Trams to Buses
Twenty-nine new doubledecker buses yesterday replaced trams, on the NewcastleWallsend service…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
1,284 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 65
Too Many Old Men Complaint Against Railways
Reluctance to retire elderly executives was an important cause of the present State railways muddle, said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Repairs To Road At Oakhampton
Oakhampton Parents and Citizens’ Association decided to approach the Kearsley shire Council again regarding its refusal to take action…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reminiscent of Speedway Days Sunday's Motor Cycle Carnival
The roar of machines aud the sight of leather-clad riders at last Sunday's motor cycle carnival was reminiscent of bygone days when the Datsons,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plan For Railway At Tomago Amazes Raymond Terrace Businessmen
RAYMOND TERRACE, Tuesday. — Amazement has been expressed by Raymond Terrace businessmen at the decision of New South Wales Government to make the Tomago railway extension a private siding for Courtaulds Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Trams To Go In Newcastle
NEWCASTLE, Tues. — More Newcastle tram services will be replaced by buses, probably, about the middle of January. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Trucks in Smash
Two trucks, one owned by the Maitland Gaslight Company and the other by Bowthorne Butter Factory, collided at the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dave Sands in Motor Accident
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—Dave Sands, his wife and his brother[?] George and Ritchie were in [?] car which crashed over an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One Dead, 11 Injured Train Collision
WARSAW, Nov. 9.—A woman was killed and 11 injured when an electric train collided yesterday with a goods train near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wallarobba’s Road Works To Cost £7510
Wallarobba Shire Council at Dungog yesterday decided to submit to the Department of Main Roads a schedule of works to tost £[?]510 to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cricket. Booral v. Stroud Road. Match Interesting
In the A Reserve Grade competition, Booral met Stroud at Booral on Saturday last, and with the conclusion of the first day's play, the game…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Aerodrome for Newcastle
At the Chamber of Commerce meeting on Monday nights the Lord Mayor of New-castle asked the Chamber to co-operate in getting an aerodrome established for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Germans For Aerodrome Work
LONDON, Nov. 10.—More than half the British staff at civil airfields in the British none of Germany are to replaced by Germans…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Plan To Train Pakistan Airmen In Australia
KARACHI, Nov. 10.—Air Vice-Marshal Roger Atcherley, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Pakistan Air Force, is flying to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tomago Railway
The Chamber of Commerce discussed the proposed extension of the Tomago railway line on Monday night. The matter came on a report that the Government would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bolivian Pilot Denies Warning In Aerodrome Disaster
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. — Bolivion pilot, Erick Rios, has declared he received no radio warning before his Thunderbolt fighter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Music on Long Train Trip
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Passengers on the three day train trip across the Nullar[?]oor Pis[?] soon will be able to listen to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cyclist's Death Accidental Evidence at Cessnock Inquest
On October 19 a truck driver saw a man lying on the side of the Wollombi Road, near the Pelton railway bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motorists Fined for Speeding
Two motorists who were called before Mr. F. R. Wood, S.M. to East Maitland court to-day to face charges of exceeding the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclists Again Warned
Strong words which Stipendiary , Magistrate F. R. Wood, has used to the past over the offence of motor cyclists with learners’ permits…
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