French Railway Yards Bombed Again
LONDON, March 14. A.A.P.—Halifaxes of Bomber Command made a heavy attack on railway yards at Le Mans, 110 miles south-west of Paris,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
1,097 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 55
Two Soldiers Killed in Road Accident
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Two soldiers were killed when a military truck overturned near Duntroon. They were Driver Leonard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal Grant of £500 Repair Road to Bloomfield Mines
Following a threatened stoppage of work at Bloomfield Collieries because of the condition of Louth Park-road. Tarro Shire Council was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Gauges and Air Transport
Revival of the proposal to standardise Australian railway gauges involves many questions which extend outside the field of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council May Buy Two Motor-cycles
Delay in securing parts and the worn-out condition of two motorcycles was responsible for the unsatisfactory motor patrol of public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deficit On Sydney Harbor Bridge Nearly £400,000
SYDNEY. — Sydney Harbor Bridge will be 12 years old on Sunday. It is losing at the rate of £150,000 a year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bars Road to Rome Allies Advance in Ruined Cassino
LONDON, March 16. A.A.P.—Fifth Army infantry and tanks are pressing their offensive against bomb-torn Cassino. The Germans are putting up a bitter fight among the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trams, Truck in Collision
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Five people were injured, two critically, in a collision between a 15-ton military truck and two trams at the intersection, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train, Tricycle in Collision
Three railway workmen had fortunate escapes from serious injury yesterday afternoon in a head-on collision between their tricycle and a…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A police officer was killed on the railway line near Hurlstone Park station to-night. A railway night officer who went to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railwayman Farewelled
Mr. O. Kimble, stationmaster at Broadmeadow yards, who has been promoted to a similar position at Petersham, was farewelled by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Glass Held Up Trams
The intersection of Maitland-road and Tudor-street, Hamilton, was littered with broken glass yesterday morning when several cases of empty bottles fell from a lorry on to the tram lines. Trams to Mayfield were held up until the road was cleared…
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SYDNEY.—A youth was killed in the city shortly after midnight when he was accidentally brushed from the footboard of a trara…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Open Road to Poland
The Germans are paying a much heavier price than they can afford for their stubbornness in defending positions on the eastern front…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clock Change Will Alter Train Times
Clocks will revert an hour from daylight saving time to eastern standard time on Sunday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Planes In Burma Use Searchlights On Supply Roads
LONDON, Tuesday.—RAF pilots are using new tactics for attacking Japanese transport at night in Burma. When Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road-making in New Guinea
Natives clear a roadway in New Guinea. Broken timber is collected and burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Civilians Rescue of Crews of Crashed Aircraft
The training of N.E.S. personnel and others in the technique of rescuing crews of crashed aircraft is being sought by the Prime Minister (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorist Wins Appeal
At the Maitland Quarter Sessions yesterday. Edward William Homan, 33, electrical contractor, of Devonshire-street West Maitland, appealed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railwaymen's Social
A social evening, arranged by the railway ticket examiners, was held In the Hamilton Mechanic Institute last night. The guest…
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