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Railways, roads & transport, 1958

488 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 25

Motor cars road deaths -- and profits

Tribune · Wednesday 29 January 1958 · page 7

IT is high time someone in authority took a long, hard look at today's cars and saw them in relation…

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Road Construction in Rydalmere and Districts

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 29 January 1958 · page 1

Ninety-one chains of road construction was carried out in Rydalmere in 1957…

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Big Celebrations to Mark Opening of New Bridge at Liverpool

The Biz · Wednesday 29 January 1958 · page 25

Plans for a fortnight of celebrating to mark the opening of the big new bridge over Georges River at Liverpool…

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Westmead Boy To Train At R.A.A.F. Base

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 29 January 1958 · page 6

A Westmead boy was one of 148 Australian lads who last week commenced…

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The Friendly Road "A City Set on a Hill

The Biz · Wednesday 29 January 1958 · page 14

There in a story, lovely and rather haunting, told of Fritz Kreisler the great violinist. On one occasion he happened to…

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MOTORS-SERVICES Bigger "Husky" Released In Britain

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 29 January 1958 · page 9

A new Hillman Husky, with longer, lower lines, higher performance and more passenger and luggage space, has been announced by the Rootes Group in Great Britain. The new model can carry…

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Motoring Notes Juddery Starts

The Biz · Wednesday 29 January 1958 · page 15

"Juddary" starts are not always due to clutch faults. Other common reasons, says the Petroleum Information…

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Motor Engineer at Smithfield

The Biz · Wednesday 29 January 1958 · page 21

The rapidly growing business fraternity of Smithfield now has its own motor repair service. which will be welcomed by…

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Motor Car News New Classes for the Handyman

The Biz · Wednesday 29 January 1958 · page 2

The 1958 series of classes in the "Handyman" lecture course, conducted in Sydney and Newcastle by the N.S.W…

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Used Motor Cars

The Biz · Wednesday 29 January 1958 · page 22

WANTED. Cars and Utilities for Wrecking. — H. Duncker, Bossley Park. Phone UB9 L514 McGRATH TIMER…

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"Impossible" 1907 Motor Race Recalled Digest Article

The Biz · Wednesday 29 January 1958 · page 10

The story of an unbelievable auto race, nearly halfway around the world, is told in February Reader's Digest article…

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Start on Fairfield Overhead Bridge

The Biz · Wednesday 5 February 1958 · page 1

The preliminary survey for Fairfield's long-awaited overhead bridge is being carried out by technicians of the Railway…

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"No" to Secondary Road Plan

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 5 February 1958 · page 14

The Department of Main Roads has rejected Parramatta City Council's request to…

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Another Service Station Woodville Road Site

The Biz · Wednesday 5 February 1958 · page 14

Neptune Oil Co. Pty. Ltd., writing to Fairfield Council, advised that they were negotiating for the purchase of part…

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The Friendly Road the Real or the Substitute

The Biz · Wednesday 5 February 1958 · page 30

"The Reader's Digest" provides some Interesting information at times. Glancing through an old copy only recently I came upon…

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Loscoe Street Bridge Hold-up Query on Cause of Delay

The Biz · Wednesday 5 February 1958 · page 23

At last meeting of Holroyd Council. Ald. Edward, asked what was the cause of the 1 delay in reconstructing the…

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Cost to Run Your Car? Pedr Davis, in "The" Open Road"

The Biz · Wednesday 5 February 1958 · page 28

They say a fundamental disadvantage of modern economy is that a man's net income will seldom stretch to his gross…

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C'wealth Railways Make Fair Profit

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 5 February 1958 · page 9

The Commonwealth Railways continue to pay fairly well—in this respect differing from the N.S. Wales railways, which generally finish with a handsome deficit. There is a vast difference in the number of train-miles…

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Accidents on Mulgoa Road

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 February 1958 · page 7

Last Friday. Hans Georg Mehitens, 27, Warragamba Dam barracks, met with an accident at 2.48 in the afternoon, near…

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Trams aan de dijk

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 7 February 1958 · page 2

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