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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1958

488 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 25

The Friendly Road "The Lure of the Unfinished"

The Biz · Wednesday 11 June 1958 · page 18

It seemed like a "Black Friday" at our house last week-end. It started wrong in the morning with the car refusing to go and…

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Payment of Road Tax Mileage of Contract Trucks

The Biz · Wednesday 11 June 1958 · page 10

The chief engineer reported to Fairfield Council concerning mileage of contract trucks and payment of tax--Road…

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New Machine For Railway Sleepers production

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 11 June 1958 · page 5

A machine for trimming, marking, adzing and boring railway sleepers at the rate of ten per…

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New Machine For Railway Sleepers

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 11 June 1958 · page 11

A machine for trimming, marking, adzing and boring railway sleepers at the rate of ten per…

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Railway Land at Fairfield What Will the Department Do?

The Biz · Wednesday 11 June 1958 · page 22

What is the Railways Department going to do with its "special commercial development" at Fairfield? That is…

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Motor Cycling Local Boys Do Well in Emerald Isle

The Biz · Wednesday 11 June 1958 · page 29

The ambition of all serious motor cycle riders is to ride in the Tourist Trophy race in the Isle of Man in June…

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Railwayman's 43 Years'service Send-off at Cabramatta

The Biz · Wednesday 11 June 1958 · page 33

The perway gang's lunchroom on Cabramatta railway station was an ideal place for the send off, for a man who had given…

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Road Toll Rise

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 18 June 1958 · page 8

Fatal road accidents for the month of April more than tin April, this year were 62—one…

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Road Deaths Rising Everywhere

The Biz · Wednesday 18 June 1958 · page 14

"The Sand Dune," weekly paper of the United Nations Emergency Force, published in Gaza, carried on the front of…

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The Friendly Road "Tolstoy's Secret"

The Biz · Wednesday 18 June 1958 · page 11

A few days ago was reading again the delightful story by Tolstoi,"Where Love is, God is." You may remember something of…

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Fairfield Overhead Bridge Plans for Early Start

The Biz · Wednesday 18 June 1958 · page 12

Mr. C. J. Earl, M.L.A., forwarded to Fairfield Council a letter received from the Minister for Transport regarding the…

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Roads and Drainage Council to Carry Out Work

The Biz · Wednesday 18 June 1958 · page 14

The chief engineer reported to Fairfield Council on the condition of roads in areas in which drainage schemes were under…

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Nsw Government Must Repeal New Road Tax

Tribune · Wednesday 18 June 1958 · page 10

The New South Wales State Government should immediately repeal the Road Maintenance (Contribution) Act 1958 and combine with the mass movement of the people in a demand that the Menzies Government provide finance…

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Reopen Branch Railway Lines

Tribune · Wednesday 18 June 1958 · page 11

PERTH: With nearly a full year's experience of the closing of branch railway lines, WA farmers are beginning to act more…

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Model Aeroplane Flying at Maitland

The Biz · Wednesday 25 June 1958 · page 30

After surviving the model flying championships at Maitland on the holiday week-end, most of the intrepid members of…

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Minister Launches Road Safety Contest

The Biz · Wednesday 25 June 1958 · page 21

Nine thousand three Hundred children under the age of 17 were injured in road accidents last year, said the Federal…

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Children's Road Safety Educational Aid

The Biz · Wednesday 25 June 1958 · page 18

To the recreative minds, of close on two million young people enrolled in Australian schools and colleges lies our greatest hone of…

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The Friendly Road "The Treasures of Memory"

The Biz · Wednesday 25 June 1958 · page 19

The other day it was so and uninviting out of doors that young Jennifer and Stephanie stayed by the fire and invented…

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Stole Motor Cycle

The Biz · Wednesday 25 June 1958 · page 26

Two Redfern youths were arrested by Fairfield police last Friday night and charged with stealing the motor cycle of Raymond…

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Motorists' Local Knowledge

The Biz · Wednesday 25 June 1958 · page 28

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

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