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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1954

5,820 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 250

Conspiracy To Defraud Railways Alleged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 26

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—Eight men appeared at Newcastle Court of Petty Sessions to-day on charges of having conspired to defraud the Railways…

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Complaint on Trams

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 10

Many people complained last night that some trams running into the city stopped…

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Five hurt in tram collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 54

Five people were injured when two North Shore-bound trams collided on…

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Magistrate Speaks As Motorist

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 20

A motorist who overtook another vehicle against oncoming traffic was fined' £15 at…

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Magistrate Speaks As Motorist

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 20

A motorist who overtook another vehicle against oncoming traffic was fined £15'at…

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Speeding Cost Motorist £20

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 40

A motorist who drove at 58. m.p.h. at Windsor on Octobar 3, i953, and overtook other vehicles, was…

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Magistrate Speaks As Motorist

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 20

A motorist who overtook another vehicle against oncoming traffic was fined £15 at…

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Magistrate Speaks As Motorist

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 20

A motorist who over- took another vehicle against oncoming traffic, was fined £15 at…

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Big school road lift

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 15

Special trams and buses will today take 120,000 schoolchildren to Sydney Cricket…

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The Queen Will Take These Roads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 11

The routes along which the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will drive to-day to the pointe where more than 150,000 schoolchildren will assemble to greet them…

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Hitler's ear for the road

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 21

WORCESTER, Massachusetts (U.P.).-- Adolph Hitler's private automobile-- a £20,000 Mercedes Benz with…

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Hitler's car for the road

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 21

WORCESTER, Massachusetts (U.P.).-- Adolph Hitler's private automobile-- a £20,000 Mercedes Benz with…

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Hitler's car for the road

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 21

WORCESTER, Massachusetts (U.P.).-- Adolph Hitler's private automobile-- a £20,000 Mercedes Benz with…

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On Road of Basic Law-Making

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 10

JERUSALEM (JTA) Israel had entered on the road of basic law-making, Attorney General Chaim Cohen told a…

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Fewer New Motor Vehicles

The Land · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 14

Australians in 1953 bought fewer new motor vehicles than in any of the previous three years…

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MOTORING Hartnett May Be Australian People's Car

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 31

The new two-cylinder Hartnett may yet prove to be the first Australian people's car. The unusual and remarkably efficient little…

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Motorist Sought By Police

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 17

Police are seeking a motorist believed to have seriously injured a naval rating in Burwood Road,…

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Motor Fin., G'tee. Int. Div. Up

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 10

Motor Finance and Guarantee Co. Ltd. is raising the interim dividend to 6¼ per cent. Last year interim was 5 and final…

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Royal Visit Changes in Bus Tram Runs

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 29

Tram and bus services will be altered during the Queen's stay in Sydney, the Commissioner for Government…

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Motorbike Protest by the Queen

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 11

The number -of motorcycles in the Queen's escort on Royal Progresses may be reduced,…

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