Extra Sydney Train On
The running of an extra train from Newcastle to Sydney on Monday to cope with the holiday traffic was announced today by…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
1,642 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 83
Train Passengers Stranded For Six Hours
GOSFORD, Friday.—More than 700 intending passengers were stranded for six hours at railway stations between Wyong and the…
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LONDON, Jan. 4. A.A.P.—The casualties in the series of explosions at Savernake Forest, Wiltshire, when ammunition trucks blew up,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →24,000 Vehicles Used Hawkesbury Bridge in 13 Days
SYDNEY, Friday.—Completion of the new bridge over the Hawkesbury River, at Peat's Ferry, early in 1945 meant more comfort for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chewing Gum Glued Cars to Road "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—A blazing truckload of chewing gum held up traffic between New York and Jersey City at the height of the late…
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From Monday, holiday and privilege passes will be restored to railway employees. The Railway Commissioner (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Crowds Had Problem
Scenes at Broadmeadow station. Above: Part of the crowd which boarded the Brisbane Mail yesterday morning. Above, right: Struggling to enter a corridor car. At right: This girl, like many others, was pushed through a window…
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LONDON, Jan. 6. A.A.P.—At lest 10 were killed and 18 injured when the London-Edinburgh express yesterday crashed into part of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scramble at Broadmeadow 800 Fight Way on to Mail Train
More than 800 people battled and jostled each other as they fought their way to carriage doors of the Brisbane Mail when it arrived at Broadmeadow station yesterday morning. It was the only train from Newcastle to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Butts Blamed for Tram Track Fires
The careless discarding of burning cigarette butts and matches by tram passengers is blamed by the captain of Wallsend Fire Brigade…
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Sir,—As a passenger on the 5.30 p.m. train from Sydney on Friday, I would draw attention to a sad lack of consideration towards coalfields…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Nine people were injured when two trams collided at the intersection of Cleveland-street and City-road to-night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Grant for Lewers' Estate Road
Belmont Urban Area Committee was advised by Lake Macquarie Shire Council that a grant could not be obtained from the Government for tar-surfacing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Preparing for the Motorist
Bowsers that have been idle for more than four years are being prepared for operation again. Oil companies have already painted most of their bowsers in the City area. Mr. D. Body is here seen adjusting a bowser light at a King-street service station…
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The issue of special excursion tickets at week-ends within the Metropolitan and Newcastle suburban areas would be resumed on Friday,…
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DETROIT, Jan. 8. A.A.P.—The Kaiser Fraser Automobile Corporation and the United Automobile Workers have reached an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah Bridge "Death Trap"
An overhead bridge in Maud-street, Waratah, was described by Mr. H. Judd, at a meeting of Mayfield West Citizens' Civic Association,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Widen Throsby Creek Bridge
Greater Newcastle Works Committee last night agreed to a proposal of the Department of Main Roads that the carriageway of Throsby…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fewer "Scalers" on Sydney Trams
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The "blitz" on tram and bus "scalers" was paying handsome dividends, said the Premier (Mr. McKell)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycle Run
Next Sunday the A.J.S. and Velocette Motor Cycle Club will hold a run to Salty Creek. All motor cyclists are invited and are…
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