U.s. to Train 30,000 Pilots
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—The Navy Department has announced plans to train 30,000 pilots a year in the greatest aviation training…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1942
1,070 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 54
Railway Excursion Fares
It is announced by the Railways Department that no special trains will be run to provide the usual monthly excursion service for February, but on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sailing & Motor Yachts Toronto V.J. Club
Thirteen boats of the Toronto V.J. Dinghy Club participated in the closing hear of the January point score on Saturday. Conditions thoughtout…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Star Reveals New Road to Golf Success
NEW YORK, January 1.—Champion golfer, Craig Wood, has a cheerful message for the army of golfers whose scores range from 75 to 120, or up. "Outside of trying to win the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road to Mosul Oil Barred A.I.F. Shares Defence
LONDON, Feb. 2.—Hitler's decision to attack Russia instead of attempting a thrust to the Mosul oilfield after the evacuation of Greece…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rates Cut Motor Vehicle Insurance
CANBERRA, Monday.—A reduction of 25 per cent. on the pre-war rate of insurance for private motor vehicles and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Whistle Mistaken for Alert
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Hearing what they took to be the "alert" signal of an air-raid siren at 5 a.m. to-day. A.R.P. wardens and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Waitresses to Train for Officers' Mess
SYDNEY.— Waitresses in the officers' mess will be an early innovation in New South Wales. Women's Army girls are to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gravel Road Out of Favor
"It is useless placing gravel on hillside streets: the only satisfactory way is to tar seal the surfaces," said the president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Travel in Britain to Be Curtailed London. Tuesday (O.S.R.).—
Travellers in Britain will soon have to bear more wartime discomforts. More passenger trains will be cancelled, and there will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chatham Road Bridge
Severe criticism of the condition of the Chatham Road bridge was made at a meeting of the Hamilton North Progress…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dogs on Train Hindered Passengers
Inconvenience caused to passengers on a train from Kotara to Newcastle on January 31 is to be the subject of a complaint by the Kotara…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Plan Held Over
A proposed road from Seahampton to Stockrington colliery will have to be held over for the present, the Minister for Local Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Executives in Industry Two Courses at Newcastle
There was an impression, too general in regard to learning, that a man was too old at 30, said Mr. R. B. Brown, lecturer in charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Pass Renewed for C.w.a. President
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Because he regards work done by the Country Women's Association as of national importance, the Premier…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Suburban and District Hamilton North Bridge Association Wants Reconstruction
The traffic bridge at Hamilton North was in a disgraceful candition, it was claimed at a meeting at the Hamilton North Progress Association last night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →U.s.a. Motor Car Industry's Vast Change-over
NEW YORK, Wednesday (O.S.R.)—America's automobile industry, which last year manufactured 5,000,000 cars, exists no more. It was wiped out practically overnight by Government order…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners Wait for Train
SYDNEY, Thursday.—According to advice received by the General Secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. Grant). Lithgow miners employed at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Why Town Clerk Sought Higher Rate Expenditure Rise; Road Preservation Need
In a report which he submitted to the council with the estimates, the Town Clerk (Mr. G. Wells) claimed that a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Report on Tram and Bus Services
Recent curtailment of tram and bus services in Newcastle; following the direction by the Commonwealth Minister for Transport, was discussed…
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