Tram-bus Vote Favors Award
SYDNEY.—The aggregate vote among tram and busmen is heavily is favor of accenting Judge Drake-Brockman's…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1944
1,097 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 55
Fell From Train in Tunnel
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A Queensland soldier. Pte. Guy O'Grady, who wan on leave, fell from a moving electric train in the tunnel about 200…
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Making three low-level runs in his Hudson over a bridge in Timor, Pilot. Officer W. C. Robinson, of Claremont. Western Australia, dropped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bitumen Supplies For Road Works
The Department of Supply has approved the release of 70 tons of bitumen to Greater Newcastle Council at a total cost of £1606…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stop Press Motor Car Position
MELBOURNE.—The motor car osition in becoming more acute weekly, and no possibility of relief is in sight, said the Director…
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Because of the coal shortage, the Railway Commissioner had to reduce train services, and if the position did not improve there was a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Gangs Miss Meat
Gangs of men shifting from town to town repairing roads cannot obtain meat because supplies of local butchers are sufficient only to fill…
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SYDNEY.—Allen Ford, a youthful railway porter, saved a man's life at Mt. Victoria Railway Station at 2 am to-day…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Five people were injured, three seriously, when a motor-car and a heavy lorry collided in Market-street, near…
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LONDON, Feb. 25. A.A.P.—Some details have been disclosed of Britain's anti-aircraft rocket, which for some months observers in enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trailer Bus on Road
The first dual axle semi-trailer bus to be put on the roads in Australia is snow running on the Bellbird route controlled by Rover Motors…
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The Newcastle District Council of P. and C. Associations last night decided to cooperate with the Newcastle branch of the Road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Ex-service Men, Women
CANBERRA, Sunday.—Training under the Commonwealth reconstruction training scheme of ex-service men and women will begin on a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Put Head Out of Train: Was Fatally Injured
SYDNEY.—June Muir, 15, Hall Road, Homsby, put her head out of a train between Waltara and Hornsby on Sunday and was…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. T. E. Emery, who was appointed Chief Traffic Manager of the Department of Road Transport and Tramways in…
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SYDNEY.—Three Allied servicemen reported to Hornsby police this morning that they had been robbed while asleep on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Meat for Road Gangs
Supplies of meat would be made available to butchers in the areas concerned to meet the needs of men employed in road gongs, the Deputy Meat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air Forces Have Made Dispositions for Invasion Clear Road For March Of Allied Armies To Berlin
LONDON, February 29. A.A.P.—"The R.A.F. is preparing to play its part with the Army and the Navy in the battle to liberate Europe," declared the Secretary for Air (Sir Archibald Sinclair) in the House of Commons…
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The body of Albert Edward Mowett, 43, tram driver, was found hanging by the neck at his home, Stapleton Street, Wallsend, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →400 Germans Killed in Armoured Train
LONDON. March 1. A.A.P.—At least 400 Germans were killed when Greek partisans derailed a German armoured train near Larissa. Greek…
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