Had Loaded Rifle Scare on Mail Train Sydney Man Detained Brisbane
Alarm was caused passengers on the mail train from Sydney to Wallangarra on Saturday morning when a man on board the train, declaring that people…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1933
3,346 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 168
Maitland District West Maitland Found Unconscious Injured Motor-cyclist
Reginald Sparrow, 25, of Elgin-street, West Maitland, was admitted to West Maitland Hospital last night in an unconscious condition, and with abrasions to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Motorship Belfast-Sydney Record SYDNEY
Representing the latest in luxurious sea travel facilities, the new Huddart, Parker motor-ship. Wanganella, which is to be placed on the Australia-New Zealand run,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fettler Killed Train Strikes Trolley on Bridge Near Tuggerah
A railway fettler was killed, and three others had narrow escapes, when the Sheffield trolley on which they were riding was run down by a passenger train,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Toll Motor Roads Non-paying Railways American Transport Scheme
Mr. S. F. Edge, the well-known English authority on automotive matters, who is on a visit to Australia, recently expressed the opinion that in time many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motors and Motorists New Bridges Interstate Touring Road Information
Several new bridges are now under construction on the Pacific Highway, in Northern Coastal New South Wales. At Clybucca, about 13 miles north of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road to Forster N.R.M.A. Comment Resented (To the Editor.)
Sir,—Included in the motor notes column in a recent issue of the "Newcastle Morning Herald" there appeared a statement by Mr. Say, Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fell From Tram Boy Seriously Injured SYDNEY
Lionel Partridge, 10, of Coe-street, Balmain, fell from a moving tram in Darling-street, Balmain, to-night, and was seriously injured. He was conveyed in an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MOTOR-CYCLING Cowes Tourist Trophy Pringle Is Favourite
Preparations are well in hand for the Australian Tourist Trophy, which is to he held at Cowes, Phillip Island, Victoria, on January 26. As this is the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In The Courts Language On Tram
When Constable Robinson, in plain clothes, boarded a Mayfield-bound tram last night. Claude Gellatly (35), laborer, used indecent language to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ask "The Sun" Your Motor Troubles
"The Newcastle Sun" has occurred the services of an expert motor engineer, who will answer questions and give advice to motorists…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MOTORS for GRACE and Pace Motor Cycling News A.J.S.
Next Sunday the A.J.S. Motorcycle Club will hold its monthly run to Salty Creek. An attractive programme of sports…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tackled Masked Bandit Tram Conductor Had Pluck Sydney
With blood streaming down his face and his tunic torn, Edgar H. Collins, tram conductor, of Randwick, reported last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →OVER 2000 to Go Retrenchment in Railways Economy Plan Sydney
More than 2000 rail employees, it is understood, will be retired or retrenched during the next few months…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridges on Trunk Roads
After discussing a letter from the Department of Transport, notifying that in future the department would contribute the whole of the cost of the construction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Struck by Train Two Railwaymen Injured Found Unconscious Sydney, Wednesday Morning
Two railway employees were seriously injured when ran down by an electric train which was travelling at a fast speed at Asquith, near Hornsby, late last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To Reduce Road Accidents Obtaining Detailed Information New British Scheme London
As a sequel to a conference between the Minister of Transport and various road users' organisations, a new scheme has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Economy Retrenchment Campaign Retirements This Week Sydney
It is expected that within the next few months heavy retrenchments will be made in the railway service. The reduction of the surplus railway staff was postponed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Language in Tram
Claude Gellatly, 35, labourer, who had been arrested by Constable Robinson, was charged with having used indecent language while in a tramcar bound from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Touched Live Wire Railway Worker Injured SYDNEY
Walter Oliviera, 40, of Leichhardt, suffered abrasions and severe shock when he touched an electric wire carrying 1500 volts at Hurstville railway station this…
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