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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1938

3,201 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 161

Battle in China in Snow and Ice Flight for Railway Thousands of Chinese Crazed by Hunger London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 1

Amid sleet and snow and blizzards Japanese columns are driving towards the vital junction at Soochow and are meeting with stubborn resistance. The weather hampers supplies of food and…

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Taximan and Gates at Railway Traffic Obstruction Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 5

"If you have any complaints to make about delays at the gates you want to make them to the Railway Commissioners, but you…

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Death Roll Trebled Deterioration of German Railways London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 7

Serious depreciation in the German railways being kept quiet by the Nazi authorities. "The Daily Herald" states that they…

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Apprenticeships in Railway

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 7

Many young engineers who completed their apprenticeship in the Railway Service and who, having found work elsewhere, resigned to resume…

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Motor Driver Remanded

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 3

Ronald Samuel Pepper, 24, motor-driver, pleaded not guilty at Newcastle Police Court to-day to a charge of having driven a car while under the…

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Hawkesbury Bridge Tenders Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 7

The biggest event of the 150th Anniversary year from the N.S.W. motorists' point of view may be the commencement of a bridge to span the…

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Road Like Nasty Smell

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 2

Lord Dickinson, a former, chairman of the L.C.C., presiding at a dinner of the London Society at the Hotel Victoria, said that building activities…

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Level Crossing Problem Road and Railway Cooperation Sought Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 5

An attempt to coordinate road and railway facilities in connection with the level crossings problem may shortly be made by an appeal to the…

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R.A.F. BOMBERS At Mercy of Hurricane Struggle on Aerodrome London, January 23

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 7

Three hundred members of the R.A.F. fought desperately for four hours in the darkness to-night to save 20 8-ton bombers which were at the mercy of a…

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Road Menace Children on Scooters Playing Tracks Suggested

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 11

Children on scooters are proving a menace on the roads. So quick are the children in their actions that the motorist has little chance…

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Road Link to the North Cessnock Makes Move

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 5

A renewed appeal for the reconstruction of a connecting road link between the main northern highway and the Pacific Highway is being made…

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Two Events Newcastle Motor-cyclists Raymond Terrace Meet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 11

At the last meeting of the Newcastle Motor-cycling Club it was announced that Mr. Charlie Wilson had donated a trophy for a private owner's point-score…

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"Keep Moving" Marine Drive Parking Ban Motorists Dissatisfied

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 11

Some time ago notices were placed on the Marine Drive, between the Ocean Baths and Zara-street, Newcastle East, stating that parking was prohibited in…

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For the Motorist Oldsmobiles for 1938 Much Interest in New Models Newcastle Distributors' Display

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 11

Considerable interest is being shown in the display of 1938 models of Oldsmobile cars at the showrooms of the Newcastle distributors, Messrs. Young and Green Ltd., Hunter-street West. Both the six and eight-cylinder models…

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Hamilton Collision Car and Motor-cycle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 6

When the motor-cycle on which they were riding Into lost night collided with a car at the corner of Lawson and Tudor Streets, Hamilton, Frances Lynch, 20, of…

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German Railways Using Condemned Stock Death Roll Increased London, January 23

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 8

The "Daily Herald" states that the German authorities are making desperate efforts to recall 10,000 current copies of "Die Reichsbahn," the official organ…

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Cafeteria to Close? Sydney Central Railway Station SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 8

The Secretary of the Hotel, Club, Restaurant and Caterers Employees' Union (Mr. W. Martin) maid to-night that, the Railway Department was considering the…

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Royal Enfield Motor Cycle Club

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 7

Owing to unsettled weather on Sunday, the Royal Enfield Motor Cycle Club's usual monthly run was postponed. A few optimistic members…

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Tram and 'Bus Arrangements Handling Holiday Crowd

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 7

The whole of the rolling stock available to the Transport Department in Newcastle will be used to-morrow to handle the holiday crowds. Every…

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Motoring [?] the New Hudson - TERRAPLANE

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 5

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