On New Railway Clash of Opinion Quay Association and Minister Sydney
The Secretary of the Circular Quay Association (Mr. A. D. Carson), referring to-day to the decision of the Government to build the Gwabegar-Pilliga…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1939
3,140 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 157
Motor Yachting
Handicap events held by the Newcastle branch of the Royal Motor Yacht Club at Toronto…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Four Injured Smash Ends Long Motor Tour SYDNEY
Three women and a man, all residents of Victoria, were hurt when the motorcar in which they were returning to Melbourne after a motoring tour of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Department Electrical Officer Farewelled
Mr. R. W. Ogle, formerly of the Chief Electrical Engineer's branch of the Railway Department in Newcastle has been appointed Distribution…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Harbour Bridge Incident
Mrs. Robin Foster being put into an ambulance by police and ambulance men, after they had rescued her from a gantry, 15 feet below the Sydney Harbour Bridge, on to which she had fallen…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatally Injured by Train Sydney
John Ohlback, 61, of Kogarah, was fatally injured when he slipped from the platform of Hurstville railway station yesterday morning and fell beneath…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Safety Branch in Newcastle
The Newcastle branch of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales will hold its first meeting of the year next…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Protest Against Rationed Work In Road Camps
A resolution promising wholehearted support to the unemployed of Greater Newcastle in their protests against the proposal of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Must Know Road Laws Oral Test for New Drivers
In addition to passing the driving test, applicants for a driver's or rider's licence, who have been issued with permits after January 1 this year, must pass an oral examination on the Motor Traffic Act and regulations…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Police Patrol Part in Road Safety Campaign SYDNEY
Dressed in a distinctive uniform, a special patrol of police on fast solo motor-cycles in planned an part of the road safety campaign. The matter will be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Four Accidents Fatal Week-end Road Crashes Woman Driver Killed Sydney
Three women and a man were killed in road accidents in New South Wales at the week-end. A woman was killed, and her three…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woman Rescued Unconscious on Gantry Under Bridge Tied to Stretcher and Pulled Up Sydney
Mrs. Robin Foster, 25, of Palmer-street, Darlinghurst, was rescued late yesterday afternoon after she had fallen through the Sydney Harbour Bridge on to a painter's…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Transport Council Solve Railway Differences Federal Minister's Suggestion Melbourne
To overcome differing conditions of railway operations in the States, the Minister for the Interior (Mr. J. McEwen) suggested yesterday the formation…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor-cyclist Injured Collision Near Hexham
Alec Meehan, 33, of Main-road, Hexham, sustained a fracture of the right leg, injuries to the scalp and body when his motor-cycle and a car collided on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Communist Support for Railwaymen
The Rail branch of the Communist party, at its lost meeting, decided unanimously to pledge wholehearted support to the railwaymen on the South Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tension Develops Czechoslovakia and Hungary Border Clash Sequel Hungarians Suspend Railway Traffic (Australian Associated Press.) PRAGUE, January 8
As the result of tension following the clash between Hungarians and Czechs at Munkacevo, or Munkacs, on Friday, the Hungarian…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Worker Killed Sydney
Charles Wood, 50. a railway employee, of Hornsby, was killed by a train while working on the line near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Aerodrome for Townsville Melbourne
A new aerodrome, to cost £8000, will he erected at Townsville. Two power stations will be built for the aerodrome radio and direction finders. The cost…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railwayman Killed by Train Sydney
When he was struck by a train while working a at Hornsby to-day, Charles Wood, 50, a railway employee, was fatally injured. He received severe…
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