Jumped From Train, Fractured Thigh
GOSFORD, Sunday.—A boy of eight years to-night jumped from a train. He has admitted to Hornsby Hospital with a fractured thigh…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1943
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Fighters Shot Up Train in Burma
LONDON, Feb. 14.—Royal Air Force Blenheim bombers and fighters in Burma yesterday attacked Kalachaung village, on the Mayu…
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SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA.—The convoy moved off in that indeterminate period between dawn and sunrise…
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CANBERRA, Sunday.—Unless the rubber position improves private motoring in Australia may be eliminated. This was learned from an…
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To relieve the heavy loading on buses operating on the Newcastle-Adamstown route (No. 203), the Commissioner for Transport (Mr. Neale)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Black Market" Oil Three Months' Gaol For Tram Conductor
"Although the charge relates to only one gallon, the inference is that there was a good deal more oil than that, and that the defendant…
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The Newcastle-Broadmeadow' tram service is to be extended along Chatham Road to relieve the heavy loading of the…
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Opportunity is present on more than one front to attack Japan if the United Nations are prepared to spare forces for that…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Following a meeting of Cabinet to-day, the Minister of Transport (Mr. Larcombe) announced a 5 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Masks Off Trams and Buses Not Screened When Facing Sea
Trams and buses ran with unmasked headlamps on all Newcastle routes last night. Tram headlamps will not be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Topics
Sir,—Here is a sample of tram topics: Time 6.45 a.m. A crowded tram carrying working men and women to munition and other war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lights Uncovered On Buses-Trams
Although confusion still exists concerning the obligation of motorists to musk or unmask their headlights near the sen coast, there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Petrol Shortage Hits Council Hard to Keep Trucks on Road
Because of reduced petrol allowance, Greater Newcastle Council is faced with a serious position in keeping its fleet of motor vehicles on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Killed by Tram
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Private Edward Victor Collins was fatally injured to-night when he attempted to alight from a tram at the corner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Presentation to Railwayman
A social was tendered to Mr. Les Saxon at Adamstown by members of the A.F.U.L.E. Social Club. Mr. Saxon has retired from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Bridge Dangerous, Claims Assn
The District Council of Progress Associations last night decided to ask the Greater Newcastle Council to make another…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chatham-road Bridge Progress Council on Danger
Almost every plank in Chatham-road bridge was loose and the structure was a danger to traffic, it was stated at the annual meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Valuable Business Records Lost in Train
Valuable and irreplaceable business records were in a suitcase which disappeared from a compartment of the Newcastle Express on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Blame on Tram Driver
"It is obvious that the man did not notice it was a special tram and went in front of it. There is no blame attachable to the driver." The Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Women Railway Employees Threatened Stopwork Meeting Off
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Mass meetings of women employees of the New South Wales railway services decided to-day not to proceed with their…
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