Six People Hurt in Tram Crash
SYDNEY, Friday.—Six people were injured to-night when two trams collided at the corner of Chalmers and Devonshire Streets. They were—…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
1,590 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 80
Bus, Tram Stoppage on But Move to Defer Strike
Tram and Bus Union officials will ask stopwork meetings of their members in Sydney and Newcastle on Monday to postpone for a month consideration of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Department Says Tram Tracks Reasonably Good
Replying to a complaint by Newcastle Chamber of Commerce that motorists found tramway tracks in the Greater Newcastle area as bad…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trams, Buses Strike On Monday: Big Stop Hinted
All hopes of averting Monday's strike have completely vanished, and emergency transport, arrangements are being hurriedly organised. Some observers in Sydney think that at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Without Trams, Buses To-day Men's Leaders Divided On General Strike
The 24-hour stoppage to trams and Government-owned buses began in Newcastle early this morning after the running of the 12.22 o'clock tram to Wallsend and four buses at 12.26 from the heavy industries…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seriously Hurt In Motor Cycle Crash
Picked un in an unconscious condition by Maitland Ambulance on Saturday night. Cleve Betts. 28, of Evans-street, West Maitland, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Tram, Bus Men Decide To Go Back To Work
SYDNEY: By an overwhelming majority of 3600 votes to 800 a stopwork meeting of tram and bus men decided at Leichhardt Stadium today to return to work tonight. The services will be restored, according to union officials, from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Obstructed Railway Official
A young man who obstructed a railway official in the execution of his duty was fined £2 at Newcastle Police Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dogs Teach London Road Sense
Two old English sheep dogs, Bobs and Chipina, give demonstrations in London streets under the auspices of the London County Council Road Safety Campaign. The clever dogs have been trained to cross roads only when the traffic lights are favourable or when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trams, Buses Run Again; Unions to Meet on Penalty Rates
Trams and buses resumed running again in Newcastle early this morning, after the 24-hour stoppage. The Assistant Secretary the New South…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Presentation to Railwayman
Retiring after 40 years with the Railway Department, Senior Locomotive Inspector L. C. Lloyd was entertained by railwaymen at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fined For Abusing Railway Staff
Newcastle Police Court was told to-day that while he was drunk last night Ronald James Shankley, 28. laborer, used indecent language to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Alignment Plans Will Hit Many Lots
People who owned land fronting main roads in the Greater Newcastle area might be affected by resumptions for road widening, aldermen of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposal For Railway Is Rejected
The State Government has rejected a coalfields proposal for, the construction of a railway from Minimbah on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£2 for Trespassing on Railway Land
When Morris Edwards was seen to alight from a Cessnock train at Hamilton railway station on August 25, 1946. he crossed the lines instead of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hexham Road Bridge Work Progress
Work on the Hexham road bridge across the Hunter is continuing. Top: The section on the river to be bridged is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pont To Captain State Road Transport Team
SYDNEY: Newcastle representative cricketer. Gordon Pont will lead the N.S.W. XI. in the annual interstate Road Transport and Tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Floods Cut East-West Railway
ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—A "lake" two miles long and more than a mile wide covers the trans Continental railway line to an average…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rise in General Motors' Car Prices
DETROIT, Jan. 22. A.A.P.—General Motors has increased prices on most of its 1947 models, although Chevrolets are excluded. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Strikers Win Shorter Week
LONDON, Thursday: A special court, inquiring into claims by Road Transport workers, whose recent unofficial strike disrupted London's…
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