Melbourne Will Have Trams
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Tramway employees have abandoned their threat to leave Melbourne without tram services on Saturday…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1945
1,329 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 67
Railwaymen Can't Find Homes
SYDNEY, Wednesday—Acute housing problems in country centres was responsible for much industrial unrest, said the State Secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Burma Road
China's later misfortunes date from the closing of the Burma Road, her only land link with her allies. The re-establishment of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mounting Coast Of Road Maintenance: 1945 Estimates
According to the report of the City Engineer (Mr. J. E. Knott) presented to a meeting of the City Council Works Committee today an additional expenditure of £55,472 will be required this year for work on roads…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Mayfield Roads A Menace" Says Aid. Lewis
Surfacing from glitter to gutter of Mayfield East roads leading to the heavy industries should be included in the 1945…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Works Costs Rising Warning by City Engineer
Total estimate for road maintenance during 1945 was £79,294, stated a report presented by the City Engineer (Mr. J. E. Knott) to Greater…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Overcrowded Trams to Wallsend
At Jesmond A.L.P. meeting last night, Mr. H. Minto said he had counted 34 adults and three children packed into the "smokers" at one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Judge Will Hear Tram Men's Claim
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Judge Drake-Brockman agreed to hear claims by the Tramway Employees' Union, which threatened to hold a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridge Discussion Is Deferred
Consideration of a reply from the Minister for Transport (Mr. M. O'Sullivan) to the Carrington A.L.P request for a new bridge at Cowper…
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A meeting of Lakeside Progress Associations at Dora Creek appointed a deputation to present a petition signed by 800 people asking…
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CALCUTTA, Jan. 28. A.A.P.—A special representative of the Associated Press says the link-up between Lieutenant-General Daniel Sultan's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Washaway on Northern Line
About 70 yards of the permanent Way on the main northern railway line was washed away when three inches of rain fell at Kootingal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Auckland Railwaymen End Strike
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Sunday.—The railway strike at Auckland collapsed, and it is expected men at other centres will resume…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ledo-Burma Road Honours Stilwell
COLOMBO, Jan. 29. A.A.P.—The newly-opened Ledo-Burma road has been officially named Stilwell-road, in…
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LONDON, Jan. 29. A.A.P.—American Army engineers have rehabilitated 7000 miles of European railways for U.S. as supply routes to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One Dead, 30 Injured in Railway Smash
LONDON, January 29. A.A.P.—A Canadian soldier. Private Spence, was killed and between 20 and 30 passengers, including a land girl…
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Contrary to the forecast made a week ago that train services would be restored to their early 1914 timetables, railway officials in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rubber Bridge Used In Burma
A unit of the Mars Task Force, U.S. group of artillery and infantrymen fighting the Japanese in Burma, proceeds across a rubber pontoon bridge spanning the Nam Tabet River, 20 miles south of Myitkyina, liberated key communications centre in northern Burma…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Fined £7
Sergeant Boyd had an exciting chase after a speeding motor cyclist around the shopping area of New Lambton on December l, 1944. On…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Car Ran Off Road
When a car ran off the road at the corner of Cowper-street and Lake-road. Wallsend, the driver, Basil Stavros, 43, of Hunter-street,…
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