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Railways, roads & transport, 1955

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Hanoi to Paris by Train Wilfred Burchett says you can go from

Tribune · Wednesday 30 March 1955 · page 6

HANOI, capital of the Vietnam Democratic Republic, is now linked via Peking by rail with…

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Building on Railway Land Council Requires Plans

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 30 March 1955 · page 2

Booker and Wrote [?] wrote as follows [?] Council:—On behalf of our [?]…

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Castlereagh Road Collision

Nepean Times · Thursday 31 March 1955 · page 3

About 10.25 a.m. on 20th inst. Charles Gatt (18 years), of 460 Bourke Street, Surry Hills, was driving a car on Castlereagh Rd.,…

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MOTORING 1000th Volkswagen For N.S.W. Delivered

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 43

More than 3500 Volkswagen vehicles have been distributed throughout Australia and the thousandth was delivered to N.S.W. last week…

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Redex Trials Reveal Motorists' Needs

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 43

Preparations for the new Redex trial which are now going on, take into account what the outcome means to motorists now and in the future…

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Le “degre de motorisation” des ions europeennes

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 1 April 1955 · page 3

i; tous lu pays d'Europe, la France et la Suède «ont ceux où le Ije^ré de motorisation" de la popula-est le plus poaaaé. On comptait…

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Groupers' Grab for Power in Tram Union

Tribune · Tuesday 5 April 1955 · page 12

Rightwing leaders of the Tram Employees' Union, closely linked with the anti-Evatt group in control of the NSW State Executive of the ALP, have launched a brazen attempt to…

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Local Main Road Plan

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 6 April 1955 · page 1

Declaration of a secondary main road, diverting through traffic away from Church Street, Parramatta,…

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St. Marys-Windsor Road

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 April 1955 · page 1

The bad condition of St. Marys-Windsor Road, on which an accident recently occurred was mentioned by Ald. Thomas…

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False Sense of Security Familiarity with a Road

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 April 1955 · page 2

Drivers of motor vehicles in country areas rely to some extent on local knowledge when travelling over subsidiary roads,…

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Additional Railway Stations? Between Penrith and Parramatta

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 April 1955 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly last week, Mr. Freeman, member for Blacktown, asked would the Minister for Transport call…

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Merrylands Bridge

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 13 April 1955 · page 3

Joyce Mary Roach, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Roach, of Meadow St., Merrylands, married Keith…

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More Good Roads

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 13 April 1955 · page 7

From the early twenties, when the full surge of automotive power asserted itself in Australian transport good roads have been an…

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"Aservice Road"

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 13 April 1955 · page 5

Mr. Ray Dumbell, 351 Western RoAd Wentworthville, has advised Holroyd Council that the section of road between Western…

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50 Years Motor-cycling History Theme of Unique Exhibition

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 13 April 1955 · page 16

State's first exhibition of vintage motor-cycles, many veterans of the now defunct Penrith and Maroubra speedways, will be held at Auburn at the end of this month. More than 50 machines are expected to…

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Motors—services Styling Change Outstanding Feature of New 'Vaux.'

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 13 April 1955 · page 16

General Motors have brought probably the greatest design changes in Vauxhall cars in recent years, with the launching last week of the new model Velox and Wyvern. Radical design of…

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Action on Balmoral trams

Tribune · Wednesday 13 April 1955 · page 9

THE Minister for Transport has promised to investigate a CPA complaint about the bad tram service to Balmoral…

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Kingswood Road Fatality Lengthy Inquest

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 April 1955 · page 2

The district coroner, Mr. N. C. Gardner, held an inquest at Penrith Court House on 5th inst., into the death of Donald Edgar Grimes, of Doonmore Street, which took place following injuries received in an…

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Railway Vacancies Work Due to Electrification

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 April 1955 · page 4

Due to the electrification of the Western line from Blacktown to Penrith, which is scheduled to be completed in September,…

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Clubs Train For Field Day

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 April 1955 · page 27

LISMORE.— All Junior Farmer Clubs on the Far North Coast have started training for…

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