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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1927

3,010 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 151

Short of Metal Glebe-road Work Delayed 50 Jobs in Danger

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 8

Unless sufficient trucks are made available soon to supply metal for the reconstruction of the Globe-Ada[?]town road 50 men…

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Transport Bill Control of Motor Omnibuses. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 4

The Transport Bill was considered and approved of by the State Cabinet to-day. The bill provides for the appointment of a Transport Commission, whose…

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Motors for Grace and Pace Morris Auctions Used Cars From Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 3

Morris Auctions the used car sellers of Union and Parry streets, announce that they have, been appointed used car sellers for Sterling Cars…

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Motor Cycling How Carburettors Work Hints for Novices

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 2

A carburettor's duty is to change the petrol fuel into gas and then allow it to be mixed with a certain amount of air, the whole forming an…

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Motors for Grace and Pace Brinck's Riding Big Cycle Handled Cleverly Speedway Notes

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 2

There were several riders who stood out prominently in Saturday's carnival, but those who excelled themselves most were Brinck, Dean…

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Diverted a Creek Railway Department Blamed Cardiff Flood

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 4

The inefficient drainage of lover Cardiff has for a long time been a matter of grave concern to the residents…

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HAIR-RAISING Dizzy Motor Speeds LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 4

Trying out his Bluebird racer on Pendine Sands, Campbell, the racing motorist, easily reached 135 miles an hour…

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Motor Cycling

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 8

Newcastle Motor Cycle Club will conduct a 200yds acceleration test on January 29. Competitors will assemble at Broadmeadow at 2.30 p.m…

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TRAMS v. 'BUSES Owners Mark Time Employees' Claims Case Before Tribunal

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 5

At a mass meeting of the Newcastle Omnibus Owners' Association this morning, it was decided that no action be taken in reference to the…

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Fatal Crash Aeroplane Strikes Cliff MALTA

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 1

An Air Force aeroplane attached to the seaplane carrier Eagle, crashed into a cliff' at Calafranca. Two officers, E. Chafe and G. O…

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East Lambton Roads Requests for Repairs

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 4

East Lambton Progress Association last night asked Lambton Council to consider tho following requests:— That the gutter in Bindera-road,…

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C.H. Bay Road Urgent Need of Repairs Motorists Complain

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 7

Though the Charlestown-Catherine Hill Bay road has been patched here and there in the past six months, no general improvement has resulted…

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Roads Aid Act State May Participate. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 7

It was gathered to-night that there is a distinct possibility of the New South Wales Government participating in the roads grant under the Federal Roads Aid…

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Road Works Government Aid Asked Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 7

Aldermen Jenner (Mayor), Cram, Brien and Melville, of the Hamilton Municipal Council, waited upon Mr. Flannery, Minister for Works, to-day, and asked that…

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New Main Road Awaba to Toronto. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 8

Mr. Baddeley, Minister for Labour and Industry, has forwarded the necessary papers to the Executive Council, for the proclamation of the road from Awaba to…

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Murdered on Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 7

The police are strenuously inquiring into the fate of Mrs. Dorothy Rushton, a young woman, whose mutilated body was found on the railway near Wickford, in…

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Unemployed Railway Workers Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 7

A deputation representing the Railway Workers section of the Australian Workers' Union waited upon Mr. Baddeley, Minister for Mines and Labour and…

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Motor Notes a Cheap Observation Mirror

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 11

A cheap and efficient observation mirror suitable for open or enclosed car can be made by fixing a small, convex mirror, such as is sold in ladies'…

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Badly Lighted Jesmond Park Tram Stop

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 6

After alighting from a tram at Jesmond Park stopping piece recently. Mrs. Brockenstein, who was carrying her baby and was accompanied by…

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NOT 3000 Out of Work Railway Men SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1927 · page 6

Mr. Doe asked the Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr. Baddeley) in the Legislative Assembly to-day if he had seen the statement that 3000…

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