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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1958

488 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 25

Hair-Raising 'Gymnastics' On Train (To the Editor)

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 23 April 1958 · page 12

Sir,—The amazing gymnastics performed by school-children on trains…

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The Friendly Road "What Are We Here for ?

The Biz · Wednesday 23 April 1958 · page 28

Conversation can be a strange thing. You never know how it will turn, nor in what direction. Only last week a chance…

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Motors Services G.m.h. Expansion Cost £9 Million to Be Ready 1965

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 23 April 1958 · page 13

Work has began on the fifth post-war expansion of General Motors-Holden's Plants and manufacturing facilities. Estimated to cost almost £9 million and planned…

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Road at Mulgoa

Nepean Times · Thursday 24 April 1958 · page 7

A rescission motion was moved at Penrith Council meeting on Tuesday night by Aldermen Dwyer and…

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Road Case Supported

The Biz · Wednesday 30 April 1958 · page 28

N.R.M.A. general secretary, Mr. H. E. Richards, has commented on a statement by the leader of the State Opposition…

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School Children's Train Tickets

The Biz · Wednesday 30 April 1958 · page 5

The Commissioner for Government Transport, Mr. A. A. Shoebridge, has appealed to parents to make early…

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28-Year Lag Stock Train Changes

The Biz · Wednesday 30 April 1958 · page 23

It would take 28 years for the N.S.W. Government to substitute modern livestock vans with multiple-wheel bogev-sets…

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Hamilton Road Need for Repairs

The Biz · Wednesday 30 April 1958 · page 19

Fisher's Bus Service Pty. Ltd., Fairfield drew Fairfield Council's attention to the urgent read for immediate repairs to the…

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Cost of Road Sealing £1 Per Foot

The Biz · Wednesday 30 April 1958 · page 5

The cost of road sealing to-day is approximately £1 per foot. Ald. Les. Powell, vice-chairman of the Works Committee of…

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The Friendly Road "What's in a Name"

The Biz · Wednesday 30 April 1958 · page 24

Names can be most interesting. Some names, especially girls' names, can be fashionable or otherwise, according to…

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Fairfield's Overhead Bridge Structural Work to Commence in Two Weeks

The Biz · Wednesday 30 April 1958 · page 1

Structural work on Fairfield's long-awaited overhead railway bridge will commence to two weeks' time. Ald. Bert Harvey…

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"The Biz" Motor Section Cabra-Vale News

The Biz · Wednesday 30 April 1958 · page 31

The renegade motor mower which "bit'' Ron Jones, of Clipper Radio Store, Cabramatta, a "bit"' its master Jack Keenahan…

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Parking Station Use of Railway Land at Fairfield

The Biz · Wednesday 30 April 1958 · page 18

The following question was asked at Fairfield Council meeting by Alderman Wolfenden: "Have you any knowledge of…

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English Salesman Goes by Motor Cycle

The Biz · Wednesday 30 April 1958 · page 17

Off on a two-year round the world trip by motor cycle is Russell Polden, the 24-Year-old son of a British with the London School of Printing in England, and now…

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Motorists Want Value Lifting Taxes Urged

The Biz · Wednesday 30 April 1958 · page 28

A campaign for the lifting of the so-called "temporary" taxation increases upon petrol and motor vehicles and parts…

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Riteway Motors at Fairfield

The Biz · Wednesday 30 April 1958 · page 7

Now added to the district's busy car sales centres is the name of Riteway Motors, which is located right next to its counterpart…

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22 Motor Owners Ask for Roadwork Bonnyrigg

The Biz · Wednesday 30 April 1958 · page 16

A. E. Lagabia, Bonhyrigg, fort warden a petition to Fairfield Council on behalf of ratepayers of Montgomery Road, where is…

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Motor Cycle Death

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 May 1958 · page 6

Last Friday night Maxwell C. Smith, aged 20, 104 Cargo Road, Girraween, was riding his motor cycle along the Great Western…

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Road Deaths Outstrip War

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 7 May 1958 · page 1

More people had been killed and injured on the roads of the Commonwealth since Federation than had suffered death or injury…

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Roads Kill and Injure More Than War

The Biz · Wednesday 7 May 1958 · page 22

The president of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales (Mr. A. G. Entieknab) who is also Minister for…

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