Extra Train to Sydney
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—There would be at least one extra train from Newcastle to Sydney, beginning probably this week-end, a Railway Department…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
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Slaying Charge: Road Death
At Newcastle Police Court this afternoon Bruce Woolaston, 22, soldier, was charged with feloniously slaying…
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GOSFORD. — Unless potholes on the 10 miles of road between a Wrnervale and Wyee are attended to. busmen threaten to strike…
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Margaret May Miller, 66, of the Hotel Carlton, Newcastle, was fatally injured when struck by a car at the corner of Scott and Telford…
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An application by Interstate Speedways for the use of No. 1 Sports Ground for motor-cycle racing was turned down unanimously by…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Six people were hurt in a tram smash at Surry Hills. A baby girl was thrown from her mother's arms, but another…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Railways Engineer (Mr. W. O. Galletly) told the State Brown Coal Development Committee that Yallourn…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The first aboriginal to gain a commission in the A.I.F. Reginald Walter Saunders, has joined Melbourne tramways as…
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Sir,—A long debate was necessary before Ald. Scott-Daisley could convince a majority of the Greater Newcastle Council to improve the…
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Dragged several feet after he had fallen between the platform and a moving train at Newcastle yesterday afternoon, David Murchie, 81, of Woy…
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ROCKAMPTON, Wednesday—A birth held up the Brisbane-Townsville mail train at Benaraby yesterday…
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A single track railway, with provision for a double track later, from Hexham to the vicinity of Raymond Terrace is advocated by a special committee appointed to advise the Premier. This six-mile line should ultimately be extended a further 25 miles to Nelson's Bay…
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Handicaps for the Royal Motor Yacht Club's two mile race over the Toronto course on Saturday are : Lady Carluke (N. Morriss) limit, Briny Marlin (H. Berrick)…
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William Henry Bodenham, 79, of Station-street, Wickham, was fatally injured when he fell in front of a train at Wickham railway station…
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A number of motorists were before Mr. Carr-Boyd, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court today for exceeding the speed limit of 30 miles per hour…
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Knocked down by a city-bound tram near the intersection of Tudor and Hunter Streets, Newcastle West, on January 28, Charles…
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ADELAIDE. — Travellers to Melbourne are to have train comfort equal to that provided anywhere in the world. said Mr. C…
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Experimental farms in New South Wales will be used for training returned soldiers who desire to take up land, says a report in the…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Unless negotiations between the Australian Railways Union and the Railway Department are successful, 1000…
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