Bridge Across Hawkesbury Sixth Span Into Position To-day
The first of two 150ft. spans for the new railway bridge across the Hawkesbury River will be floated into position to-day. It will be the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
1,642 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 83
Suburban and District Want Cheaper Tram Fare at Mayfield
Mayfield branch of the Australian Labour Party has decided to seek a reduction in fares on the Mayfield field tram service, to provide a…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Thomas Oswald McKenzie, 22, soldier, of Brewarrina, was killed when he fell beneath a moving train in…
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Above: Wreckage of a tramway shed in Stapleton-street, Wallsend, after a gale had blown it 40 yards. Right: A tree, blown…
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KATOOMBA. — The woman whose body was found on the railway line at Medlow Bath yesterday morning has been identified by her father as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Praises Train Crews
Sir,—Now that a rush of madding crowds is over, and train travelling is becoming normal, the railway authorities must be congratulated for…
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KATOOMBA, Wednesday.—The body found on the railway line at Medlow Bath yesterday morning has been identified as that of Mrs…
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A special passenger train will leave Newcastle for Sydney at 5.30 p.m. to-day. It will stop at all stations to Broadmeadow, and then…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Approved Plan of Main Roads
On the recommendation of the General Purposes Committee, Greater Newcastle Council last night adopted the proposed system of arterial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russia Hands Back Railways to Persia "First Friendly Move"
LONDON Jan. 30. A.A.P.—In what friends of the Persian Prime Minister (Ghavam Sultaneh) considered to be Russia's first friendly move, the Soviet military authorities last night handed over to the Persian Central…
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When she fell last night from a tram in Glebe-road, Junction, Connie Godfrey, 32, Cram-street, Merewether, suffered a severe laceration…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letters to Editor Belmont Railway
Sir,—The projected railway works in the north, reported in your Saturday issue, are, I have no doubt, very necessary. However,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Injuries to Motor-Cyclist Fatal
Fatal injuries were received by Vincent Hopkins, 28, Union-street. Junction, when a motor-cycle and a lorry collided in Donald-street,…
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Frank Hicks, 59, of East Maitland, fell to the platform while alighting from a train at East Maitland Railway Station this morning. He was…
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STEEL has been received from Port Kembla, but further supplies are needed before a start will be made on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Hurls Man to Safety
SYDNEY, Thursday.—To be hurled to safety by a train which ordinarily would have run over him was the experience of an R.A.N. rating…
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LONDON: A new device which is being installed at the marine air bases of our transoceanic air lines was developed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Train As Missionaries
Two full-blooded aborigines. Alan and Emma Polgen, arrived in Newcastle from Palm Island yesterday to train at the Church Army Mission School at Stockton…
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SYDNEY. — Gunner John O'Donnell, 22, of Griffith, was dragged 50 yards between the platform and a moving train at Liverpool Station…
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An extra train run to and from Toronto on Sundays commencing to-morrow. The train will leave Newcastle at…
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