"League of Nations" Tramp Ship 12 Nationalities On Board SYDNEY
The "League of Nations" ship, the Pilar da Larrinaga, has arrived in Sydney after many years of "tramping" the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1939
3,140 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 157
Found at Sea Fabric From Aeroplane Wing SYDNEY
Tattered strips of silver-coated fabric, thought to be from the wings of an aeroplane, were found entangled in a trawling net north of Montague Island several days…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Through Railway Gates Big Truck Crashes Into Train Driver Crushed to Death Melbourne
A six-wheeled truck, loaded with 10 tons of sand, crashed at 50 miles an hour through the railway gates at Arden-street siding, North Melbourne, to-night,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Seeks Repair of Wharf-road
The condition of Wharf Road in Newcastle is still causing concern to members of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →After the Train Smash Water Melons Are Nice
Top and right: Aerial views of the North-west mail smash, near Tuggerah, taken yesterday showing repair gangs at work…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →One Truck, Two Men Police Road Patrol for Newcastle
Newcastle is to have one utility truck and two special constables when the State-wide system of using utility trucks for patrolling main highways comes into…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Driver Killed Railway Smash Near Ipswich Shunting Engine Hit by Train Ipswich
A train driver was killed, two persons were seriously injured, and many suffered shock when a passenger train from Toowoomba and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Inquiry Held Mail Train Derailment Police Also Interested
The derailment of the North-west mail train between Ourimbah and Tuggerah on Wednesday afternoon was the subject of a departmental inquiry at the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Veteran Road Engineer Dead Related to Louis Becke
A brother-in-law of the novelist, Louis Becke, and a close friend of Henry Kendall, the poet, Mr. T. P. Davies, who had the distinction of being the youngest…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →New Traffic Bridge at Lisarow £12,000 Will Be Spent
An overhead traffic bridge, estimated to cost about £12,000, is to be constructed at Lisarow between Ourimbah…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Yachting
Vice-Commodore's Day, conducted by Newcastle branch of Royal Motor Yacht Club, on Toronto Bay. Cruiser and speedboat handicaps…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Lambeth Walk on Tramp Ship Sailor's Hornpipe Is Replaced
Gradually, with the march of time, age-old customs of seamen slowly are vanishing. Now, on at least. one ocean-going tramp the Sailor's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Suspended After Train Smash Brisbane
The Railway Commissioner (Mr. C. A. Murton) has ordered that two railwaymen be suspended, following the collision between two trains at Bundamba on Friday,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Killed in Road Smash Near Grafton Grafton
A big lorry carrying a heavy road tractor and 20 men left the road near Shark Creek bridge last night and went over an embankment into the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Dead: 14 INJURED Smash on Clarence Lorry Over Bridge Grafton
Two men were killed and 14 were injured, two critically, when a contractor's lorry from Lismore, carrying 18 men and a big road…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Picket 'Buses Stop Men Going to Road Camp Unemployed Move Men and Women Will Be at Starting Place
Relief workers and their wives will be at the Bank Corner this morning to picket the 'buses which are to leave at 5.45 o'clock with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Yachting Speedboats at Best Vice-Commodore's Day at Lake S. Boyd Wins Double in Miss Richmond
Speedboat racing is thrilling. While it is as exciting as it was on Saturday at Toronto when the Newcastle branch of the Royal Motor Yacht Club celebrated its…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tram Windscreen Wipers Will Be Fitted Before Winter Sydney
All trams will be fitted with windscreen wipers by the time winter arrives, the secretary of the Tramway Employees Union (Mr. J. Brock) said…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Beware Spikes Projecting From Road Bridges
A warning to motorists to be on the look-out for Iron spikes projecting above the decking of wooden bridges in the country districts has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Conditions Between Taree and Bulahdelah
An N.R.M.A. country inspector who recently travelled over the coastal route from Bulahdelah to Taree, by way of Forster and Tuncurry, reports…
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