Bridge opens to traffic
One of the most important events this year for the Merrylands area went off with a minimum of fuss and ceremony yesterday. The occasion was the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1969
62 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 4
Civic Leaders Praise for New Bridge Concern Felt
A smoother flow of traffic which would provide ease of shopping — this is how a Merrylands civic leader described the effect of the new Mombri Street overpass. He is Mr. K. Wood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram union throws down gauntlet to Court over fines
MELBOURNE: Refusal of the Tramway Employees' Association to pay fines imposed by the Industrial Court is building up a major challenge to the penal powers laws. The union's Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →New book a 'must' for Marxist discussion Civilisation at the Cross, Roads, Edited by Radovan Richta (Australian Left Review Publications, Sydney, 1969). 336 pp., $3.95 ($3 to ALR subscribers). Socialism, technology and the development of man
EMERGING from the ferment of ideas accompanying the 1968 reforms in Czechoslovakia this important…
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A four-car collision on Wednesday afternoon emphasised Mr. P.J. Flaherty's parliamentary demands for traffic signals at the Neil and Pitt Streets intersection. The Member for…
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Continued on Trove, page 9 →Clubs and Societies Motor Cycle Club TRIAL: 23rd MARCH
Results of the Trial run by U.N.S.W.M.C.C. for member clubs of the Association of Social Motor Cycles are given below. Trophies were awarded at a party at Fred. Mattern’s on the Friday after the Trial…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Contempt Charge for Trams' Leader
MELBOURNE: Contempt of court proceedings are pending against Tramways Union secretary Mr. Clarrie O'Shea whose union is refusing to pay fines levied by the Industrial Court. Mr. O'Shea did not respond…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Young Granville. Athlete on Record Train
Thirteen-year-old Granville South High School student Grant Brown, recorded an amazing 1 hr. 44 min. for the 10-mile walk at the NSW Walkers Club meeting in C[?]tennial Park…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australian Jewish Times Supplement Happy Motoring... War on the Roads
IN spite of the emphasis in the Bible on obedience of the law in ancient Israel, there isn’t much…
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On the 27th April Lane Cove Motor Cycle Club held a porting- trial in French's Forest and this event constituted the second round in the Association of Social Motor Cycle Clubs competition series. The Uni. Club…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Brisbane will miss the trams
BRISBANE'S TRAMS have gone out in a blaze of public affection. For 80 years the now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brisbane Oranje Bal in de Park Royal Motor Inn
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Moorebank Scramble Races — 4th May. Since the club’s formation, the type of opens competition most favored by club members has been road-racing, but it seems that with the growing popularity of genuine…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Racing THE R.A.C. Trophy Meeting Warwick Farm, Sunday, 4.5.69
Frank Matich demonstrated his superiority with a convincing win in the R.A.C. Trophy race for "sports" cars. took the lead right from the start and was never worried, although he slowed near the end, possibly…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Clarrie O'Shea's long fight for the trammy
A central figure in the growing confrontation against individual penal clauses Clarrie O'Shea, Victorian secretary of the Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees' Association is now 63. For 43 years he has been connected with Melbourne s tram and bus system…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Israeli pilots train in U.S.
New York. Israeli air and ground crews are now receiving special training in the U.S. in the handling of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bridge Improves Shopping Traffic
Shopping in Merrylands has been much easier since opening of the new railway overbridge. Mr. Keith Woodland, Merrylands optometrist…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australia's first caravan train leaves Yennorg Australia's first goods train to be laden solely with caravans left Sydney for Perth at noon on
Measuring more than 600 yards long, it was signalled away from the Yennora…
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