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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1989

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WA's "uranium road"

Tribune · Wednesday 12 April 1989 · page 5

A massive road project, linking Port Hedland with Alice Springs, has "sinister implications" regarding uranium mining. It will…

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Thursday the Rabbi Played Bridge

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 21 April 1989 · page 35

“Do you think bridge has been a benefit for mankind, Rabbi?” “And for womankind, too, Sam. For one thing, it has taught…

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Flats in Edgecliff Road

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 21 April 1989 · page 12

ALWAYS keenly sought after, a quality block of older style flats in Edgecliff Road is to be submitted to auction in Raine & Horne’s rooms on Tuesday, May 2…

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Order of David aims to bridge the gap

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 21 April 1989 · page 2

ALREADY regarded by some in the community on Sydney’s north shore as a communal enclave solely for recent South…

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MOTOR Drivers be aware of semi-trailers

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 21 April 1989 · page 15

THE NSW Minister for Transport Bruce Baird has made a plea for better co-operation between car and semi-trailer drivers in an…

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1988 was 'year of efficiency in industry Teva, Motorola in top 10

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 21 April 1989 · page 20

TEL AVIV — Teva Pharmaceuticals and Motorola Israel have joined Dun & Bradstreet’s list of Israel's top 10 companies, as Israel Aircraft…

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Kambala Road sale sets area record

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 28 April 1989 · page 14

THE RECENT $2.55m record sale of 54 Kambala Road by Ray White…

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The Treasury against road safety

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 May 1989 · page 17

NOW THAT the problem of traffic accidents has finally become a major concern, Shimon Peres and his men at the Treasury are trying to kill the…

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News in Brief Road accidents up

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 May 1989 · page 7

The Central Bureau of Statistics last week reported a 5 per cent rise in the number of road accidents during the first…

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The road to economic growth Wednesday, April 19, 1989

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 May 1989 · page 24

DESPITE the unusually low consumer price index for March, all is not sweetness and light on the economic front. At least not yet. Last month the Bank of Israel suggested,…

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Ministries in collision over road safety Monday, April 17, 1989

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 May 1989 · page 24

THE Ministries of Finance and Transport are on a collision course about road safety. Transport wants NIS 1.9 billion of the Treasury’s money to be spent over a period of five years…

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MOTOR First to the post for the mail

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 May 1989 · page 4

THE BRIGHT red and white Ford Transit vans which have become such a familiar sight on Australia’s roads now have an…

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MUSIC reviews Kook G Rap & D.J. POLLO Road to the Riches Cold Chillin/Warner Bros

Tharunka · Tuesday 9 May 1989 · page 34

Delayed return of rapid rapper Kook G Rap: on 1.3 'Men at Work' a line a second puts him in the 200+ words/minute category with race-callers and auctioneers. No surprises of subject; cheerios…

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Melbourne's Upfield tram line - union & community action

Tribune · Wednesday 10 May 1989 · page 7

Earlier this year community groups, local ALP branches, trade unions and local residents in Melbourne formed the Save the Upfield Line Campaign…

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Of roads, graves and scholars

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 12 May 1989 · page 4

TEL AVIV - Fifteen years after plans were drawn up, the widening of one of the city’s most notorious bottlenecks is finally under…

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Thursday the Rabbi Played Bridge

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 12 May 1989 · page 39

The Rabbi had been studying comparative religious doctrines and had taken time out for the regular bridge game. He was soon…

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Bridge

Dutch Australian Weekly · Monday 15 May 1989 · page 15

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Motorcross

Dutch Australian Weekly · Monday 15 May 1989 · page 15

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Taking the socialist tram

Tribune · Wednesday 17 May 1989 · page 3

Highlight of this year's Melbourne May Day march was the 'tram Ride to Socialism', a free tram provided by the CPA to transport its large and weary contingent from the end of the march at the Yarra River bank back to the CPA office in Collingwood. The tram was a remarkable sight on a cool and sunny autumn afternoon, with red flags fluttering from its windows and revolutionary songs…

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Thursday the Rabbi Played Bridge

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 19 May 1989 · page 31

The Rabbi had been reading about two-suited openings but had not yet had the courage or the partner to try them. He felt the…

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