Bridge Work
Plans are exhibited at the Newcastle offices of the Department of Main Roads of a number of bridge contracts for which tenders are called…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
3,140 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 157
Royal Roads to Learning
A great deal of human progress has had to be made in the teeth of the grandmotherly caution that parades as proverbial wisdom. If the early navigators had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All Roads Lead to Rome
To-day, all eyes are on Rome—Rome, the Eternal City, the ancient centre of western civilisation, the capital of the ancient world, the centre of the New Italy. It has been said that all roads lead to Rome; that Rome was not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hit by Train in Tunnel Railwayman Escapes Death SYDNEY
Stanley Rooke, 30, of Newtown, a railwayman, was a minute off losing his life in the Wynyard train tunnel. While walking along the lines he was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Quins As Road Builders
The Dionne quintuplets have indirectly joined the ranks of road builders. So many visitors have travelled to Callander. Ontario, where…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kurri to Wangi Road
Sir,—Kurri Kurri 118! And to think that if 16 miles of the gravel road to Wangi were tarred buses could run passengers there in about 45 minutes, leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Many Homeless Kalgoorlie and Boulder Floodings Trans-australian Train Marooned Kalgoorlie
The work of restoring order in Kalgoorlie, Boulder and surrounding districts as a result of the floodinge yesterday will take weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor-cycle Tour of State New Zealanders' Plans SYDNEY
Messrs. R.Tonkins and L, O'Sullivan, both of Wellington, who come to Sydney to-day by the Awaten intend to travel by motor-cycle to Adelaide,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Yachting
Handicaps conducted by Newcastle branch of Royal Motor Yacht Club on Toronto Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Two Men Injured Maitland-road Collision Verandah Collapses
Two men were injured in a collision between a taxi-car and a motor-car on Maitland-road, Islington, at 10.45 p.m. on Saturday. They were Ernest Green,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Through the Fires Truck Driver's Hard Task Bridge Burnt Away
Mr. J. Ambler, who has carried newspapers to centres as for north as Taree for several years, said last night that the trip he had made yesterday was the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In North-west Heat Wave Continues Train Travellers Suffer Tamworth
"I would never travel on a trip like that again," stated a passenger on the mail train which reached Tamworth from Sydney on Saturday night. Bushfires…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fires in Gosford Area Traffic on Road to Entrance Stopped GOSFORD
With the temperature at 116 degrees, a record for Gosford, bush fires raged throughout the district yesterday. All traffic on the Gosford-Entrance road was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cessnock Motor-cyclist Injured
When an motor-cycle he was riding collided with a horse in Westcott-street, Cessnock, on Saturday afternoon, Fred Davis, 28, of McGrane-street, Cessnock,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motoring Every Motorist Has a Plain Duty Concerted Road Sense The Only Cure For Road Toll
After the numerous accidents that occurred over the holidays, motorists have, since the beginning of the year, read and heard that in 1939 the laws covering traffic infringements will be rigidly enforced, and heavy penalties imposed on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Selfish Drivers Are Menace on the Roads
Much had feeling and traffic congestion it due to the selfish behavior of the driver who persists in cutting in and out particularly in a steady stream of traffic,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Guard Killed in Fall From Train Brisbane
Thomas Buckley, 53, a guard, of Gympie, was killed near Petrie station this morning. It is believed that he fell from the guard's van of a train and struck his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Stranger" Present Press and Road Safety Committee
The Press was excluded from a meeting of Newcastle branch of the Road Safety Council at City Hall last night. Members said the publication of recommendations…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death Traps on Road Reports To Safety Council
Danger spots on the Pacific Highway, especially one intersection where it was recalled two tragedies had occurred,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Employment on New Scenic Road Mayor To Receive Deputation
After having heard complaints this morning by Newcastle unemployed regarding the system of employment on the Merewether-Charlestown scenic…
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