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Railways, roads & transport, 1990

72 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 4

MOTOR Technological brilliance

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 5 January 1990 · page 23

THERE CAN be no doubt that the new Accord is a brilliant example of just how far automotive technology has come. But it is not technology for technology’s sake. Quite the contrary…

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Thursday the Rabbi Played Bridge

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 19 January 1990 · page 27

The Rabbi was glowing. Attendances at shule were up, the Sunday school was on holiday, none of the congregants were ill. It was reflected in his bidding. The 5 bid asked for help in trumps and David felt that two honors…

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MOTOR Honda Concerto luxurious, compact

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 19 January 1990 · page 24

THE “Honda Concerto has appointments that any luxury sedan would be proud of: power steering, power windows, central…

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Tram dispute going nowhere

Tribune · Wednesday 31 January 1990 · page 4

The dispute over the Victorian Government's attempts to remove tram conductors has highlighted…

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■ MOTOR Theft from cars warning

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 2 February 1990 · page 28

A CAR ALARM could be worth its purchase price in protecting personal effects this summer. According to latest police statistics, theft…

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Melbourne's tram trouble ends

Tribune · Wednesday 7 February 1990 · page 4

Victorian Tramways Union members voted last Friday to end their month-long dispute with the government over the…

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SPOTLIGHT Israeli Tora institutions train rabbis to create vibrant Jewry in Russia Mission to Moscow Glad as they are to be out of the Soviet Union, some recent immigrants from that country are preparing to leaver Israel and go back - for the sake of Jews they left behind

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 9 February 1990 · page 6

“WHOEVER SAYS that he knows what will be in the Soviet Union in a year or two is either fooling himself or lying.”…

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Tuesday, February 6, 1990 The Cairo road

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 16 February 1990 · page 12

SUNDAY’S ATTACK on a bus carrying 31 Israeli tourists on the road to Cairo is yet another chapter in the glorious saga of the “armed struggle.” Buses have provided…

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MOTORING New Toyotas flood Australian vehicle market

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 16 February 1990 · page 11

[?]GYOTA swept the Australian vehicle [?]arket in 1989-with an avalanche of 87 [?]w models. Eight major new vehicle ranges were…

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Italian communists looking for a new road

Tribune · Wednesday 21 February 1990 · page 5

From March 7 the Italian Communist Party's (PCI) congress will spend three days in Bologna discussing a…

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Why Road Rules Will Save the World

Tharunka · Monday 26 February 1990 · page 9

The recent efforts of the French and English governments to complete the cross channel tunnel has raised a time worn debate—what side of the road should we…

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"The train of German unification is running away..."

Tribune · Wednesday 28 February 1990 · page 7

When Christian Democrat (CDU) Chancellor Helmut Kohl made his ten- point program for German union…

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MOTOR Castrol Jaguars one-two

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 2 March 1990 · page 4

THE CASTROL Jaguar racing team has taken first and second positions in the 1990 Daytona 24-hour race to continue its run…

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Jewish Press MOTORING 1990 New luxury sedan voted Japan’s Car of the Year

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 9 March 1990 · page 13

JAPAN’S FIRST entry into the world upper luxury car market has won that country’s prestigious Car of the Year award only two months after its release…

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The Very Fast Train cargo cult

Tribune · Wednesday 14 March 1990 · page 2

TNT boss Peter Abeles let the cat out of the bag about the Very Fast Train (VFT) project when he told the Canberra Times in December 1988 that it was…

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Let's hear it for the railways

Tribune · Wednesday 14 March 1990 · page 6

Statistics showing federal allocations to the States for road and rail investment tell the full scale of the scandal, as do…

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MOTORING First new Australian car of the decade

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 16 March 1990 · page 4

MAZDA HAS released Australia’s first new car for the 1990s — a revised Version of the 929 hardtop with a DOHC V6i engine. The sophisticated fuel-injected three-litre…

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Motorraces

Dutch Australian Weekly · Monday 26 March 1990 · page 14

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MOTORING Toyota expands research facilities

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 30 March 1990 · page 4

TOYOTA has announced a $22 million expansion of its US research and design facilities aimed at establishing Toyota as the world leader in automotive design. Toyota’s Calty Design Research in Newport Beach,…

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MOTORING Seatbelts save lives

The Australian Jewish News · Friday 13 April 1990 · page 4

THE CHANCES of surviving a road accident are 70 per cent higher if the motorist is wearing a seatbelt, according to the Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA). Despite this, about 10 per cent of NSW drivers and front seat passengers…

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