Confer on Plan For Rhondda-Fassifern Road
A conference on a proposal to form a 1½-mile road from Rhondda to Fassifern will be called at West Wallsend next Friday…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
1,590 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 80
Accidental Death, Says Coroner Two Women Killed Car Left Road
The Coroner. Mr. A. G. Chiplin, at Newcastle Courthouse this afternoon, conducted an inquest into the death of two women who were passengers in a car, driven by the Dean of Newcastle, the very Rev. Arthur Edward Morris,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fassifern Railway Telephone
At a meeting of the Fassifern-Lorne Progress Association, the Secretary (Mr. H. Cooper) received advice from the Chief Secretary (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →R.a.f. Cooks Train in Hotels
After passing out from a five-months' course at the R.A.F. School of Cookery, England, leading R.A.F. cooks and instructors now get a month's tuition in the kitchens of several leading hotels/ Picture shows a chef giving R.A.F. cooks some advice…
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SYDNEY, Friday.— Motor vehicles registered in New South Wales at the beginning of February totalled 346,861—an increase in 12 months of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Snow-bound Welsh Train Three Nights "Herald" Service and A.A.P.
LONDON, March 7.—Shivering passengers spent their third night in a snowbound train in Wales last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bandits Derail Train: Shoot 28 Passengers
RANGOON, March 9. A.A.P.—Bandits derailed a train near Pyinyaung, 25 miles from Thazi (75 miles south of Mandalay) and shot and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Motor Car Workers Demand 40-Hour Week
DETROIT, March 9. A.A.P.—The United Auto Workers Union opened, its long expected drive for a guaranteed annual wage by announcing that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South Maitland Railway Idle To-day
No coal trains will run on the South Maitland railway to-day, when Maitland sub-branch of the Federated Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association will hold a one-day…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — The Federal Council of Tram and Bus Employees decided in Sydney action unless the State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →15 Injured In Bus, Tram Collision
SYDNEY, Sunday.—In a collision between a tram and a bus outside a theatre in Bay-street, Brighton-le-Sands, 15 people suffered minor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man's Legs Crushed Between Trams
SYDNEY, Sunday.— The prompt action by a tram guard, W. Looms, at a tram depot early this morning probably saved the life of a man who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Higher Tram-Bus Fares Face Newcastle, Sydney People
Because the Government-controlled tramways in Sydney and Newcastle show an annual loss of more than £300,000, increased fares are threatened as the only way out…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bridge Spans on Lorry
The first span for the Williams River bridge was carried by road from Newcastle yesterday. Picture shows the four main girders, each 40 feet long, and weighing nine tons, ready to commence the 66 miles journey on an eight wheel jinker lorry. The spans are being constructed at T. C. Pollard's Carrington engineering yards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →First Span for Hexham Bridge
A boilermaker's apprentice, F. Armstrong, working on the initial section of the first span for the Hexham [?]raffic bridge. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Four Injured in Road Accidents
SYDNEY, Monday.—Four persons were injured in road accidents yesterday. A 17-year-old youth suffered a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Will Cost £4436 to Repair Barnsley Road
Reconstruction of Barnsley-Young Wallsend Road would cost about £4436, the Engineer (Mr. J. Webb) told the Lake Macquarie Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman Saw Man Put Head Under Wheels Of Train
SYDNEY.—The Coroner at Parramatta was told by Mrs. E. E. Moss, of Auburn, today that she saw a man place his head…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fell From Motor-cycle
When the motor-cycle he was riding skidded and overturned at the intersection of Hunter-street and Raymond Terrace-road. East Maitland, Ben…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Will Reconstruct Traffic Bridge
Cowper-street traffic bridge is to be widened and strengthened. It would be ready for all types of traffic soon, the Divisional Engineer…
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