Man Killed by Train
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—[?] fell between a train and the [?] McDonste[?] was fatally inj[?]. He died in [?]…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
1,590 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 80
Deer-stealers Use Motor Boat
LONDON: Raiders carrying off deer, sheep and goats from farms on the island of Mull, Argyllshire, are believed to be using a high-speed…
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SYDNEY.—A man was killed and seven were injured in New Year Eve traffic accidents in Sydny suburbs. Noel Henrv Jarvis. 23. of New South…
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LONDON. Wednesday.—A New Zealander. John Francis Page (29). was either kicked or crushed to death by two fear…
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Claims by N.S.W. tram and bus employees for payment of time and a half on Saturdays and double time on…
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Sydney tram and busmen decided last night that, unless the State Government took action on claims for increased pay for week-end work and a 40 hour week, tram and busmen in Sydney and Newcastle…
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SYDNEY: Legislative action by the State Government to avoid the threatened one-day tram and bus stoppage on January 20 is unlikely. The stoppage will take place…
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KATOOMBA, Friday.—While walking through the "Fish" train, Miss Beatrice Lowery, 65, of Hazelbrook, was caught by the left leg by one…
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LONDON, Jan. 3. A.A.P.—Dense fog had reduced visibility to three feet when the night mail train from…
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TOOWOOMBA, Friday.—"I am satisfied the accident would not have happened had a warning sign been erected at the top of Range-road,"…
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When a trailer bus hit a cow near Young Wallsend last night, it ran off the road and careered 50 yards across country, knocking over a…
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JERUSALEM, Sunday: Eleven British soldiers, bound from Egypt to Palestine, were injured, three seriously, when three bombs Were thrown at their train near Cairo today. The bombs were aimed at the three…
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Five persons were injured—four seriously—when a car returning to Queensland and a Gosford Ambulance collided near the Elizabeth bay…
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At 9.40 o'clock last night. Constable Logie saw two men carrying tins of Paint in Wharf Road. When he approached, they placed the paint…
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A request for financial assistance" by Lower Hunter Shire Council towards the reconstruction of the Hills borough Bridge has been refused by…
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JOHANNESBURG, Jan. 7. A.A.P.—The Government, despite trade union opposition, has decided to call a national conference of all parties to…
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The A.J.S. and Velocette Motor-cycle Club will open the 1947 season with a field meeting at Mooney Beach next Sunday, January 12…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Big supplies of motor tyres would soon be ready for sale in Australia, said the Managing Director of Goodyear Tyres…
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SYDNEY.— A campaign will be started by the Railway Department to stop the large-scale evasion of fares, a departmental…
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Sir,—It is apparent from the number of motorists who travel to the end of Macquarie-street before they are disillusioned, that it is not known…
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