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Railways, roads & transport, 1962

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Indoor Bowls Leaders Upset by F'bridge

Nepean Times · Thursday 5 July 1962 · page 2

Faulconbridge caused a major upset in the Nepean Indoor Bowls Association competition last week by…

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Peace Train

Tribune · Wednesday 11 July 1962 · page 3

MELBOURNE: A special train is being chartered by the Australian and New Zealand Congress for International Co-operation and…

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Road Safety Competition

The Biz · Wednesday 11 July 1962 · page 5

Pupils from third class primary to fifth year secondary attending public and denominational schools in the Fairfield district have competed in the…

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"Putty" Road Work

Nepean Times · Thursday 12 July 1962 · page 9

About 13½ miles of gravel sections of the "Putty" Road, reported to be impassable during "flash" floods earlier…

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Council Seals Roads at Glenbrook

Nepean Times · Thursday 12 July 1962 · page 6

Recent road construction by Blue Mountains City Council at Glenbrook included attention to Tabor,…

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Extra Classrooms At Bennett Road

Nepean Times · Thursday 12 July 1962 · page 1

Additions approved for Bennett Road Public School, St. Marys, include six new classrooms and an…

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Bridge wisselbeker naar echtpaar Van de Dungen

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 13 July 1962 · page 14

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This is a bridge of sighs

The Biz · Wednesday 18 July 1962 · page 3

PICTURED above is the Sackville Street bridge over Orphan school creek in Canley Vale, which is…

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Orphan Creek Bridge Will Be Replaced

The Biz · Wednesday 18 July 1962 · page 3

Fairfield Council has decided to replace the wooden bridge across Orphan Creek in Canley Vale with a prestressed concrete…

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Area too narrow for footpath with bridge underpass

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 18 July 1962 · page 2

There will be no pedestrian footway at the side of the new underpass road at the Gasworks Bridge. However there would be a "foot access" under the bridge because a park would be established…

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Road Safety Meeting Lacks Quorum

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 July 1962 · page 1

The annual meeting of Penrith branch of the Road Safety Council had to be abandoned last week due to…

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Winnaars bridge beker

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 20 July 1962 · page 11

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Modern France Arts and Techniques the Flying Motorcycle

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 20 July 1962 · page 4

THE use of large commercial planes has become so common that they are now included among the necessities of life on the same level as…

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Bolte's Resignation Demanded Over Melbourne Bridge Scandal

Tribune · Wednesday 25 July 1962 · page 3

The Communist Melbourne "Guardian" has rocked Melbourne by exposing the truth of the £-4 million King Street bridge collapse scandal -- the bridge was erected by the American Utah Company with cracks already in the girders…

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60 Invited, 3 Attend Road Safety Mtg

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 July 1962 · page 9

"Penrith branch of the Road Safely Council—second to none in N.S.W. a few years ago— received negligible response to 60 invitations to attend its annual meeting last month."…

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Een motorvoertuig op 3,58 inwoners

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 27 July 1962 · page 2

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Motor sportsmen for hill climb

The Biz · Wednesday 1 August 1962 · page 3

Fairfield motor sportsmen, John Bond, of Coleraine Street, and Roger Woohall, of Kenyon Street, are busy preparing for the Forty Bends Road hill-climb at Lithgow, on August…

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Bridge Petition At Warragamba

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 August 1962 · page 4

Strong support is being given by Warragamba A.L.P. branch for a petition, for which…

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50 Years Ago No Action on Bridge at St. Marys

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 August 1962 · page 8

St. Marys Municipal Council decided to take no action concerning the highway bridge over South…

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Tram op hol

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 3 August 1962 · page 6

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