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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1933

3,346 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 168

Man with Revolver Tram Conductor's Story SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 6

A story that he had been assaulted by an armed man was told by Edgar Collins, tram conductor, to the police late last night. Collins stated that when the tram…

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Killed on Railway Line Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 1

Struck down last night by a fast electric train, between Hornsby and Asquith, two railway employees were so…

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Injured on Way to Work Motor Cycle and 'Bus Collide Man in Hospital

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 1

Edward Henderson (32), a fitter, employed at Ryland's works, and living at 8 Pulver-street, Hamilton, was seriously injured…

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Motorist and Constable Insulting Words Charge Fails Headlight Was Out

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 6

"I don't know whether it is a permanent look or what, but you want to wipe it off your face." The foregoing remark, according to…

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Newcastle Trams on Market? Trades Hall Against Proposal

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 5

A meeting of the Trades Hall executive has been called for to-morrow night, when, among other important matters, the recent…

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Train Driver's Death Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 6

Donald Mychell Hosie, 50, a train-driver, of Cowper-street, Glebe, collapsed and died at Balmain to-night…

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Train Travellers More During Holiday Period Receipts at Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 4

The reports that more people travelled on the railways during the recent holiday period than in the same period 12 months ago are confirmed by figures supplied…

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Struck by Train Man Killed, Another Hurt SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 6

Cyril Clive Baker, 20, railway callboy, of Hornsby, died this morning, as a result of injuries received last night, when he was knocked down by an electric train…

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State of Siege Developments in India Rebels Block Roads In Possession of Districts (Australian Press Association.) CALCUTTA, January 4

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

Skirmishes in which numbers of troops and rebels were killed and wounded, occurred at Alwar, where whole districts in the hilly tracts are in a state of siege…

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New Tram Cars Clyde Company's Tender Accepted SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 6

The Commissioner for Tramways (Mr. S. A. Maddocks) announced to-night that the tender of the Clyde Engineering Co., Ltd., for the construction of the 200 car…

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ACCIDENTS Motor-cycle and 'Bus Collide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 6

Edward Henderson, 32, a fitter, of Pulver-street, Hamilton, received lacerations to the right side of the head, and abrasions to the face, when the motor-cycle…

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Touched Reef Motorship Returning Mishap Near New Guinea Sydney

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

Advice has been received by radio in Sydney that the British motorship, Olivebank, of 5154 tons gross, had touched a reef in New Guinea waters, and is…

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Bullets Poured Into Motor Car Occupants Injured Man with Gun at Gateway Throat Cut Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 1

When a man, believed to be temporarily demented, poured a fusillade of bullets into a motor car in…

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Incapacitated Soldiers Tram Passes Good for All Lines Same As Previously Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 5

The Returned Soldiers' League has been informed that the free train pashes recently issued to incapacitated returned soldiers may be…

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Rifle Shooting Tramway Club

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 5

The Tramway Rifle Cub fired ten shots at 300 yards under boisterous conditions at the Adamstown Rifle Range to-day…

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Many Will Be Employed Construction of New Trams Two Years' Job Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 6

A large number of men will receive employment as the result of the Government's order for 200 new trams of the corridor type…

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"Only a Defensive Move" "Forestalling" the Chinese Japan's Naive Excuse for Battering Port Armored Trains Patrol Railway Geneva

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 6

Asserting that Japan has no designs on China proper, a Japanese spokesman in the League of Nations defends her action in the capture and destruction of Shan Hai-kwan, on the ground that it…

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Woman Falls From Train Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 7

Falling from a tram near the Marrickville railway station this morning, Mrs. Alice Perritt, 44, of Springwood, was critically injured. She suffered a fracture…

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Woman's Leap From Bridge Body Recovered Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 7

The body of the woman who leaped from the Harbor Bridge last night, was recovered by Sergeant Harivel, of the Water Police, early this…

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10 Deaths Due To Motor Smashes Red Roll of the Road Hospital Returns for 1932 Many Casualties

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 1

Of a total of 475 serious accident cases admitted to the Newcastle Hospital during 1932, 103 were due to This but, autographed on either side by members of the Australian and English Test teams, is the first prize in an art union…

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