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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1931

3,499 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 175

Conspiracy Charge Protest By Counsel Railway Case Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 6

Hyman Silk. 30 merchant, ana David Cassin. 22, salesman, were remanded until January 20 by Mr. McMahon, S.M., at the Central Police…

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Railway Ambulance Classes

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 8

Railway ambulance classes throughout the northern district, which extends as far as Gosford, will reopen on Monday…

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Good Roads Work in Hamilton

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 4

Many of the busiest roads in Hamilton Municipality, though excellent on the crown and in the centre, are in a deplorable condition at the sides…

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Canberra Train Derailed- Country Week Tennis

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 8

(At left).—BATHURST No. I team at the Country Week…

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Aeroplane Crashes Men Escape by Parachute Heroism in the Air London, January 5

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 5

"You are most lucky men," declared a police officer, who had watched two R.A.F. men descend safely by parachutes from a height of 4000 feet, after their…

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Road Surfaces Colour Contrast Wanted Difficulty in Driving

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 7

Before the introduction of for macadam, vehicles of pedestrians on the roads could usually be detected after dark from a considerable distance, owing to the…

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Effect of 44 HOURS Cost Railways £250,000 Mr. Lang Informed Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 4

The Premier (Mr. J. T. Lang) was informed to-day by the Railway Department that an increase in railway expenditure of about £250,000 a year would be…

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Victorian Railways Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 6

The financial statement of the railways for the last six months shows a revenue decline of £1,081,723, compared with the corresponding period of last year…

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Disastrous Days for Crack Shipping Lines 'Cannot Tie Up Ships Like Tramps" London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 7

"The position is little short of disastrous from the shipowners' viewpoint," said Mr. H. G. B. Larkin, manager of the P.O. Branch Line and…

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44 Hours Cost £500,000 More to Railways SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 5

The reversion to the 44 hour week in the railways will add nearly £500,000 to the Department's wages during the year. Of this amount…

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Maitland Road

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 11

Sir,—Some weeks ago I drew attention through the columns of the "Newcastle Morning Herald" to the banks of grass and earth and sand on each side of the…

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Toronto-boolaroo Road

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 10

The question of tar-spraying the pertion of the road from Boolaroo bridge to Toronto, a distance of about five miles, is causing the residents of Toronto and…

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Seriously Hurt Woman and Motor Cyclist Maitland-road Smash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 6

So great was the impact when a collision occurred on Maitland-road, Islington, shortly before 10 a.m. yesterday that both the motor cyclist concerned—Henry York,…

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Harbour Bridge Dismissals Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 7

New that the fabrication work on the Sydney Harbour Bridge is almost completed, no night shift will be worked after Friday. This means that 150 men…

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Two More Machines Search for Missing Fliers Rescue Aeroplane Damaged Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 7

Two R.A.A.F. aeroplanes left Melbourne this afternoon to join the two aeroplanes already searching in Central Australia for Captain Pittendrugh and Mr…

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Hit Railway Gates Motor Cyclists Injured SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 7

Victor Taylor, 22, of Enmore, sustained abrasions to the body, and Roy Woodward, 22, of Newtown, fractured ribs, when a motor cycle and sidecar, in which…

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A New Broadway at Broadmeadow Council Will Not Bear Expense Matter for Roads Board

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 8

The state of the roadway at Broadway, Broadmeadow, and schemes for the improvement of this busy centre, as well as…

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Conspiracy Charges Motor Service Station SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 8

At the Central Police Court to-day, before Mr. McMahon, S.M., Lionel James Brierley, 46, accountant, and Kennedy Brown, 53, salesman, were charged by the…

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Railway Sales of Fruit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 6

Following on the very successful fruit-selling activities of the Railway Department during the past few years, whereby substantial returns have been made to…

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Rationing Begun Victorian Railway Service 6500 May Be Affected Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 7

Rationing of single men in the Victorian Railways Service began to-day. Some thousands will be immediately affected, but when the scheme is completed…

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