Motor Registrations Ford Cars Retain Lead
Figures supplied by the Department of Road Transport for the week ended December 22 reveled that 250 new registrations of motor cars were lodged, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1934
3,678 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 184
For the Motorist Teaching to Drive Duties of the Instructor Selecting Suitable Course
The first duty of the teacher of motor driving is to see that the learner has a permit to learn, and that he himself is carrying his licence. If the learner is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Peers New Year Honours List Two New Knights Motor Manufacturer Raised to Peerage (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, December 31
Five peerages have been conferred by the King in the New Year honours, the recipients including Sir William Morris, the well-known motor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Innovation German "Go Anywhere" Tickets
An innovation in railway tickets has been introduced by the German State railways. Known as the "Netzkarte," literally "net ticket," it is valid over the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Dept. Began New Year Well 5000 Visitors to Newcastle Railway Revenue Up 150 Per Cent. Staff Efficiency
Railway figures for the New Year holiday show an increase of nearly 150 per cent. on last year for people travelling from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Smash in London 20 Passengers Hurt London
In the densest tog in recant memory, 20 passengers were injured in London when an electric train left the rails and two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motors for GRACE and Pace Shell Chief's Retirement Farewell Dinner
To give the general manager of the Shell Company (Mr. O. W. Darch) an opportunity of saying farewell to his personal friends, before leaving for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Ask "The Sun" Your Motor Problems
"The Newcastle Sun" has secured the services of an expert motor engineer, who will answer questions and give advice to motorists…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Missing Aeroplane Safe Stockholm, January 2
The missing Sikorski amphibian is safe. It made a forced landing on a small lake at Unden. All the passengers and crew are safe…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Train at Night
The children do not often go on a journey at night, they think it better to be in bed. But it happened that when Nellie and the others went…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Struck by an Electric Train Railway Worker Killed Sydney
While inspecting overhead train wires near St. Peters Station this morning, William Henry Goon (44), of Leichhardt-street, Leichhardt, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Electrification of Railways Trades Hall Appeal to Government Silo and Road Work
An appeal is to be made to the Government by the President of the Newcastle Trades Hall Council (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Victim Jumped from Harbour Bridge SYDNEY
Donald Stewart Sullivan, 46, an accountant, of Stanmore-road. Petersham, jumped from the Sydney Harbour Bridge late this afternoon, and was fatally…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria Wins Bridge Tournament Exciting Finish Sydney
The duplicate contract bridge tournament, between New South Wales and Victoria, was won and lost to-night in the last eight of 160 hands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Contract Bridge Battle Match Finishes in Early Hours Victorian Team Wins Sydney
Just when victory for New South Wales in the first interstate contract bridge match named assured early this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →What People Think Ordered To Wear Hats—The Wheat Silo—Till Of The Road Banks and Hats
"Bowler" (Mayfield) writes— The flat of the Victorian banking institutions that members of their staffs must wear hats when going…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Missing Motor-cycle
Mr. Eric Knipe, of Rutherford-road. Campbell's Hill, West Maitland, reported to the West Maitland police yesterday afternoon that his B.S.A. motor-cycle,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Why the Delay? Mayfield Tram Extension Protest by Citizens
The vexed question of the Mayfield West tram extension will be revived by the Mayfield West Citizens' Association at a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →America's New Road
Sir Herbert Samuel returned from the United States to Britain to give his impressions of the policy which is being pursued by the Roosevelt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Main Roads Finances New Lambton Will Not Dissent
Exercising caution, New Lambton Council last night merely "received" a request from Granville Council for co-operation in…
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