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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1943

855 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 43

Sydney Tram Conductress Bashed and Robbed

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 19 April 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY.-Resisting two men who attacked her at Circular Quay last night, Mrs. Robin Foster, tram conductress, was knocked unconscious and robbed of her money-bag containing about £3…

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Tar Surface for Roads in Suburbs

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 3

Tar surfacing of certain streets in Hamilton. Wickham, Mayfield, New Lambton and Wallsend at a total cost of £3387 was…

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Fatal Fall From Tram

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—During a quarrel on a tram in Hawthorne to-night, Sydney Douglas Barker, about 45, address unknown, received a blow…

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Train Hit Lorry, Two Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Two men were injured to-day when a truck in which they were travelling was struck by a train at the Clyde level…

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Train Seat Booking (To the Editor.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 2

Sir,—I seek information about booking seats on trains from Newcastle. On Thursday morning last two members of my staff went to…

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Murder Charge Follows Birth in Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1943 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.—Margaret Jane Murray, 23, was committed for trial on a charge of murder at an inquest to-day on a male…

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Two Killed When Car Hit Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1943 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—When the car in which they were travelling crushed into a steam train at Lyndhurst, on the South Gippsland…

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Current Topics 4000 Fewer Motor Vehicles

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1943 · page 2

THE DECREASE in motor vehicle registrations in a year in Ne South Wales was 4023, the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr…

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Negro Convicted of Murder on Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1943 · page 5

NEW YORK, April 23.—Robert Foulkes, 21-year-old negro dining car cook, was convicted of the murder of Mrs. Martha James, bride of a…

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Good Manners on the Road

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 April 1943 · page 3

PERTH.—Manners on the road would stop many an accident according to Mr. Justice Dwyer in the Supreme Court…

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Ace Pilots Train 62,000 Boys

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 April 1943 · page 3

LONDON,—During intervals between their battles with the Germans some of Britain's ace pilots are…

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Transport and Tramways

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 April 1943 · page 3

Members of the Gordon Avenue Road Transport and Tramway sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League assembled at the…

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Federal Officials Crowded Off Canberra Train

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 3

CANBERRA. — Holiday-makers, returning to Sydney from Canberra last night crowded off the train Federal officials…

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Quiet Easter on Railways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 2

Several thousand people who had visited Sydney for Easter returned to Newcastle by ordinary and special trains yesterday…

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Road Accident Cuts Off Gosford Electricity

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 3

GOSFORD, Tuesday.—Owned by the Lake Macquarie Shire Council, a heavy truck containing two men crashed into an electric light standard…

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Are Trams As Safe As They Look?

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 2

Assuming that travellers and crews are careful, tramcars are probably one of the safest means of public conveyance devised by…

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Motorist Failed to Stop

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 2

Newcastle police would like to interview the driver of a cur which yesterday afternoon collided with a cyclist in Gosford…

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Tramway Union to Aid Widow of Conductor

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY.—The Tramway Union is planning assistance for the widow of Conductor J. Scott, of Enfiled, who last his life on…

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Tramway Union to Meet Premier

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY—The Tramway Union will meet the Premier (Mr. Me Kell) to-morrow to tell him of superannuation and other…

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Train Timetable Alterations

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 5

Two alterations in the running times of trains on the Maitland line were announced to-day by the Railway Department…

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