Man Cut In Two On Railway Line
The dismembered body of a man found about 12.47 o'clock this morning beside the railway line at Hanbury Junction. Waratah…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1943
855 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 43
Stalingrad Is Road of Shame for the Nazis
LONDON, Monday: Thousands of German dead littering the frozen countryside. manti still uncounted wrecked tanks, guns, planes and lorries, and the skeletons of horses, eaten for food…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cessnock Court (Before Mr. S. J. Bliss, Sm.) Motorists Charged
Thomas Edward Lewis and Leslie Thomas Watson both of Onorrebolong, were each fined 5s with 8s costs when they were charged in the Cessnock police…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday. — A new plan for the general curtailment of road transport services throughout Australia was announced to-day by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chatham Road Bridge
Hamilton North Progress Association decided last night to brine under the notice of the Newcastle. Council the dangerous practice of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Gilbertian," Says Ald. Cane Reply to Tram Inquiry
Questions on feeder buses, special fares, travelling priorities, over-crowding, and timetable alterations kept the District Superintendent of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Survived War, Killed by Train
ADELAIDE, Thursday.—After surviving two years' campaigning overseas, and home on leave from New Guinea. Private Alfred Harold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Die in Train Derailment
TOWNSVILLE—Driver Melville Hartley and Fireman John Carvolth, both of Chartero Towers, were killed last night when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Curtin Has Train Reservations on His Own
CANBERRA.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) is now the only member of Parliament who may unconditionally reserve…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Dept. Promise Investigate "Flier" Bookings
THE District Railway Superintendent (Mr. Sicard) has informed Newcastle Chamber of Commerce that he will go into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Post and Train Facilities
The Postmaster-General (Senator Ashley) has promised Newcastle Chamber of Commerce that he will give further consideration to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Army Men Train As Hunters
WELLINGTON (N.Z.).—The bush and mountain warfare training introduced in New Zealand a few months ago has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bomb Leapt Right Across A Road
LONDON Sunday.—When four raiders attacked a town on the south-east coast of England yesterday afternoon a bomb…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stop-work Threat By Railway Women
SYDNEY.—Two hundred railway women porters and cleaners declared to-day that they will stop work unless they are Informed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Toronto-Rathmines Road
The condition of the road leading from Toronto to Rathmines is becoming worse. An inspection was made by Crs. E. Gain and J. Chapman, who said the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Additional Train to Sydney on Sunday Night
An additional train will leave Newcastle for Sydney on Sunday at 0.45 p.m., it was announced to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rail and Tram Veterans
A report presented by the Secretary (Mr. W. Gibson) at the annual meeting of the Newcastle Retired Railway and Tramway Veterans'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor-Cyclist Injured in Collision
While travelling to work, Patrick Huxley, 36, of Awaba-road, Toronto, was injured on Newcastle road, Wallsend. His motor-cycle and a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Escaped Into Tunnel
LONDON, Feb. 9.—There was a brief alert in London this morning—the first daylight alert for nearly three weeks—but no guns or bombs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Road Vote Will Be Aunt Sally"
"The road vote will be the 'Aunt Sally' again," predicted the Mayor (Ald. Dunkley) when the council referred back the estimates to the…
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