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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1967

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More pedestrians killed on roads

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 10 January 1967 · page 3

Nearly 50 per cent of the people killed on roads in the Merrylands district during 1966 were pedestrians, a police traffic officer said this week…

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Hakoah to tramsfer 3

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 January 1967 · page 1

On the eve of the start of the Ampol Cup Series for 1967, Hakoah has placed three of last year's…

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Verenigings Nieuws Begin van wekelijkse competities Abel Tasman Bridge Club

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 20 January 1967 · page 9

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Road toll slate clean for month

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 31 January 1967 · page 3

Merrylands district has had only one serious road accident since the beginning of this year. The district's death toll…

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LBJ's Viet 'Death's Head' squads U S. Takes Nazi Road in Vicious Sweep

Tribune · Wednesday 1 February 1967 · page 9

Methods of mass slaughter and destruction which Hitler used to kill millions of Poles, Russians and other Europeans and lay waste their lands are being used all over again by the Americans and South Koreans in South Vietnam. Marshal Ky's troops,…

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District Road Toll Stands at Nil

The Biz · Thursday 2 February 1967 · page 5

Fairfield district's road death toll so far this year stands at nil—but 12 people have…

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Bridge Club komt op Donderdag bijeen

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 3 February 1967 · page 9

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Pedestrian's Road Death

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 7 February 1967 · page 3

A woman pedestrian was killed last Wednesday night in Merrylands, the first fatal accident…

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Death on the roads

Tribune · Wednesday 8 February 1967 · page 11

IT is surprising that there is so little comment on the road toll figures. Last year there were headlines about the…

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Road Safety Branch Drive

The Biz · Thursday 9 February 1967 · page 1

The Fairfield branch of the Road Safety Council will take safety to the clubs this year—in the form of films. The branch hopes to in-…

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Bridge in Clubhuis in Mary Street

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 10 February 1967 · page 9

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"Tramlijn Begeerte" in Corrimal

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 17 February 1967 · page 9

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Boggo Road 'medieval say jailed students

Tribune · Wednesday 22 February 1967 · page 4

BRISBANE: "Barbaric", "medieval", "degrading"--those were terms used by Mrs. Barbara Jane Gaines and Miss Gail Salmon to describe conditions in the women's section of the Boggo Road jail. Mrs. Gaines, who is 22,…

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Two Deaths Start Road Toll of 1967

The Biz · Thursday 23 February 1967 · page 1

Fairfield district's road toll for the year is two following the death of a 59-year-old Villawood man in Liverpool Hospital on Sunday. The man was Mr. Eric…

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Danger bridge for students

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 28 February 1967 · page 8

A narrow two lane road crosses the bridge with a clearance of only inches on both sides…

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Sweltering trammies strike for sane dress

Tribune · Wednesday 1 March 1967 · page 10

MELBOURNE: Tramway workers at a stop work meeting here last Thursday accused the Tramways Board of "pin-pricking" on questions of clothing and discipline. Their strike, which left the…

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Bridge action

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 7 March 1967 · page 3

Merrylands High School Parents and Citizens' Association will ask Holroyd Council to…

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Trampling on the truth

Tribune · Wednesday 15 March 1967 · page 11

AN article in Peking Review (91967) entitled "Smash the Big U.S.—Soviet Conspiracy" is a compound…

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"Tramlijn Begeerte" boeide

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 17 March 1967 · page 9

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Under—and over roads

The Biz · Thursday 23 March 1967 · page 1

Road works on two main arteries leading into Fairfield are now in full progress... a bridged and an under pass. In the top picture, workmen have nearly completed one section of the Woodville Road underpass at the Dog Trap railway gates…

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