POP Armed For The Road
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Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1947
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Seek Free Tram Bus Travel for Schoolchildren
The Federal Government will be asked by Waratah State Electoral Council, through the Newcastle and Hunter Federal Councils, to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ask Minister To Define Tram Policy
Carrington branch of the Australian Labour Party decided last night to ask the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan), in view of a hint by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trams, Buses Can't Afford Free Travel For Pupils
To grant free travel on trams and buses to school children would involve the Department of Road Transport in an estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge Unsafe for Buses
Transport Department engineers have declared the Cowper-street bridge, which crosses Throsby Creek at Carrington, to be unsafe for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Want Attention to Hamilton Roads
Hamilton Progress Association last night decided to ask Greater Newcastle Council to attend to the condition of roads in Hamilton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Declared Unsafe for Buses
Cowper-street Bridge, main traffic bridge into Carrington, was yesterday declared unsafe for double-decker buses by the Road Transport engineers. From to-day, buses will be diverted to the Elizabeth-street bridge. Top: A double-decker passing over the bridge. Below: Another view of the bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Busmen Threaten Strike Over 'Unnerving' Roads
Department of Road Transport bus drivers and conductors are likely to refuse to man buses on certain Newcastle routes unless…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Water Pipes Show In "Forgotten Road"
Wilson-street, Mayfield, was so badly neglected, that water pipes were showing through the surface, said Mr. S. Grey, at a meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Had 'White Lady' In Railway Carriage
When Sergt. H. Larkin entered a railway carriage at Newcastle early this morning he saw Alexander Mulvenna, 67, and Aubrey Gould. 30,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Harbor Collision —Tram Travellers' Shelter?
INTERSTATE COLLIER DUMOSA, berthing at Wickham Wharf yesterday afternoon after a collision in Newcastle Harbor with another collier, Canopus. Only superficial damage was caused…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Property "Damaged" By Carriage Campers
"Considerable damage is done and equipment stolen through persons camping in railway carriages," said Mr. J. Clissold,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motorist Gaoled for Stoppage of Train
NEW YORK.—Otto Dreibelbis, a 63-year-old farmer, has been gaoled for driving his car two blocks down a railroad track and forcing an…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle Road Transport
The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) has kindly said that the Government has no objection to Greater Newcastle's controlling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Throsby Creek Bridge Design Ready
The design for the widening of the bridge over Throsby Creek at Carrington had been completed, Mr. F. H. Hawkins, M.L.A., advised the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hit by Train; Only Slightly Injured
SYDNEY.—They breed them tough at Murrurundi. Yesterday, 86-year-old Thomas J. Dogarty was struck by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Site for Tenterfield Aerodrome
TENTERFIELD, Wednesday.— Civil aviation authorities have informed Tenterfield Municipal Shire Council that the site at Sunnyside…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two Trampled to Death at Truman's Welcome
MEXICO CITY, March 5, A.A.P.— Two people were trampled to death and four injured as thousands tried to break through police lines to see…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Royal Baggage Train Derailed
CAPE TOWN, March 6. A.A.P. —The driver was fatally injured when the engine and some waggons of the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Confer on Roads Scheme
Proposals for arterial roads in the Greater Newcastle town planning scheme will he considered individually at a conference on March 26…
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