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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
3,140 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 157
The Australian naval authorities are afraid that the continued delays in the construction in Australia of motor torpedo-boats may jeopardise the defence…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Falling from the Moree mail near Kotara railway station at about 3 a.m. to-day, George Selwyn Kirwan, 39, of Bream…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wilbur Alston, 22. of Sutor-street. Kogarah, had his left leg fractured to-day when he fell from a motor cycle in Matcham-road, Matcham near…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Believing that the victim of a road accident was his brother-in-law. WV. Reddan, 55, of Kellyville, a resident of the Parramatta district, hurried to inform…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →George Selwood Kirwan, 39, of Brean-street, Coogee, Sydney, fell from the Moree mail train near Kotara railway station about 3 a.m. on Saturday. He lay…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Struck by a train in Darby-street, Cook's Hill, last night, Ada Clarke, 51, of Railway-street, Cook's Hill, sustained a probable fracture of the skull,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway officials in Germany admit that the South German lines are unable to maintain their passenger schedule owing to defective equipment and exceptional…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colonel von Schell, the Transport Commissioner, has announced that 270 out of 335 types of motor vehicles manufactured in Germany will go…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In the dark at Glebe on January 4 an unknown man was accidentally killed by a tram. To-day at the inquest his identity was still a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The judicious planting of trees and shrubs on American highways has had a marked effect on road safety, according to a report received by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At a meeting of the central council of the Unemployed and Relief Workers' Council, held at the Trades Hall to-day, it was decided to send…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Asking for something to be done about repairing a road at Eraring, a local resident told the Lake Shire Council last night that the road was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mayor (Ald. G. W. Jenner), who conferred with representatives of the Police and Transport Departments at the new Tighe's Hill bridge, failed to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thanks to the widespread safety campaign in the United States, fatalities in which motor vehicles were involved during 1938 showed a decline of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A telegram urging the Federal Cabinet to provide for the manufacture of motor fuel from coal, and from crops…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Several cases of motor cyclists overtaking and passing other vehicles on the road on the wrong side have recently been reported to the N.R.M.A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Robert V: Compton, 43, of East Maitland, was fined £10, in default 20 days' hard labor, by Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd. P.M., in West Maitland Court to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In the following article Mr. Mason suggests a number of ways in which the attractions of the lakes system in the vicinity of Newcastle may be enjoyed by motorists. The Newcastle district, he says, offers a wide variety of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More new cars were sold in Australia last year than any year since 1929. At a conservative estimate, £20,000,000 was invested in the year's new car transactions, of which amount approximately £14,00,000 remained in the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The A.J.S. and Velocette Club will hold a competition run to Caves Beach next Sunday. Those attending should meet at P. and R…
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