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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1946

1,642 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 83

Bridge Across Hawkesbury Sixth Span Into Position To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 3

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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Suburban and District Want Cheaper Tram Fare at Mayfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 5

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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Fatal Fall Under Tram

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Thomas Oswald McKenzie, 22, soldier, of Brewarrina, was killed when he fell beneath a moving train in…

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Tram Shed Blown Down

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 4

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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Identified Body Found On Railway Line

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1946 · page 7

KATOOMBA. — The woman whose body was found on the railway line at Medlow Bath yesterday morning has been identified by her father as…

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Praises Train Crews

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 6

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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Train Victim's Body Identified

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 8

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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Extra Train To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 2

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…

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Approved Plan of Main Roads

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 2

On the recommendation of the General Purposes Committee, Greater Newcastle Council last night adopted the proposed system of arterial…

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Russia Hands Back Railways to Persia "First Friendly Move"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 1

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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Fell from Tram

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 4

When she fell last night from a tram in Glebe-road, Junction, Connie Godfrey, 32, Cram-street, Merewether, suffered a severe laceration…

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Letters to Editor Belmont Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 6

Sir,—The projected railway works in the north, reported in your Saturday issue, are, I have no doubt, very necessary. However,…

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Injuries to Motor-Cyclist Fatal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1946 · page 4

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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Fell From Train

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 4

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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First Steel for Hexham Bridge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

STEEL has been received from Port Kembla, but further supplies are needed before a start will be made on…

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Train Hurls Man to Safety

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 4

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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Motoring Device for Air-boats

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 2

LONDON: A new device which is being installed at the marine air bases of our transoceanic air lines was developed…

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To Train As Missionaries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 4

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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Dragged 50 Yards By Train

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 3

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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New Sunday Train to Toronto

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 3

An extra train run to and from Toronto on Sundays commencing to-morrow. The train will leave Newcastle at…

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