Says State Councils Need £45M. For Road Repairs
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—There was no possibility of councils in New South Wales being able to improve their roads, said the President of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
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Motor-boat Crew Safe
MIELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Robert Lockwood, 25, married, of Sorrento, and three other men who were travelling to Sydney by…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—An appeal by the N.S.W. Railway Commissioner against his conviction and fine of £5 for a breach of the National Security…
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The Commissioner for Transport (Mr. Neale) inferred during a deputation at the City Hall this morning that the Mayfield tram service would be the first eliminated under any scheme to replace trams by buses…
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Five motor cyclists were each fined 19s 6d and 5s 6d costs at Newcastle Police Court for carrying pillion passengers — not being the holders of…
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"This man is not worthy of holding a rider's licence,'" said Mr. Carr-Boyd, S.M., at the Newcastle Police Court today in suspending the…
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A special train will leave Newcastle for Sydney at 9 20 a.m. to-day. It will stop at Hamilton, Broad-meadow, Fassifern, Wyong, Gosford,…
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Death from injury accidentally received was the verdict of the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at the inquest on Cpl. Allan Francis Horton, 24, of…
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BERLIN, Feb. 27. A.A.P.—Russian officers stopped the official British night train from Berlin to the west, at the zonal border, on…
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Fassifern Progress Association will ask Lake Macquarie Shire Council to resume a small area of land to remove an awkward angle at the…
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Planting of trees along Lambton-road as a living and permanent memorial for the 150th Anniversary was suggested by Newcastle Tree Planting…
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Police alleged in the Newcastle Police Court today that Richard Henry Towns, of Raworth. drove his lorry past a stationary tram in…
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A hint that the Mayfield tram service may soon be cut out was given by the Transport Commissioner (Mr. Neale) yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Topics of the Day Tram Bars Failed
OLD-TYPE footboard trams were not worth putting a bar on to prevent passengers using the off side, the Commissioner for Transport (Mr…
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SYDNEY: A train-load of passengers leant against the side of a train at Sutherland early today to help release a man whose…
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ALTOONA (Pennsylvania), Feb. 28, A.A.P.—A Pullman carriage became uncoupled on the New York Taxes "Sunshine Special" this…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Doctors at St. George District Hospital believe it will not be necessary to amputate the leg of Neville Robert Sales, 28, who…
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Francis Silva, 37, of Eurimbla-street, Thornton, had his left hand caught in the door of a railway carriage at Thornton and received an…
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By an accounts, Greater Newcastle Council is perturbed by the lack of interest in the proposed cultural centre. Perhaps the…
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Sydney: Before the horrified eyes of dozens of city-bound workers, an English seaman was dragged 100 feet by a train and killed at…
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