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Railways, roads & transport, 1954

5,820 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 250

Railway lost nearly £1 12 millions

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 6

One of the main reasons for the Railways Deportment loss of £1,449,839. for 1952-53 was the transfer of its power stations to…

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Railways lost nearly £1 12 millions

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 6

One of the main reasons for the Railways Department loss of £1,449,839 for 1952-53 was the transfer its power stations to…

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Railways lost nearly £1½ millions

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 6

One of the main reasons for the Railways Department Boss of £1,449,839 for 1952-53 was the transfer of its power stations to…

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Railways lost nearly £1½ millions

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 6

One of the main reasons for the Railways Department loss of £1,449,839 for 1952-53 was the transfer of its power stations to…

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Railways lost nearly £ 1 ½ millions

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 6

One of the main reasons for Railways Department loss of £1,449,839 for 1952-53 was the transfer its power stations to…

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Train crew honored

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 11

RAIL CREW: The Queen and the Duke meeting the crew of the Royal train at Central Station last night. The crew, introduced by the Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr. Landa) are from left: A. E. Goldthorpe, guard. D. Barter, fireman, and, obscured, W. H. Napthali, driver, and K. Johnson, senior travelling inspector…

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Alcohol Found in Test on Train Driver

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 14

A witness told the City Coroner (Mr. Forrest) yesterday an analysis had revealed 0.184 per cent. of alcohol in a specimen from Harold Joseph O'Neill, driver of a Lidcombe, via Bankstown, train, which crashed into an East Hills train at Sydenham on…

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Crowds Waylay Royal Train People on lines

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 1

Cheering crowds waylaid the Royal train when the Queen was returning to Sydney from Lithgow yesterday…

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Alcohol In Specimen From Train Driver, Coroner Told

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 9

A Government analyst, Thomas Alan McDonald, said yesterday that specimens taken from Harold Joseph O'Neill, driver of the Lidcombe via Bankstown train which collided with another train at Sydenham on December 19, contained 0.184 per cent. of…

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Crowds Swarm in Path of Royal Train Amazing Scene From Parramatta To City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 1

Without thought for their safety, wildly excited thousands swarmed on to the railway lines as the Royal train carrying the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh…

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Electricity Transfer Cost Railways £3 Million—Winsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 7

The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. R. Winsor, said yesterday that the transfer of the Railway Department's electricity undertakings to the Electricity Commission had reduced the department's earnings in 1952-53 by £3 million…

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Driver in Chase After Tram

The Sun · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 3

A tramdriver stopped a runaway tram at Randwick today after chasing it for 300 yards…

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Motors Rebuilt for Speed Title

The Sun · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 7

New South Wales champion Eric Morton and ex-world champion Bob Playfair have had…

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State "experiment" blamed for deficit Loss by Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 11

An expensive socialistic experiment had largely caused the New South Wales railways deficit, Mr. J. Cramer, M.H.R.,…

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Daring leap to stop tram

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 3

A tram driver made a daring jump from a moving car to halt a runaway tram in Clovelly St., Randwick this morning. He was Harry Cobcroft…

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Motor Boats

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 8

Cruiser and speedboat races started 45 minutes late at the R.M.Y.C., Rose Bay, today…

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Dragnet out for motorist

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sat.--A speeding car sent three pedestrians reeling to the road, struck…

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Daring leap to stop tram

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 3

A tram driver made a daring jump from a moving car to halt a runaway tram in Clovelly St., Randwick this morning. He was Harry Coberoft…

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Daring leap to stop tram

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 3

A tram driver made a daring jump from a moving car to halt a runaway tram in Clovelly St., Randwick this morning. He was Harry Cobcroft…

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Daring leap to stop tram

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 February 1954 · page 3

A tram driver made a daring jump from a moving car to halt a runaway tram in Clovelly St., Randwick this morning. He was Harry Cobcroft…

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