Motor Cyclists Keep in Form While Building Track
Nepean Times · Thursday 18 May 1961 · page 5
As part of their plan to keep in form while building their £2,000 track at Castlereagh, five of Penrith Motor Cycle Club visited Young for the Wambanumba championships on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge Plans
The Biz · Wednesday 24 May 1961 · page 13
Investigation and design work for the proposed Loscoe StreetFairfield Road bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bitumen Sealing for Roads and Footpaths
The Biz · Wednesday 24 May 1961 · page 10
The bitumen sealing and re-sealing of many roads and footpaths in the municipality were approved at the last meeting of Fairfield Council. The work comes under…
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Tribune · Wednesday 24 May 1961 · page 4
A MEETING at Clyde Wagon Shops last Monday unanimously carried a resolution supporting the waterside workers' struggle for long…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →50 Years Ago Aeroplane Causes Stir at Emu Plains
Nepean Times · Thursday 25 May 1961 · page 7
The transit through Penrith of "some sort of a flying machine", loaded on a cart, bound for Emu Plains, caused keen interest and was the main topic of interest during the week ending…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road sealing for Smithfield
The Biz · Wednesday 31 May 1961 · page 3
The bitumen sealing and resealing of 10 roads in the Smithfield Ward was approved at last week's meeting of Fairfield Council. This follows the…
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The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 31 May 1961 · page 5
A conference on the question of constructing Wharf Road, Ermington because of a proposal to…
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Tribune · Wednesday 31 May 1961 · page 8
SYDNEY: The Communist Party (Sydney district) has expressed, warm support of the decision of a public meeting in Randwick Town…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Safety Course at College
Nepean Times · Thursday 1 June 1961 · page 1
Believed to be the first of its kind to be included in the curriculum of an evening college, an experimental…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Secretary Elected for Road Safety
Nepean Times · Thursday 1 June 1961 · page 1
Penrith branch of the Road Safety Council, at its last meeting, elected the treasurer, Mr. Alf Preskett,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pipe Under Train Line
The Biz · Wednesday 7 June 1961 · page 1
Workmen installing the new pipe jacking equipment, which is being, used by Fairfield…
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The Biz · Wednesday 7 June 1961 · page 4
Additional works have been approved for roads in Fairfield Council's sealing and re-sealing program for this year. Substantial improvement in roads is the Council's aim. At its last meeting…
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Nepean Times · Thursday 15 June 1961 · page 7
A fall of rock down the face of the Bluff at the railway deviation works, Glenbrook, resulted in the death of two workers on June 16, 1911. The two men, Joseph…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →KLM vliegtuig landt veilig nadat motor in brand raakte
Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 16 June 1961 · page 1
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram conducteur met zaag uit vernielde auto bevrijd
Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 16 June 1961 · page 2
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The Biz · Wednesday 21 June 1961 · page 11
A passing motorist threw out the bitt of his cigarette while driving along Fairfield Street…
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The Biz · Wednesday 21 June 1961 · page 5
At its last meeting the Canley Vale Chamber of Commerce decided to write to Fairfield Council seeking improvements in the suburb's facilities…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →50 Years Ago 1,000 Mourners at Funeral of Railway Workers
Nepean Times · Thursday 22 June 1961 · page 8
"Upwards of 1,000 men and women attended, and the sight was a mournful one," reads a report in the "Nepean Times" of June 24, 1911, on the funeral of two railway workmen…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motorjacht voor jarige Prins
Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 23 June 1961 · page 2
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Nepean Times · Thursday 29 June 1961 · page 1
The 4.26 p.m. (ex-Central) train for the Blue Mountains now running on Fridays only is to be extended…
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