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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1957

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Alleged Disturbance at Carramar Railway Station

The Biz · Wednesday 20 March 1957 · page 16

Fairfield Police investigated an alleged disturbance at Carramar railway station at 10.30 p.m. on March 14. The station assistant…

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Express Roads are Safer !

The St George Call · Thursday 21 March 1957 · page 6

The accident rate on German autobahnen (modern type of express highway) is only 30-35 per cent, of the rate on…

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Penrith Road Safety Branch Continues Good Work Encouraging Report Annual Meeting

Nepean Times · Thursday 21 March 1957 · page 9

Attendance at meetings of Penrith branch of the Road Safety Council had been far better than attendances at any other meetings in the town was an opinion expressed by the president of…

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St. George Motor Boat Club Fine Display of Expert Racing

The St George Call · Thursday 21 March 1957 · page 9

An entrant from the Australian Outboard Association (A. O.A.), Meteor, piloted by Jack Marshall, broke the record of…

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Ernstig motor ongeluk

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 22 March 1957 · page 2

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Motor Cycling Harbour Bridge Traffic

The Biz · Wednesday 27 March 1957 · page 24

Part of the Sydney Harbour Bridge should be set aside exclusively for two-wheeled vehicles said president of the…

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National Roads the Renshaw Plan

The Biz · Wednesday 27 March 1957 · page 22

Recently delegates from all states of the Commonwealth, representing Australia's seven motoring organisations with a…

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Vehicular Crossing Park Road, Cabramatta

The Biz · Wednesday 27 March 1957 · page 22

The chief engineer reported to Fairfield Council:-- "Following a report that the footpath paving had been…

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Drainage Intersection of Derby St. and Ferngrove Road

The Biz · Wednesday 27 March 1957 · page 27

The chief engineer in a report to Fairfield Council stated: "Council recently re-voted £1000 for piping across…

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The Friendly Road the Things That Are Important

The Biz · Wednesday 27 March 1957 · page 25

Between one thing and another life is a busy affair for most of us, there are so many Chines to enjoy or to suffer…

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MOTORS-SERVICES Stock car racing at Westmead

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 27 March 1957 · page 8

State's best drivers and big fields will provide the most thrilling stock car carnival yet staged on Parramatta Showground at the…

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Road Safety: Good Brakes (Supplied by Traffic Branch of the Police Department)

Nepean Times · Thursday 28 March 1957 · page 8

Do you realise how long it takes to pull up a car in an emergency. Every driver should be on intimate terms with this…

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Fifty Years Ago (From "Nepean Times", March 30, 1907) When Motor Cars Were "Funny"

Nepean Times · Thursday 28 March 1957 · page 9

A good deal of amusement was caused by the breaking down of a motor car in Springwood a few nights ago…

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Bridge Uitslagen bridge drive

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 29 March 1957 · page 11

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Olympian to Train Jewish Gymnasts

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 29 March 1957 · page 10

A JEWISH MEMBER of the Hungarian Olympic gymnastic team at the Melbourne Games, who remained in Australia, will train the N.S.W. Jewish…

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Express Roads are Safer

The Biz · Wednesday 3 April 1957 · page 24

The accident rate on German Autobahnen (modern type of express highway) is only 30-35 per cent, of the rate on…

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Low Bridge Light Plan

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 3 April 1957 · page 14

Neon warning lights may soon be installed to warn traffic at night of the low clearance of a rail bridge…

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Overhead Bridge Fairfield Council to Secure Land

The Biz · Wednesday 3 April 1957 · page 1

There is a probability that something may be done towards the establishment of our overhead bridge in 1957-58,"…

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Part of Harbour Bridge Wanted for Motor Cycles

The St George Call · Thursday 4 April 1957 · page 6

Part of the Sydney Harbour Bridge should be set aside exclusively for two-wheeled vehicles, the President of the…

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Overbridge, Underpass, Retrograde Train Services Matters Raised by Council Deputation to Railway Commissioner

Nepean Times · Thursday 4 April 1957 · page 1

For some years Penrith Council has been striving for the construction of an underway at the Castlereagh Road level level railway crossing. It has been negotiating with the Railway Department for…

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