Sunday Trams in Sydney
SYDNEY, Sat.—The secretary of the Tramways Union (Mr. J. Brock) said to-day he would call another meting of tramway men…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
1,254 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 63
Last Tram From Mayfield
NEWCASTLE: About 100 people said farewell to Mayfield’s tram service before the last tram left the terminus for the depot…
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Newcastle Railway, holder of the Howarth Cup, was far superior to Newcastle Hill in the final challenge round for 1948 of the inter-district…
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At midnight in a hotel at Cunnamulla, a drunk woke me, to offer me a drink of rum, and to inform me that, "The further you go West, the better the men."…
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The Muswellbrook Cycle Club's annual road race to Aberdeen and return on Saturday afternoon last proved one of the most successful held to…
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The agitation for a high level bridge at Melville appeared to be a wasted effort, said Cr. t. Mc-Carthy at the meeting of Lower…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Railways Department has announced that excursion tickets at single fare for return journey will be available…
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The Minister for Transport (Mr. M. O'Sullivan) has informed Mr. Baddeley, M.L.A., that the question of reopening the Pokolbin Aerodrome…
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When a goods train from Werris Creek arrived at Singleton on Tuesday, the guard reported that when passing a level crossing near…
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The Shire Engineer (Mr. L. Grattan) informed Kearsley Shire Council at a meeting on Tuesday night that he had discussed the Commonwealth…
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The opening sale by auction of motor vehicles, motor cycles, etc., will be conducted at the rear of the International…
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For trespassing on South Maitland Railways on September 30, Vincent Jethro Drinnan, 36, was fined 10/, in default 24 hours’…
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SYDNEY, Monday—An elderly woman died in St Vincent’s Hospital last night from injuries caused when she was knocked down by…
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ADELAIDE: A passenger train crashed into the rear of a freight train at Adelaide Hills. The freight van was ripped…
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Three charges were preferred against Leslie Stafford Hoacher, 28, salesman, at the West Maitland Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Accident Near Scone Last Night's Motor Smash :: Young Man Succumbs to Injuries
WHEN A CAR AND A LORRY TRAVELLING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS COLLIDED ON THE NEW ENGLAND HIGHWAY, ONE MILE FROM SCONE, LAST NIGHT A YOUNG MAN SUCCUMBED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS AS A RESULT OF INJURIES HE SUSTAINED. HE WAS JAMES FLETCHER WHITELY. AGED 31 YEARS…
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Constable C. Dick, Sergt, T. G. S. Bedingfeld, and Sergt. W. Wallace, of Scone Police, this morning examined the road where a car and lorry collided last night. Damage done to the sedan car which the late James Fletcher…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Future prospects of Sydney’s bus and tram services as a business concern could well be described as “dismal” failing early and substantial increases in earnings, the Auditor-General (Mr. Swift) said in his…
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Mr. C. Chapman referred to the state of the Karuan road at the Chamber of [?]meeting on Monday night. He[?]it was in a most deplorable state…
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As advertised in to-day's “Mercury,” H. S. Mason trill hold his opening auction sale of care, trucks, etc. on Saturday at 11 a.m in…
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