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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

3,346 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 168

Cardiff Railway Crossing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 8

Cardiff residents are leaving no stone unturned to induce the Railway Department to erect a bridge over the railway line to connect the town with Fern…

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Railwayman Dies From Injuries Shunting Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 1

Raymond G. Sandeman (26), a railway employee, of Darby-street, Cook's Hill, who was run over by a train during shunting operations last…

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Motor Cycle Stolen From Garage

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 8

Breaking into William H. Hudson's motor garage in Shelley-street, Georgetown, early yesterday morning, thieves took out a motor cycle and…

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Surprise for Train Passengers Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 1

The spectacle of a Jersey c[?] boarding an electric train provided some amusement at Meadowbank yesterday…

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Country Camp Train Australian Boys Lord Salvesen's Suggestion Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 7

Addressing the Millions Club to-day. Lord Salvesen, a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, suggested that the 60,000 lads who leave school…

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Huge Cylinder Six Days' Road Journey Construction in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 5

Messrs. Morison and Bearby, Ltd., of Newcastle, have recently completed the construction of a large steel cylinder for the de-aeration plant for the South-west…

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What People Think Child Car Attendants—Why Not Buy Larwood?—Courtesy In Train Cars Why Not Buy Larwood?

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 4

Peter Pan (Newcastle) writes:—As England is buying our cricketers from us, what about buying Larwood from England. He would be a…

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Railway Department Thanked

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 6

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., have sent to the Railway Department a letter from a grazier at Condobolin regarding the removal of several…

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Railway Record Locomotive Grate Test Reduced Coal Consumption Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 9

Claiming it as a record performance by any locomotive in New South Wales, and probably in Australia, details are given by the Railway Department of a…

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Victoria Theatre The Ghost Train Smilin' Through Next

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 2

THE popularity of the British production, The Ghost Train, was evidenced by the large audience at the Victoria Theatre on…

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Road Accidents Driver Drowned Car Falls Into River HOBART

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 6

Plunging 12 feet over a bank into the Lachlan River a motor-car driven by Michael Haney, a road overseer in the Public Works Department in the New…

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In the Courts Theft From Train Mentioned in Court Action Laborer Gaoled

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 7

Mention of the theft of a large quantity of goods front a train was made at the Newcastle Police Court to-day,…

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Australian Plan Bourke-Darwin Railway Scepticism in England London, January 20

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 6

For the past three months reports have been trickling to London of an Australian plan with English backing to the extent of £15,000,000. to build a railway…

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Motor-truck Capsizes Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 6

A motor-truck loaded with ice capsized near Windsor on Saturday morning, but the occupants—a man and his two sons—escaped serious injury. One of the…

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Severe Storms Havoc in Many Areas Deluge at Forbes Railway Line Damaged in North SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 5

Heavy rain fell over a large portion of the State during the week-end. In many districts storms caused considerable damage…

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Motorist Charged

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 7

A charge against Harold Cecil Moran, of the Star Hotel, Hunter-street, Newcastle, of having driven a motor car in a negligent manner…

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4000 at Railway Picnic

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 5

Members of Newcastle District Railway Traffic and Permanent Way brunches held their annual picnic at Blackalls Park to-day…

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Found Stolen Motor Cycle Wheels Missing

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 6

A motor cycle reported stolen last week by F. A. Newton, of Mayfield, was found abandoned during the week-end by the police near…

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Motor-car Comfort Larger Tyres for Rough Roads

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 8

Gradually since the advent of the balloon tyre 10 years ago rim sizes of cars have become smaller and the cross-section of tyres larger. To-day even the…

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Low Pressure Tyres Aeroplane Principle Adapted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 8

Designers have been working for many years towards even greater improvements in pneumatic tyres. An interesting result is the production of the new Barnet…

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