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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
3,140 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 157
Following the perusal of accident reports the Minister for transport (Mr. M. F. Bruxner) proposes to introduce further legislation in an endeavour to reduce the toll of the road. One of the most outstanding of the new proposals is the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →According to reports received by the N.R.M.A. Touring Department the general condition of the Oxley Highway between Port Macquarie and Tamworth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When new call-ups for men to go to rationed work in Government road camps were made, said the secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An electric train, which was crowded with picnickers and surfers returning home struck an obstacle near the Dulwich Hill railway station last night. Police believe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pedestrians and motorists have expressed concern at the limited space on the new traffic bridge at Carrington. Prior to the introduction of the 'bus…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Success at last seems in sight in the effort to reduce the number of motor-car fatalities in the United States (says the New York correspondent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A board steamer Bulolo, which reached Sydney to-day, was the Chairman of Directors of New Guinea Goldfields Ltd. (Mr. J. Krntselmitt). He has inspected…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Breaking from their lashings during a Pacific gale, 40 big logs stowed on the deck of the British motorship Jersey caused extensive damage before they were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →With an average speed of 79.25 miles an hour, which is a record, N. Osborne, of Victoria, won the Australian junior motor-cycling title at Cowes to-day. G…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Three men and one woman burned to death in a motor car at Takanini, near Auckland, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Because of the constant improvement in roads, the type of motorist who desires to tee the State during his annual holidays and likes to choose a different tour each year is becoming more frequent, and the following article may assist the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HUGE PARKING PLANS.—Parking accommodation for 25,000 cars has been planned for the 1942 World Exhibition at Rome. The necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Knocked down by a tram in Cowper Street, Carrington. on the night of October 15. 1938, John Dunn, 54. seaman, of Wilson Street. Carrington,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Mayor (Ald. G. W. Jenner), who is to visit Sydney today in association with a deputation to the Minister for Health (Mr. H. P. FitzSimons), in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The delay to commencing the construction of a road to the Stockrington Colliery is causing concern to employees of the mine and business…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mystery surrounding the movements of the Taylor cub 'plane between its departure from Mascot at 8.28 a.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Passengers in a carriage of a mixed train running from Wanganui were startled when a rifle bullet pierced a window, narrowly missing a woman…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Soviet's third Five year Plan, which was inaugurated in 1937, embodies special efforts to increase Russia's ability to carry on a prolonged war. Tens of thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A deputation to the Minister for Works (Mr. E. S. Spooner) will ask for Government funds to reconstruct the old convict-built…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. E. S. Spooner) is to be approached by a deputation from the Kearsley Shire Council for a grant to widen…
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