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Railways, roads & transport, 1955

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Motoring V-8 Overhead Valve Engines For New Ford Trucks

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 37

All nine trucks in the ford-Australian range now have V-8 overhead valve engines. The new models were released last week. The revolutionary V-8…

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De trams van Geelong

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 2

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Better Roads

The Biz · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 19
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"The provision of roads consistent with the needs of the modern transport age constitutes the biggest problem facing Local…

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Road Toll Increases

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 11

Road deaths in N.S.W. in the first seven months this year reached 489. This was 48 more than…

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Road Safety Council

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 1

Members are reminded that the next meeting of the Branch will be held on Monday, Sept. 5, 1955, in…

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Land Acquisition Subdivision and New Roads

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 1

The town clerk (Mr. P. A. Arnett) reported to Holroyd Council as follows on the proposed acquisition of land for…

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Municipal Councils Seek Improved Train Service

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 6

Holroyd Council will support a move to improve the half-hourly train service from Liverpool to Sydney, via both Grandville and Regents Park…

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Road Surface Alick Street (To the Editor)

The Biz · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 10

Sir,—Following is a copy of a letter sent to the town clerk of Fairfield:— In your letter HBS JIC (file No…

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Motor Cyclists Work for Injured Mate

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 15

A thirty-two years old member of Western Suburbs Motor Cycle Club is at present lying in an English hospital facing the gloomy possibility of never…

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Hints to Motorists

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 13

Hard starting in wet weather or when cars are parked in the open is invariably caused by dampness…

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Rose Motors Announce Big £60,000 Expansion Project

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 12

A £60,000 expansion programme by a motor distributing company in Parramatta will begin year, a director announced yesterday. The project, probably the biggest yet…

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Fairfield Railway Hotel's Talent Quest

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 7
Also in The Biz

Three hundred and fifty people listened to the second of the talent quest heats at Sims' Fairfield Railway Hotel, on Monday…

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Railway Land Use Garden Area and Commercial Sites at Guildford

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 3

The secretary for Railways wrote to Holroyd Council with reference to a proposed garden area at Guildford:—…

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Railway Service Inadequate on Southern Line

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 7

The town clerk of Fairfield wrote to Holroyd Council regarding the train service, Liverpool line:—…

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Motor Cycle Destroyed by Fire

The Biz · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 6

The motor cycle of Neil Bryce, of Rose Avenue, Mt. Pritchard, was destroyed by fire when it caught alight at Fairfield…

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"Generous Motors" brew a tasty stew

Tribune · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 7

In its written publicity and broadcasting of Yankee ballyhoo over innumerable radio stations in…

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Castlereagh Road Subway Departmental "Backing and Filling"

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 September 1955 · page 7

PENRITH Council is concerned at the lack of cooperation between the Department of Main Roads and the…

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Motoring Topics

The St George Call · Thursday 1 September 1955 · page 7

Clutch.--Or friction clutch--the connecting link between engine and gearbox (or transmission). May be via a dry plate, or plates, or oil immersed…

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