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Railways, roads & transport, 1966

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Accident increase with sealed roads

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 3 May 1966 · page 1

The two road deaths in the last three months of 1965, statistically attributed to Holroyd, occurred on the Great Western Highway. Statistics recently re-…

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Overseas drivers seek rally quest Motor Section

The Biz · Wednesday 11 May 1966 · page 5

Sporting car drivers of four overseas countries have already shown keen interest in Australia's new and most important rally to be run this year. The drivers, from…

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Hints for Motorists

The Biz · Wednesday 11 May 1966 · page 5

A born wire frayed where it enters the steering column may cause the horn to operate when…

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SPORTS Comment The "Hungry Mile" is road to Olympics

Tribune · Wednesday 18 May 1966 · page 12

It's not Olympic "fever", but in keeping with their usual form, that the Sydney wharfies are rallying to the financial support of j the Australian team for Mexico city. The wharfies, who know…

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New Urge Bridge for By-pass Road Soon to face wrecker

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 24 May 1966 · page 3

A new bridge costing $20,000 will be built to replace the present wooden bridge Centenary Road. Holroyd Chief Engineer, Mr. A. H. Alderson,…

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$25,000 Damage by Motor Spares Fire

The Biz · Wednesday 25 May 1966 · page 1

A fire at Cabramatta Spares on the Hume Highway last Tuesday night caused damage officially estimated at $25,000. The building and contents were…

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Comet Escapade space age Ford Motor Section

The Biz · Wednesday 1 June 1966 · page 5

Comet Escapade, a high performance roadster that combines the auto stylist's world of tomorrow with today's advanced engineering techniques, is the newest "idea" car from Lincoin-Mercury. The experimental car,…

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TU's say train more youth

Tribune · Wednesday 8 June 1966 · page 1

MELBOURNE: A conference of trade unions held here last week rejected the Federal…

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Assembly Kits for Motorists

The Biz · Wednesday 8 June 1966 · page 5

A Dutch concern is marketing o series of "do-it-yourself" assembly kits for…

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Prestige win to Cortina Proves Itself Motor Section

The Biz · Wednesday 8 June 1966 · page 5

Once again the Cortina has proved itself by winning outright honours in the recent…

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Grote belangstelling voor bridge afdeling "Abel Tasman"

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 10 June 1966 · page 9

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Motor Cycle Club

Tharunka · Tuesday 14 June 1966 · page 21

With the number of motorcycles and distributed among students at this University, it is a pity that as yet there is no active sporting competition based…

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Comet Escapade Ford car of the future Motor Section

The Biz · Wednesday 15 June 1966 · page 5

The Comet Escapade, a car of the future comes from the Lincoln-Mercury car manufacturers. It combines tomorrow's style with today's…

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Modern France Arts and Techniques New Cars for the Mistral Train

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 17 June 1966 · page 4

ALL the cars of the Mistral, the a double window fluorescent rapid French Railway train lighting automatically opened servicing the Paris—Lyons—Mediter—glass doors and seats covered ranean line, will be renewed by in bright colors…

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Triumph Has Air of Safety Motor Section

The Biz · Wednesday 22 June 1966 · page 4

The 1966 Triumph 2000 can only be described as a sports sedan…

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Insufficient road safety equipment claims president

The Biz · Wednesday 29 June 1966 · page 6

Sergeant Hyland, of Fairfield Police, said this week few vehicles on the roads todoy were fitted with life-saving extras. "Despite the proven…

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Australian Release of Japanese Station Sedan Toyota Crown's New Model Motor Section

The Biz · Wednesday 29 June 1966 · page 5

Japan's best-selling big station sedan, the Toyota Crown, seems destined to entrench itself further in the Australian market following the…

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Motorists' clubs explore outback

The Biz · Wednesday 6 July 1966 · page 5

The NRMA vehicle to join Operation Capricorn—the combined venture by Australia's motoring organisations to survey outback Australia—left Sydney for Adelaide last week. On arrival in Adelaide…

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Boundary bridge cost shared

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 12 July 1966 · page 1

Holroyd Municipal Council will be asked to accept half maintenance costs of this bridge between Fairfield and Holroyd Municipalities. The bridge is used by workers and children (pictured) to…

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Boundary bridge. councils to share costs

The Biz · Wednesday 13 July 1966 · page 1

These four children and three of their friends were using the bridge across Prospect Creek last week when photographed for the Biz…

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