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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1932

3,413 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 171

Police Court Friday, January 8. (Before Mr. G. A. Stevenson, S.m.) Expired Railway Ticket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 12

A fine of 5/, costs 8/, was impose on Stuart Langley Garrett, c/o H. Laverty, Steele-street, Newcastle, for having attempted to travel on a train between…

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Harbour Bridge Lottery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 7

The Director of State Lotteries (Mr. W. H. Whiddon) announces that the Harbour Bridge Lottery, with 3244 prizes, the first being £20,000, is now open. The price…

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Fell From Train Bathurst

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 5

Falling from a train in which he was proceeding to Murrumburrah to take up duty Douglas Kervin, railway night-officer of Blayney, was found in an unconscious…

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Two Injured Car Drops 25 Feet Sudden Swerve From Road Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 6

Two people were injured in a car smash in Moore Park-road, Moore Park, to-night. Those involved were Frederick…

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Motor Yacht Club Lady Lot Comes Again

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 9

As was to be expected after a strenuous holiday programme, there was a comparatively small attendance of boats and owners at Toronto on Saturday. None…

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Critically Injured Motor Cyclist in Collision SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 6

Alexander Hendry, 24, of Marrickville, received a fracture of the skull, an incised wound to the forehead and a deep lacerated wound to the leg, when his motor…

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Four Injured Motor Cycles Collide SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 6

Four people were injured when a motor cycle and sidecar, and a solo motor cycle, collided in Sydenham-road, Marrickville, this afternoon…

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Tram Off Rails Excitement at Rose Bay Ran Into Gutter Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 6

There was great excitement in Hopetoun-avenue, Rose Bay, this afternoon, when a City-bound tram ran off the rails and finished up in the gutter…

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Railway Innovations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 4

Although the Victorian Railway Commissioners are interested in the many recent railway experiments abroad, including the running of rail cars with rubber…

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Women Lay Down on Tram Lines Desperate Food Riots in Dunedin Wellington (N.z.)

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 4

An attempt to run trams through the crowd in the Dunedin streets during the food riots on Saturday was prevented by women lying on the…

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Railway Picnickers Had Good Day for It

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 4

Over-1500 employees of the Railway Truffle Branch and the Per Way Department attended the annual picnic at Blackalls to-day. Two…

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Testing Harbour Bridge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 4

The tests of the Sydney Harbour Bridge for "dead" load will begin to-day, and will continue until next month, when a line of 92 locomotives will steam across…

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Broadmeadow Road Census Application for Main Road

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 4

The Main Roads Board is giving consideration to a request by Hamilton Council that Broadmeadow should be…

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No Bridge for Poitrel-street

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 4

The onus for the erection of a bridge over the stormwater channel at Poitrel-street, New Lambton, to provide an avenue of access from what…

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Grafton Bridge Nearing Completion Effect on Rail Traffic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 4

Now nearing completion, the Clarence River bridge at Grafton will necessitate a complete readjustment of railway time-tables on the North Coast route. Though…

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Mr. Lang "Will Not Open Bridge" New Guard Fiat Mr. Campbell Determined SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 5

"The people of New South Wales will not allow the Premier (Mr. Lang) to open the Sydney Harbour Bridge," said the leader of the New Guard (Mr. Eric…

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Motors and Motorists Poor Driving Tests by Psychology Laboratory Apparatus

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 8

An interesting apparatus has been designed overseas by a professor of psychology with a view to providing tests to ascertain the faults which contribute to poor…

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Blackalls Railway Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 4

Newcastle railwaymen abandoned their customary caution yesterday at a picnic at Blackalls. Regardless of the fact that the action might recoil on their own…

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Large Decreases Revenue From Motor Cars Victorian Comparisons Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 6

A big decrease in revenue from motor car registrations is disclosed in the Victorian return for 1931, issued by the Motor Registration Brooch to-day…

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Modern Tanker New Zealand's Visit Cargo of Motor Spirit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 4

The New Zealand one of the modern fleet of tankers of the Texas Co. (Australia). Ltd., arrived at Newcastle yesterday morning, and berthed at the Explosives…

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