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Railways, roads & transport, 1954

5,820 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 250

Court Clash Over Train Driver Missing inquest witness turns up after City Coroner issues warning

The Sun · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 7

Clash occurred at the City Coroner's Court today between Coroner E. J. Forrest and counsel C. A. Cahill over the non-appearance of Harold Joseph O'Neill, driver of a train involved in the Sydenham rail collision on…

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Bridge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 23

Even without interruption from the opposition, declarer and his partner in a bridge game can reach their final Contract in more than 68,000-million different ways. That is the incredible…

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Bridge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 23

Eyen without interruption from the opposition, declarer arid his partner in a bridge game can reach their final contract in more than 68,000-million different ways. That is the incredible…

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Bridge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 23

Even without interruption from the opposition, declarer and his partner in a bridge game can reach their final contract in more than 68,000-miIlion different ways. That is the incredible…

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Bridge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 23

Even without interruption from the opposition, declarer and his partner in bridge game can reach their filial contract in more than 68,000-million different ways. That is the incredible…

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Bridge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 23

Even without interruption from the opposition, declarer and his partner in a bridge game can reach their final contract in more than 68,000-million different ways. That is the incredible…

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Bridge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 23

Eyen without interruption from the opposition, declarer and his partner in a bridge game can reach their find contract in more than 68,000-million different ways. That is the incredible…

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Bridge

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 23

Even without interruption from the opposition, declarer and his partner in a bridge game an reach their final contract in more than 68,000-million different ways. That is the incredible…

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Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 5

BEGOTA (Columbia). Tues. (U.P.).--Fifteen persons were killed and 23 injured in a train smash…

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Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 9

BEGOTA (Columbia), Tues. (U.P.).--Fifteen persons were killed and 23 injured in a train smash…

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Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 5

BEGOTA (Columbia), Tues. (U.P.).--Fifteen persons were killed and 23 injured in a train smash…

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Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 32

BEGOTA (Columbia), Tues. (U.P.).--Fifteen persons were killed and 23 injured in a train smash…

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Train chef used to "big occasions"

The Sun · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The least worried man on the Royal train was George…

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Don't Take Risks on the Road!

The Sun · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 30

Have your tyres puncture-proofed with Seal-master and stop roadside puncture hold-ups. No…

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20,000 in rain to see the Queen off Drab Station Transformed As Royal Train Leaves for North

The Sun · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 2

Under grey the first lime since they arrived, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh left Sydney for Newcastle on the Royal train at 10.12 am today…

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Floodwaters damage bridge

The Sun · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 9

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Train traffiy between Brisbane and Townsville has been…

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Train Inquest Reports Queried

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 30

Mr. C. A. Cahill yesterday referred to a "sinister inference" in certain newspaper reports. He said the "sinister…

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Appeals to stop the train

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 10

GOSFORD, Tues.--Crowds shouted Stop the train!" as the Royal train passed slowly through Gosford today. More than 25,000 people who had waited…

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Witness Tells of Train Jump

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 10

A witness said at the Sydenham Railway accident inquest yesterday that he had seen a man leap from the driver's cabin of the Lidcombe via Bankstown train about 30 yards before it crashed into another train…

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Train Trip Will Ease Strain

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 February 1954 · page 2

LISMORE, Wed.-- Because of the strain on the Queen, a change had been made in the method by which the Royal Party would…

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