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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1960

321 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 17

New unit gives motorist choice of suspension

The Biz · Wednesday 18 May 1960 · page 4

Push-button control to vary shock absorber operation on modern vehicle suspensions is now available in Australia. Shock absorbers…

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Road Safety Council Will Try Again for Safety Lights

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 May 1960 · page 3

Penrith Road Safety Council had an interesting meeting last week, with Mr. L. Ward presiding, secretary Constable J. McCubbin and treasurer Alf. Preskett were at the table conducting the business…

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Bridge for Granville

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 25 May 1960 · page 8

A road bridge costing £3,300 will be built in Lavinia Street, South Granville, by…

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Merrylands new road

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 25 May 1960 · page 11

A new road in Merrylands will be called "Linda Place". This was decided on at…

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Road signs ordered down

The Biz · Wednesday 25 May 1960 · page 21

Cumberland County Council officials, in an inspection at Liverpool found on…

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The Friendly Road The Conqueror of Mountains

The Biz · Wednesday 25 May 1960 · page 13

While staying recently at Lawson on the Blue Mountains I spent some little time viewing a relief model of the first crossing made by Wentworth…

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East Hills Rail Link with Southern Lie Bridge plan unlikely

The Biz · Wednesday 25 May 1960 · page 21

East Hills railway line is to be extended to the main southern line. No date is set, but the project has been listed. This advice came, through Bankstown…

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New unit gives motorist choice of suspension

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 25 May 1960 · page 20

Push-button control to vary shock absorber operation on modern vehicle suspensions is now available in Australia. Shock absorbers…

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Argus Motor Section Lookout is inaccessible

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 25 May 1960 · page 19

The recently opened lookout at Yacaaba Headland, on the northern side of Port…

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4.0 Train Will Not Stop at St. Marys

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 May 1960 · page 5

Some time ago Penrith Council wrote to the commissioner for railways asking that the 4.0 p.m. train from Central…

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Railway Line to Richmond

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 May 1960 · page 1

Colo Shire Council wrote to Penrith City Council about the proposed electrification of the railway line between Blacktown…

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Hyde Park Road Scheme

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 31 May 1960 · page 9

The London County Council's £3 million sterling road improvement scheme for Hyde Park…

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No Royal Road to Wisdom

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 31 May 1960 · page 3

"Science is indeed a remarkable and productive way of thinking. "Since the man who…

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Road Scheme

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 1 June 1960 · page 4

The London County Council's £3 million sterling road improvement scheme for Hyde. Park…

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Hyde Park Road Scheme

The Biz · Wednesday 1 June 1960 · page 18

The London County Council's £3 million sterling road improvement scheme for Hyde Park…

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Leaders needed to train migrant youth as scouts Parents 'Keen'

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 1 June 1960 · page 10

Hundreds of boys at Villawood Migrant Hostel would be absorbed into Australian Scouting if the leaders could be found to train them. Mr. C. Burman, Lid…

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Aust. motor industry in boom spiral

The Biz · Wednesday 1 June 1960 · page 16

Boom conditions prevail in the motor industry. New motor vehicle registrations for year ended December, 1959, reached a record 268,015 (excluding motor cycles), some 23,000 more than originally…

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Railwaymen Back on Wage Promise

Tribune · Wednesday 1 June 1960 · page 10

SYDNEY: Porters and shunters returned to work in Darling Harbor, Darling Island and Rozelle goods yards last week after a several-days stoppage which won from the Railways Commissioner the promise off a wage rise…

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Road Safety Lecturer Visits Penrith District

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 June 1960 · page 1

"Safely is everybody's business—it is not restricted to race or creed," Mr. F. S. Woodcock, field officer of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales said in Penrith yesterday…

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Roads improved

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 7 June 1960 · page 10

The N.R.M.A. Touring Department advises that good progress is being made with…

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