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Railways, roads & transport, 1988

88 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 5

Tower Bridge in Philips licht

Dutch Australian Weekly · Monday 27 June 1988 · page 8

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A Woman On A Motorbike Michael Brindley Talks About Shame

Filmnews · Friday 1 July 1988 · page 10

Shame is set in a small West Australian town that keeps silent about the "commonplaces"of rape and male violence until a woman on a motorbike and with another set of values rides…

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Thursday the Rabbi Played Bridge

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 8 July 1988 · page 22

The Rabbi had been contemplating “courage” as a theme for a forthcoming sermon and was trying to gather his thoughts…

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Motoring Hi-tech Car Panels on the Way

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 8 July 1988 · page 26

HYBRID technology instrumentation — a combination of hi-tech displays and highly developed conventional analog techniques — will…

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SPOTLIGHT The road from Morocco

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 15 July 1988 · page 13

IN JANUARY 1959, a young Moroccan-born boy from Tiberias received a kiss on the forehead and a championship ribbon from David…

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MOTORING High demand for BMW in overseas program

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 22 July 1988 · page 45

BMW AUSTRALIA’S long established overseas delivery program has received a double boost to its popularity…

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Call to fight road deaths 6 soldiers killed in crashes

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 29 July 1988 · page 7

Jerusalem Post Staff Prime Minister Shamir has called for a “supreme effort” to reduce the death toll on the roads. He was…

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Road accidents

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 August 1988 · page 2

A total of 242 people were killed in road accidents during the first six months of this year, which is a 13 per cent drop…

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W. Bank doctors train

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 August 1988 · page 2

The intifada has not prevented 36 West Bank Arab doctors, nurses and public health workers from participating in a…

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A business bridge to Westchester

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 August 1988 · page 21

Congressman Joseph J. Dioguardi is known by his Jewish friends back home as “Joey the gesher (bridge).” The reason: Dioguardi personally…

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Turbo car tests shatter Volvo’s stodgy standing Motoring Hints

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 August 1988 · page 31

RESULTS OF tests on Volvo Turbo cars, carried out by the Modern Motor team in cooperation with racing driver John…

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Motoring Bp solar energy gives campers power to conquer the outback

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 August 1988 · page 31

TWO AUSTRALIAN companies are setting world standards for the development of solar power for automobiles…

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Business and Employment — a Section on Business, Finance, Investment and Employment — Chance to get hands on historic motor vehicles

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 August 1988 · page 21

SOTHEBY’S AUSTRALIA will auction 50 rare and historic motor vehicles and automobilia at the Hyde Park Barracks,…

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Freeze trames

Tharunka · Thursday 11 August 1988 · page 49

Highlights of Expo 88, for those of you who didn't take their own home video. Includes Queuing up to get on a bus to…

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Thursday the Rabbi Played Bridge

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 12 August 1988 · page 47

“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but little knowledge is even more dangerous...” The Rabbi was jotting notes for his next sermon when his mind wandered back to a hand he had played the previous evening…

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The Community The road to nowhere ANALYSIS

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 19 August 1988 · page 17

THE BALD FACTS are astounding. There are some 900,000 cars competing for space on barely 13,000 kilometres of roads. And, by…

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Motoring $70,000 Bought This Car

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 19 August 1988 · page 29

This 1910 SCAT Tourer was auctioned by Sotheby’s last week for $70,000. The auction was at the Hyde Park Barracks…

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Thursday the Rabbi Played Bridge

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 26 August 1988 · page 18

“An opponent on lead is a friend indeed.” The Rabbi recalled a chapter in the book he was studying on declarer play when…

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Tax drivers to pay for roads’

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 26 August 1988 · page 6

Police Minister Haim Bar-Lev last week called for regulations requiring new drivers to display special signs on their cars for the first 12…

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MOTORING Enthusiast adds Camry to stable

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 2 September 1988 · page 29

EXCITING thoroughbred cars and machinery have long been a part of Gold Coast motoring enthusiast Noel Robe's life…

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