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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1979

108 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 6

Disk Slow Train Coming Bob Dylan (Cbs Sbp237339)

Tharunka · Monday 24 September 1979 · page 14

"Slow Train Coming" has been ailed as the product of Bob Dylan's recent spiritual re birth Certainly, religion and Dylan have…

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Mizrachi Synagogue Cnr. Beach Road and Old South Head Road

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 September 1979 · page 16

SERVICES: Daily Phone Sec: 30 2059…

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Scheckter is world motor car champion

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 September 1979 · page 24

LONDON: Jewish racing driver, Jody Scheckter, is the 1979 world motor…

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-Captain-Cook-Bridge-Only

Tharunka · Monday 1 October 1979 · page 8

Nihh !!! My name is Jeff - Captain -Cook - Bridge -Only - Slightly - Silly -Holten. I am running as a team for the dual position of Students' Union President and…

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Un “Tram-bus” Electrique a Nantes

Le Courrier Australien · Monday 1 October 1979 · page 5

Un "tram-bus" électrique en site propre, véritable métro en surface, circulera à partir de 1983 dans l'agglomération…

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Stampvolle tram door vandalen in brand gestoken

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 12 October 1979 · page 4

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Staff Cuts Hit Railways 1. Victoria

Tribune · Wednesday 17 October 1979 · page 4

MELBOURNE: A wheat train smash at Werribee station last week showed the potential for another Granville rail disaster, warns Australian Railways Union state secretary Jim Frazer…

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Trammies fight cuts

Tribune · Wednesday 17 October 1979 · page 4

Melbourne: Tramway workers at North Fitzroy and Essendon depots will defy a new roster which cuts two trips from every service. They will…

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Mizrachi Synagogue Cnr. Beach Road and

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 18 October 1979 · page 16

Old South Head Road. SERVICES: Daily Phone Sec: 30 2059…

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Electricians Fight Railway Discipline

Tribune · Wednesday 24 October 1979 · page 5

SYDNEY: State Industrial Commissioner Walker last week warned striking rail electricians that Fraser's industrial legislation is aimed at disputes like theirs, saying that unions should "consider seriously" threats…

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In Roads Into Reality

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 October 1979 · page 14

The Blake Prize for religious art has not in recent years attracted the more innovative of artists, but a change of judicial favor this year at the Martin Place Commonwealth Bank venue, could revitalise what had become a moribund competition…

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Mizrachi Synagogue Cnr. Beach Road and Old South Head Road

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 25 October 1979 · page 16

SERVICES: Daily Phone Sec: 30 2059…

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Jongens lieten lege trams uit remise straat op rijden

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 26 October 1979 · page 5

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The Decade of the Slow Train Leaving Reviews From the Seventies

Tharunka · Tuesday 30 October 1979 · page 16

A quiet year, in terms of album releasins, only 3 stand out in my mind as being of worth: Joni Mitchell's “Ladies of…

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Rank and File Trammies Win Election

Tribune · Wednesday 31 October 1979 · page 5

MELBOURNE: Tramways union rank-and-file group candidate Jim Harper last week defeated the leadership's candidate, Thomas, two to one in a ballot for industrial officer -- one of only two full-time…

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Railway Discipline Beaten

Tribune · Wednesday 31 October 1979 · page 5

SYDNEY: Rail electricians last week ended their ten day strike over Public Transport Commission attempts to discipline two workers. The two workers recently…

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Mizrachi Synagogue Cnr. Beach Road and Old South Head Road

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 8 November 1979 · page 16

SERVICES: Daily Phone Sec: 30 2059…

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Motorrijder gedood

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 9 November 1979 · page 2

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250 Escape Train Bomb

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 November 1979 · page 8

JERUSALEM: A large terrorist bomb exploded last week under the engine of a Tel Aviv-bound…

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Mizrachi Synagogue Cnr. Beach Road and Old South Head Road

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 November 1979 · page 20

SERVICES: Daily Phone Sec: 30 2059…

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