3 p.m. on Monday, February 1, a city-bound passenger train from the Mountains was pulling out from Penrith…

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Road to Kingsbush Wanted

Nepean Times · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 3

Residents of Kingsbush, the locality north of the railway line at Penrith, have petitioned Penrith Council for the…

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4,000 To Train For Royal Parade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Four thousand Service men and women will go to Canberra next week…

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How they will travel Comfort by air, road, rail

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 41

THE transport system that is taking the Royal couple on their road, rail, sea and air tour of Australia is geared to a pitch of efficiency…

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Railways Aid for the Country

Nepean Times · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 7

Recently in an article published widely in the country press, I mentioned that a great boon had been conferred on rail travellers…

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