Producer Gas Units for Motor Cars Melbourne
Increasing demand for producer gas units for fitting to motor cars already had reduced the cost substantially below the £100 regarded as normal six…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1940
2,099 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 105
Stop Press Railway Bridge Burnt. Moree, Saturday Morning
A railway bridge near Moree was partly destroyed by fire last night. The fire badly damaged the girder of a span. Men and materials were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Leapt From Train Prisoner Escapes MELBOURNE
Leaping from a moving train between Shepperton and Mooroopan early to-day. John Ryan, 38, escaped while being escorted to Melbourne by Constable Lane…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Struck by Train: Woman Had Amazing Escape Gosford
A young woman had an amazing escape from death at Cowan Railway Station late last night. With a male escort Miss Kathleen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →750,000 People Carried Holiday Road Transport Figures
Although almost 750,000 passengers were carried on trams and buses in Newcastle during the Christmas and New Year holidays, there was no serious accident…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Will Train Young Technicians Air League Cadet Scheme
The Australian Air League Council in Sydney has been asked by Commodore Russell, of the Air Board, to provide facilities for training cadets in radio…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Six-mile Road Races Cycling Events at Stockton
Greater Newcastle League Cycling Club began the Crusader points-score competition on Saturday, with a six-mile road race over the Stockton course. Fourteen…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Special Train Asked for March of Second A.I.F. Men in City Answer Expected To-day
Negotiations are still in train for a march through Newcastle of a battalion of Second A.I.F. men from one of the camps in the Northern district. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sandy Hollow Railway Muswellbrook
Work on the Sandy Hollow-Maryvale railway has been resumed after the holidays. It is reported that the men now engaged on the construction work…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Expected Motor-car Wallsend Firemen Misled
On going out for the third time on Saturday, at 11.10 p.m., Wallsend Fire Brigade expected to find a blazing motorcar in Blue Gum-road. Heaton, Wallsend,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Broken Hill Railwaymen Warned Sydney
A railway official said yesterday that if railway men on the Broken Hill line carried out their threat of striking they mould he sacked on the spot. If a strike…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Traffic Resumed Wash-out at Tamworth Sydney
Delayed nearly four hours by floodwaters which damaged the railway line around Tamworth in yesterday, storm, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trespassed On Railway Property
Norman Smith, 47, a laborer, appeared before Messrs. S. D. Lewis and E. C. Scarlett. J's.P., at the West Maitland Police Court to-day, on a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Slow Drivers Cause Concern on American Roads
"SPEED-HOGS" on the roads arc not the only class or driver worrying the authorities in some American States. In Illinois, for instance, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No North Lambton Bus Service "Affect Tramway Revenue"
The request that a bus service be established between North Lambton and Newcastle, via Hamilton, had been refused, it was reported last night at a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →FOR the Motorist Notes on Traffic Rules Trailers, Right-turns and Toots
Motorists and owners of wide heavy vehicle should note the regulations regarding clearance and rear lights now required on all trailers. According to regulations published in the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →To Strike Next Week Railway Men on Broken Hill Line Resent Court Ruling Sydney
Many Broken Hill people holidaying in Sydney will cut short their stay to return home before railway traffic is held up by a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MOTORS for grace and pace Get Good Experience Before Driving in Heavy Night Traffic
The average owner-driver who drives his vehicle merely for pleasure and only during week-ends and holidays rarely gains all that is necessary in the experience of night driving, consequently during holidays for this reason his itinerary should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →He Looked As If He Had Been in Motor Smash Sydney
With his head swathed in bandages, his nose, both lips and chin covered with sticking-plaster, his right eye closed, his left blackened, and a big gash…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cyclist Fined
For having ridden a motor-cycle in High-street, West Maitland, on November 28, without a light. William John Parsons, of Leslie-street, Lorn, was…
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