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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
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SYDNEY: There is a possibility of noe of the spans of the old Hawkesbury Bridge being used to bridge the Hunter River, said the Chief Railway Civil Engineer (Mr. Fewtrell) today. "I hope to have the new Hawkesbury Bridge completed on May 1…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Excitement was tense on the hill in Lambton-road, New Lambton on November 18, when two young men set out apparently to break the speed limit in a billy-cart. Cheered by the few spectators…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Department of Road Transport and Tramways is considering the removal of the tram tracks running from Hunter-street to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alan. J. Anderson, 28, tram conductor, was remanded to January 25 at Newcastle Police Court on a charge of driving a motor car in Tudor St…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A sudden impulse is believed to have been the reason why Flying Officer H. George. R.A.F., flew his Sunderland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A soldier, Signaller G. M. Thomas, of Victoria, was killed when he fell from the relief Brisbane Express when the train was between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A platform ticket slot machine on the assembly platform at Newcastle railway station was robbed in broad daylight. It contained a little more…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Carefree motorists are maintaining too high a speed for conditions on country roads, according to the General Secretary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BERLIN, Jan. 17. A.A.P.—A Russia military court has sentenced to death a German railwayman and has ordered confiscation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Main attraction at District Park courts tomorrow will be the Railway and B.H.P. match in the A reserve grade final. Matches in the C grade section will complete the programme. Railway enters the cup-tie final in,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Work on the Sandy Hollow Maryvale railway, suspended since the early days of the war, has begun again, the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To cope with week-end crowds, an extra train will run from Newcastle to Sydney on Monday. It will leave Newcastle at 9 a.m., stopping at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY.—With a crash which caused occupants of nearby buildings to rush outside an army struck and a tram collided at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Edward Rowney, 22, of Auckland-street, Newcastle, had a thigh fractured when a car and motor-cycle collided on the Pacific Highway at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram traffic was delayed for about 30 minutes in Hunter-street last night when the brake gear of a Glebe tram dropped down on to the line near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An accident at the corner of Hunter and Tudor Streets, Newcastle West, on October 20, involving a motor bus, a double set of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GOSFORD, Monday.—Fearing that Gosford many soon be by-passed by road traffic between Sydney and Newcastle, Gosford Municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Jan. 21.—Canon Ferguson, rector of St. Paul's Church, Carlton, Nottinghamshire, was fined 10/ at Nottingham for having caused…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Daily junior and senior members of Cook's Hill Surf Club train at Bar Beach. Picture shows, left, to right: R. Watterson, R. Tooth, P. Harrison, A. Swain, R. McIntosh, J. Stephenson…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Picture shows the large mobile jet crane used in the construction of the Hawkesbury bridge spans at the base of the cliff face. At right is one of the two 230-ton lifting jacks specially constructed to raise the span from the ledge above the water line to enable pontoons to be floated into the docks…
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