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Railways, roads & transport, 1960

321 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 17

MILITANT S.A. Action Widens Railways, Bhp, Aci, waterfront

Tribune · Wednesday 31 August 1960 · page 9

ADELAIDE: Action in support of wages and conditions has become more militant and…

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New Shopping Centre Will Serve Area New Situated at the Corner of Hamilton Road and the Boulevarde a completely new Shopping Centre will open this week at fairfield West

The Biz · Wednesday 31 August 1960 · page 4

The new centre will provide a fine array of goods and services for people in this fast growing area. Three of the seven shops in the new Fairfield West Shopping Centre will open tomorrow with…

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Penrith Bridge Club

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 September 1960 · page 7

Bridge players, new and old, will be pleased to note that card games at Del Rio will, from September 13, be played…

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Putty Road Improved

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 September 1960 · page 9

Penrith and district motorists travelling to and from northern N.S.W., and wishing to…

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£15,700 for Rural Roads

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 September 1960 · page 2

Minister for Public Works, Mr. P. N. Ryan, has notified Mr. W. L. Chapman, M.L.A., Member for Nepean, that the allocation to Penrith City Council for the construction of rural roads for…

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Department of Main Roads, N.s.w. Vacancies for Engineers (Civil)

Tharunka · Thursday 1 September 1960 · page 4

The Department of Main Roads, N.S.W., requires the services of graduate (or graduand)…

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Putty Road Improved

The Biz · Wednesday 7 September 1960 · page 3

Motorists travelling from the southern and northern centres of New South Wales and…

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Motor expert for Biz

The Biz · Wednesday 7 September 1960 · page 17

An expert in the Australian automotive field will write a regular weekly…

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Nation-wide action next week 2-hr NSW train, tram, bus stop

Tribune · Wednesday 14 September 1960 · page 12

SYDNEY: For two hours between 10 am and noon next Wednesday (Sept. 21), trams, trains and buses will stop running in Sydney and other areas of NSW…

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Road safety congress begins soon

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 14 September 1960 · page 15

The Road Safety Council of New South Wales proposes to hold its second annual road safety congress in Sydney from…

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Authority Needed for Road Opening

The Biz · Wednesday 14 September 1960 · page 8

Fairfield Council will send a circular to all plumbers warning them they will be prosecuted if they make road openings without permission. Tradesmen must apply…

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Fairfield Mayor makes appeal for road safety

The Biz · Wednesday 14 September 1960 · page 6

The Mayor of Fairfield (Ald. V. H. Wenban) gives a special message for the second annual congress of the N.S.W. Road Safety Council, which begins on September 26…

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The Friendly Road Hope is the great link

The Biz · Wednesday 14 September 1960 · page 11

The other day I saw a picture that I had not seen for nearly forty years. It was hanging in a home and depicts the striking figure of a blindfolded lady seated on a sphere, playing a…

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London Bridge Is Falling Down

Tharunka · Thursday 15 September 1960 · page 7

To say the least, I was disappointed at "My Fair Lady," a "record-breaking musical" as the posters say. For months I had been told how wonderful it was,…

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Road Safety Congress Week Proclaimed by Mayor

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 September 1960 · page 1

Designed to reduce road accidents in the Penrith district, a proclamation was issued yesterday by the Mayor, Ald. L. J. Spies, declaring September 26 to 30 as Road Safety Congress Week…

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Railway choir for Fairfield

The Biz · Wednesday 21 September 1960 · page 11

The Eveleigh Workshops and Railway Institute male choir visited Fairfield on September 16,…

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Train Passengers Stranded in Penrith

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 September 1960 · page 1

Wife of the caretaker of the court of Conciliation and Arbitration was among the 40 or more passengers stranded on Penrith railway station during the two hours transport strike…

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Central Motors Car Trial

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 September 1960 · page 1

Provisional winners of the 200 miles navigational trial sponsored by Central Motors Penrith Pty. Ltd. last Sunday…

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Vliegtuigen, treinen en motorboten door Wegenwacht hersteld

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 23 September 1960 · page 5

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The friendly road "The Relief of Certainty"

The Biz · Wednesday 28 September 1960 · page 9

We are cursed, you and I, by living in a world-atmosphere permeated by uncertainty which seeps into all the realms of our life. The very future of our race seems endangered by…

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