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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1941

1,496 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 75

More Railway Washaways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 5

TAMWORTH, Wednesday.—Further washaways are reported to have occurred on the Barraba-Tamworth line to-night…

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Bridge for Victoria League

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 4

The Mobile Kitchen Fund of the Victoria League will benefit to the extent of £7 by a bridge party arranged by Mesdames J. H. Bond and G. W…

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Mystery of Bridge House Chapter Xi

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 3

The door was locked, deliberately, to prevent her going out, seeing what was happening in the passage outside. For perhaps 30 seconds she stopped, undecided,…

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St. John Nurses Need Place to Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 4

Members of St. John Ambulance Nursing Division 29 and Voluntary Aid Detachment No. 880 were disappointed to receive a letter from the Matron of…

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Australians May Guard Malayan Jungle Roads (Dept. of Information—Official.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 3

MIELBOURNE, Thursday.—The arrival of an important A.I.F. detachment at Singapore to take up defensive positions in Malaya indicates Britain's growing…

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Motor Registrations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 6

The following registrations of motor vehicles were made in New South Wales in the week euded February 7, according to figures supplied by the Department…

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Mystery of Bridge House Chapter Xii

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1941 · page 3

It was no more than twenty minutes since they had left Hadley, although they had covered at least twenty miles, much of it alone twisting, dangerous roads. But Rowell had…

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New Moves in Balkans Nazis in Rumania Bridge Danube British Reported on Lemnos

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1941 · page 7

LONDON, Feb. 21. A.A.P.—German Army engineers have begun the erection of pontoon bridges across the River Danube, linking…

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Decapitated by Tram

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1941 · page 9

SYDNEY. Friday.—A man was decapitated when he fell beneath the wheels of a tram at St. Peters to-night. He was Patrick Bourke, 40, gasworker, of…

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Railway Stations Criticised

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 February 1941 · page 3

"It is a pity that Newcastle railway station and some of the suburban stations are not in keeping with the importance of the city. They…

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To-day's Accidents Motor Cyclist Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 February 1941 · page 3

When his motorcycle hit a traffic dome at Adamstown early this morning. Harold Holly (22), carpenter, of Hobart-road, New Lambton, was thrown…

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Three Roads to the Aegean

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 5

The three roads to the Aegean Sea from the Balkan highlands are down the narrow valleys of the Vardar, Struma, and Maritza Rivers. The first is the easiest, but it involves the violation of Yugoslav territory. The second, the most difficult, leads from Bulgaria into Greece. The Maritza follows the fron[?]ier…

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Mystery of Bridge House Chapter Xiii

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 2

Jim's face was very pale, his voice pitched on a law key "Not necessarily is good. Have you the nerve to stand there and tell me you won't…

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Four Dead, Many Injured Week-end Road Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 6

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Three people in New South Wales and one in Canberra were killed, and others were seriously injured in road accidents at the week-end…

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Motor-cycle Trophies Presented

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 7

Trophies won in the year by members of Newcastle Motor-cycle Club were presented at the annual social In the Mechanics' Institute, Broadmeadow, on Saturday night…

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Summons Division (Before Mr. N. L. Sheridan) Motorist Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 2

For having allowed an unlicensed driver to drive a car in William Street. Tighe's Hill on November 23, Godfrey George Leslie Brooks, of George Street…

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Sailing and Motor Yacht Club Notes Lake Macquarie Yacht Club

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 8

Rendezvous (T. Tyson) was the first boat home in the Lake Macquarie Yacht Club's long lake race yesterday over a course of approximately 27…

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Suburban and District Chatham-road Bridge Danger

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 7

At the meeting of Central Ward Progress Association last night Mr. H. W. Cornally said that unless something were done about the bridge over Chatham-road drain by…

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Mystery of Bridge House Chapter Xiv

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 2

"I can understand it all right. But how did you get in touch with Hewing?" "Quite simply. I heard a rumour that Slesser was in England, another rumour that…

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State Survey of Unemployed Train Men for Munition Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The State had already made a detailed survey of unemployed registered at State Labour Exchanges in the…

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