Ambulance Carriage Victorian Railways' Lead MELBOURNE
The Victorian Railway Commissioner (Mr. H. Clapp) has had completed a special ambulance railway carriage. It is painted grey, with red crosses on the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1939
3,140 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 157
Stolen Motor Car Recovered
A car owned by Mr. R. Tullock, of Christo-road, Waratah, which was stolen from Hunter-street West on Wednesday night, was recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway War Ambulance Melbourne
To provide a pattern which could speedily be duplicated in an emergency, the Victorian railways have built a special experimental…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Bobbed Like Cork in Earthquake London
"The train I was in bobbed about like a cork," says an eye-witness, describing in "The Times" the earthquake at Chilian (Chile). "SCRAMBLING out of the train,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Caution 'Thrown To The Winds' During Holiday Times
Holiday periods, particularly at Christmas and New Year, demanded extra care from every motorist, but, instead, it was apparent that many drivers chose those times to throw all caution to the winds, said the secretary of the R.A.C.A., Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Camp Work Few Exemptions Lodged Another Call-up Soon
Few application forms for exemption from the rationed camp work at Bulahdelah were lodged at Labour exchanges at Newcastle, Wallsend, Waratah and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New Bridge Over Derwent First Section Launched PONTOONS 3160 Feet Long Hobart
Although the tide (did not permit immediate floatation of the first section of the pontoon-type bridge, comprising more than 1000 tons of steel and concrete,…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →More in Work Business Statistics for December Increase in Motor Vehicles Radio Licences Also Higher
The monthly summary of business statistics, issued by the Government Statistician (Mr. S. R. Carver), states that the number of persons in employment,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →No Hope Held Direct Defence Money to Railways Request to Mr. Casey Melbourne
A deputation from the Labour party and the Australian Railways Union, which interviewed the Federal Treasurer (Mr. R. G. Casey) to-day, asked that portion…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Yachting
Handicap races conducted by Newcastle branch of the Royal Motor Yacht Club on Toronto Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Extend Newcastle Station Railway Department's Plan Part of Port Development Scheme
The Railway Department envisages the day when Newcastle Custom house will be pulled down to permit Newcastle railway station to be extended across Watt-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Music Records As a Hobby Newcastle Railwayman's Collection
A railwayman with a passion for the violin and perhaps an even keener passion for collecting recordings by the finest of present-day violinists, is Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sleeper Placed on Line: Struck by Train Sydney
An attempe to wreck an electric train was made Dulwich Hill railway station about 8 o'clock last night. Police believe boys were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.Z. Road Toll Is Smaller Auckland
There has been a substantial decrease in the number of traffic accidents in New Zealand since the road safety campaign started, despite the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Secret Patrols at Work Police Campaign for Road Safety SYDNEY
A new effort was made by police at the week-end to increase safety on the roads. Plain-clothes traffic police rode in private utility trucks patrolling the roads…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Holiday with Clouds Showers Forecast for To-day Railways Will Be Busy Homeward Rush on Eve of School Opening
Well-dressed men and women today will carry overcoats "at the ready" or umbrellas, according to taste, for the Anniversary Day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Motor-cycling Tragedies One Man From Wickham Crashes Near Sydney Sydney
A Wickham motor-cyclist was fatally injured in a road accident at Cowan. Another motor-cyclist was killed at Prospect…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gaol for Negligent Motorist Wellington (N.z.)
A sentence of nine months' imprisonment with hard labour, was imposed on Thomas Hannam for negligent driving and causing bodily harm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Warning Note on Motor Car London, January 6
Defending a motorist summoned at Croydon. England, for speeding a solicitor said that it would not occur again, as the motorist had had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Spanish Refugees Jam Railway Tunnel LONDON
Several thousands of refugees and 100 former members of the International Brigade fleeing from Spain are jammed in the railway tunnel at Cerbere. A DISPATCH from Perpignan says…
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