Road Traffic Increasing Registration Test Now More Strict
There was a heavy increase of motor traffic following the increased petrol ration made available in February, the Acting-Manager of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
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Lay on Railway Bridge After Fall
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—After falling from an electric train this afternoon, Mrs. Tombs, of Waratah-street, Oatley, lay for 30 minutes on a…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—"When will soap and towels be available to the public again in trains?" asked Mr. Darby (Lib.,…
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"Almost a pre-war service" is how railway authorities describe the timetable which will be operating between Newcastle and Sydney from next week. A number of trains are to be restored in both directions, including the mid-day…
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Using a chemical extinguisher, Cook's Hill brigade put out a fire in a motor-car in a King-street garage yesterday morning…
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The mutilated body of Kyran Patrick Carey, 43, of Harrow-street, Stanmore, was found on the up line at Booragul railway station early…
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SYDNEY. — Interstate Rugby footballers, Dick Johnson and Eric Bennett, have been conditioning themselves for the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Former Servicemen Train As Builders
Members of the Reconstruction Training Scheme group, who are being trained as builders at the Hunter-street…
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Railway officials, because of a shortage of rolling stock, say they are now passing through a more difficult period than during the war…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—Bail of £100, with a surety of £100, was granted to Robert Porter Lewis, 19, who escaped from a Long Bay Prison…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wallsend Seeks Better Tram Servce
Wallsend branch of the A.L.P. decided last night to send a deputation to the District Superintendent of Transport (Mr. R. P. Clark), to press…
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Development of Lambton-road and Denison-street "to rival Melbourne's St. Kilda-road" was suggested to Greater Newcastle Works Committee…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) informed Mr. F. H. Hawkins, M.L.A., that the Main Roads Department…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Accident At West Maitland
A motorcyclist and pillion rider were severely injured when their motorcycle collided with a lorry at West Maitland this afternoon…
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The interview published yesterday with the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan) was good reading for those who use the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—An out-break of fire did considerable damage to the motorship Momba at Balmain to-day…
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AN AGED man climbed into a city-bound tram. All seats in the compartment were occupied, so he clung to the grip bar…
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Newcastle Motor Cycle Club will hold n motor cycle rally and picnic at Speers Pt on Sunday In aid of the candidature of Miss Railways In the Legacy Appeal…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—After a scene in the Legislative Assembly to-day, tram conductresses were ejected from the ladies' gallery…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—When Detective Sergeants N. Hinds and H. Miller arrested a man and a girl in Pitt-street, near Martin-place to-day…
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