Seaman's Death on Road at Stockton Inquiry by Coroner Boxing Day Fatality
Circumstances surrounding the death of John McMillan, 56, seaman, who was killed when a car collided with him…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1939
3,140 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 157
More Patrols City and Country Districts Cabinet Decides "Salutary Effect on Road Traffic" SYDNEY
The State Cabinet decided to-day that 17 utility trucks and 34 police officers as drivers will patrol the main country thoroughfares…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Father Satisfied Doctors Did All Possible Boy's Death After Road Accident Newcastle Hospital Board Inquiry
As a result of a complaint made at the inquest yesterday, Newcastle Hospital Board conducted an inquiry last night into the death of Walter Sylvester…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Thieves Had Lean Christmas
The Northern railway section went through the Christmas-New Year holidays with an excellent record so far as the volume of pilfering from goods trucks and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motorist Fined
A fine of £1, with 8[?] costs, was imposed on Norman William Frost, of Victoria street, New Lambton. by Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., at Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Four People Carried on Motor Cycle
Ronald Stanborough of King's Road. Tighe's Hill, was fined £1. with 5s 6d costs, by Mr. M. E. Soane, S.M., at Newcastle Summons Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Not to Blame for Motor Accident
Cessnock Council accepts no blame for an accident in which a car was recently damaged in Edward-street, Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Road to Rome
Gurney in "The Herald," Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →More Calls for Road Camp, Protest Meeting To-morrow
Another call for men for rationed work in a forestry road camp will be made by the Department of Labor and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →First Test Motor Torpedo Boat LONDON, January 11
Designed by the British Power Boat Company, the world's fastest motor torpedo boat, which has a speed of 50 miles all hour and a range of 1000 nautical…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Always on Duty" Police Commissioner in Motor Chase SYDNEY
The truism that a policeman is always on duty was exemplified recently when the Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. J. MacKay), while motoring, saw a man…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Buckled by Heat Railway Lines Near Dora Creek Sydney Trains Delayed
Railway lines between Awaba and Dora Creek were buckled by the excessive heat yesterday. The buckling, which occurred on the up line to Sydney in several places…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor-lorry Wrecked on Pacific Highway Wyong
Two men had a narrow escape when a motor-lorry carrying a heavy concrete mixer overturned on the Pacific Highway near Tuggerah this afternoon. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Four on Motor-cycle
Evidence that three passengers as well as the driver had been on a motor-cycle moving along Denison-street, Hamilton, on December 6 last year was given in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Like Singapore Darwin Aerodrome Plans for Improvement Darwin
Proposals for improving the Ross Smith Airport on lines similar to those adopted at Singapore, have been formulated by the Chief Aviation Officer of the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Boys Train for Air Defence
Youth called for air defence. These boys are members of an air defence ca[?]et squadron formed at Lalymer Upper School, Hammersmith, London. The Air League of the British Empire aims to race similar cadet units in every town of 40,000 at more inhabitants…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →16 Persons Hurt Tram Hits Goods Train Trucks Balmain Collision Sydney
Sixteen people were injured, none seriously, when a tram collided with trucks of a goods train in Commercial-road, Balmain,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Sabotage Causes Train Wreck Calcutta
Sabotage is believed to have been the cause of the accident to the Howrah Express in the Dehra Dun district, when at least seven people were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Indian Railway Disaster Calcutta, January 12
At least seven persons were killed and 49 injured when the Howrah-Dehre Dun express was derailed. The five middle coaches overturned, caught fire, and were…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New Road Waits on New Bridge Sydney
An example of the Railway Departments failure to cooperate with the Department of Main Roads was mentioned to-day by the N.R.M.A…
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