Fewer Road Tragedies
The report of the District Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) for the year ended yesterday, showed that there had been substantially fewer fatal…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
1,097 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 55
Council to Mend Road Stockrington Coal Hold-up Averted
With a promise of financial assistant. Tarro Shire Council, on Tuesday will begin repairs to the road to coalmines is Stockrington…
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NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Government operation of the railroads for an indefinite period now appears a possibility, says the Washington…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Holiday Revenue Up
Revenue at Newcastle Railway Station from Christmas Eve to Neir Year's Eve was £5663 an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Youth Fell Under Train At Hexham
When he fell under a train at Hexham railway station shortly after 10 o'clock last night, William Harvey, 17, of Carrington Hotel, West…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →What People Think Tram Men
"Fair Go To Firement": In reply to "Not Critcism" I would like to point out that he doesn't know what he is talking about regarding firemen and their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From Washaways by Special Train
SYDNEY, Monday.—Travellers from the North Coast who spent Saturday night at Casino station because washaways dislocated train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Trams and Buses
The Newcastle public transport system is steadily growing in strength as a business enterprise. The tramways were taken over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ice Blocks Road Traffic
Dozens of blocks of ice crushed on the roadway when the tailboard of a Dark's lorry fell down in Wolfe-street, City, late yesterday afternoon…
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The President (Cr. Allen) told Lake Macquarie Shire Council that he had no doubt that when the Commissioner for Main Roads (Mr. Craig) had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Baby Fell from Train in Stroller, Safe
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A five-months-old baby boy escaped serious injury when he fell strapped in a stroller, from an electric train between St…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brisbane Tram Driver Wore Shorts : Sent Home
BRISBANE.—Stan Kimber, a tram driver, came to work in khaki shorts yesterday. An inspector took over his car before he…
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Unless the Engineers' Department can keep the gutters of steep roads reasonably clean the gravel surfaces will be completely washed away…
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BRISBANE.—A woman was killed instantly and a man died later in hospital following a head-on collision between a motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway Social Club
Members of the Tramway No. 2 Shift Social Club had an enjoyable day at Kotara Park on Sunday. Members' wives and children were well catered for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fierce Fighting for Railway to Rome
LONDON, Jan. 7.—"The fiercest fighting in Italy is going on along the Fifth Army front at the northern end of a 10-mile sector…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cannot Alter Toronto Train
The Railway Department advised Toronto Urban Area Committee that no alteration could be made in the running of the 9.52 a.m. train from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Network Of Roads In India
LONDON, Jan. 9.—A blue print for communications, which the Viceroy of India (Lord Wavell) foreshadowed in his recent Calcutta…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trams Struck in Sydney Storm 30ft Wall Down
SYDNEY, Monday.—Minor age and slight casualties were caused when an electrical storm struck Sydney and suburbs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Work Started on Stockrington Road
It was reported to Tarro Shire Council by the Shire Engineer (Mr. W. R. Lindsay) to-day that work had commenced on Atmore's…
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