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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
3,140 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 157
Reconstruction of the signalling apparatus and the crossing at Adamstown railway station' is under way. Recently a new signal box was erected to replace the box…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →William Toner 39, was fined £15 at the Central Police Court today for having driven a motor-car while under the influence of liquor. It was stated…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"There was no negligence on the part of the train driver. The evidence showed that the man was hurrying across the street, probably with his head down, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The monetary value of leave granted by the Railway Department for purposes of military training rose from £1654 8s 7d in 1937 to £2363 17s 4d…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir.—I wish to congratulate Mr. Stewart for his strictures on the way some of the car drivers ignore all the rules of the road. It is a difficult job to find…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Australian air organisation was praised by the Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. H. V. C. Thorby) when he reached Sydney this afternoon in a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A youth who was killed when his head struck an iron post while he was leaning out of a railway carriage at Dulwich Hill yesterday, was identified…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A meeting of residents from Salt Ash, Tanilba and Lemon Tree Passage at Lemon Tree Passage condemned the Lemon Tree main road as deplorable and…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Six metropolitan trade-unions decided to-night to support the stand taken by the Newcastle unemployed in refusing to be sent into camps miles away from their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Complaints were made at the Newcastle Girls' High School and the Central Domestic Science School, Hamilton South, of the inconvenience caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A terrific storm which struck Te Aroha caused considerable damage. Business was brought to a standstill when roofs were torn off many premises…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Crews of the new police highway patrols have been ordered to wear uniforms. Police officials believe that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Handicaps allocated for last Saturday's events arranged by the Newcastle branch of the Royal Motor Yacht Club will apply to Saturday's racing. Because of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A scheme of mobilisation based on an expected raid by the newly-developed high-speed motor-boats, which can hit hard despite their comparative smallness,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Royal Commission on Public Works was reconstituted to-day. The first duty allotted to it was to investigate and report on connecting in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Revenue at Newcastle railway station for January was slightly lower than in January, 1938. Fewer people travelled during, last week of the month than for the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In a report from the Railway Commissioner (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) presented to Cabinet to-day, it was stated that the railway deficit…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →An average increase in passenger fares of 10 per cent, and varying increases in freight charges are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Residents of Belmont have added their protest to that of Newcastle school authorities at the curtailment of the Newcastle-Belmont…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Allan Hinton, 20, of Merrylands, had the toes of his right foot severed to-day when he fell from a train at Redfern. The carriage wheels passed over his right…
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