Camps Train Girls for Leadership
Of the many camps now in progress, the Girls' Leadership Camp, at Wyong, is one of the most interesting. It is being conducted by Miss Loran Byrne,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1941
1,496 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 75
Travelling Roads in Mines Necessity to Safety
Year after year accidents occur to workmen on haulage roads travelling to and from their work. If proper travelling roads were provided this class of accident…
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LONDON, Jan. 23. A.A.P.—The Minister for Transport (Mr. J. T. Moore Brabazon) to-day announced the Government's decision to run a "nationalised"…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →More Use Made of Railways Coastal Shipping Shortage
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Evidence of the increasing use of the railway systems of Australia through the shortage of coastal shipping, is shown in statistics…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →British Drive on West From Tobruk Armored Forces Now Astride Road To Derna Digger Hat Is Flying in Fallen Town Toll Of Captives May Reach 20,000 LONDON
British mechanised troops have moved on from captured Tobruk and planted themselves at the rear of Derna, 100 miles to the west, which is indicated as the next target in General Wavell's drive into Libya. They are near Derna and also astride a junction of four roads at Mekili, 50…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road to Port Stephens
Reporting on the condition of the road from Newcastle to Nelson's Bay on Port Stephens, a distance of 32 miles, the N.R.M.A. states that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fighter Pilot Hero To Train R.A.A.F. LONDON
Flying-Officer John Cook, D.F.C., crack Australian fighterpilot, whose combat tally numbers eight planes officially shot down and five "probables," is returning to Australia to train fighter-pilots for the R.A.A.F…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →R.A.F. Bombers Blasting Road to Derna Army of Nile Pressing on West Ward Two Prong Drive At High Speed LONDON
British bombers are blasting a road to Derna, the Italian base 110 miles west of Tobruk, for the next move of the Imperial Army of the Nile. Already British armored divisions are speeding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Q'land Train Hits Landslide Seven People Were Injured Carriages Telescoped in Tunnel Brisbane
Seven people were injured when the Thallon mail train crashed head on into hundreds of tons of rock and earth brought down by a landslide between two tunnels at Rangeview, five miles from Toowoomba, at 11 p.m. yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hungarian Railways Overloaded
LONDON, Jan. 26. A.A.P.—According to the Budapest Radio, the Hungarian Prime Minister (Count Teleki) told Parliament that railway passenger traffic had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Driver Collapsed After Accident
SYDNEY, Sunday.—So badly shocked was a driver when his tram seriously injured a country woman at Newtown to-day that he collapsed and had to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Notes Why Roads "Rule the World"
"Roads rule the world. Good roads can competently defend the part of the world that refuses to be ruled. Roads…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →One Dead, Nine Injured Train Hit Landslide in Queensland
BRISBANE, Monday.—One of the 10 people injured when the Thallon mail train was wrecked late last night, Clara Ibell. 34, of Middle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.R.M.A. Report On Nelson's Bay Road
Reporting the Nelson's Bay road (32 miles) the N.R.M.A. says that [?] surface extends from Stockton for a distance of 16 miles, followed by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reasonable Driving at Tram Stops
The N.R.M.A. Safety Department has issued an appeal to motorists to exercise care when stopping for stationary trams. Some drivers, it said,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Extra Train Wanted
The Acting Secretary for Railways informed East Maitland Council last night that an additional train to leave Newcastle at about 12.15 or 1230 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Registrations
The following registrations of motor vehicles were made in the week ended January 17—Motor-cars, new 155, old 340; lorries,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queensland Railway Fatality
Twelve persons were injured—one fatally—when the Thallon mail train crashed into a landslide as it left a tunnel near Toowoomba late on Sunday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£1449 for Waratah Roads
The Town Clerk (Mr. Wells) reported to Greater Newcastle Council last night that in connection with a special loan of £15,000 raised by Waratah Council…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£7500 LOAN Resume Land on Scenic Road
Greater Newcastle Council last night authorised the raising of a special loan of £7500 from the State Superannuation Board to meet its commitments in the…
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