Tram And Bus Fares
OUR Sydney correspondent reports that on the question of tram and bus fares the issue is…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1947
1,590 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 80
Dungog Train Time
Departure of the train from Newcastle to Dungog has been put back nearly an hour this afternoon, for the convenience of Show patrons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Fatalities Increase
SYDNEY, Friday.—Fatal road accidents were on the increase, and last year were only slightly less than the prewar totals, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ten Dead In Burma Train Smash
RANGOON, Feb. 23. A.A.P.—Ten persons were killed and ten injured when a train en route to Mandalay was derailed in the Yamehltin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murdered Swagman's Body Found Under Bridge; Windsor Mystery
SYDNEY: Brutally battered about the head, Harry Frith (60), a swagman, was found dead yesterday beside the Hawkesbury River, near; the bridge at Windsor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train, Bus, Hitch-Hike To Take Miners To Sydney
SYDNEY, Sunday—More than 1000 South Coast miners plan to board four ordinary trains at Wollongong on Wednesday morning to travel to Sydney for a mass demonstration outside…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorist Fined £30, Partial Licence Refused
WYONG, Sunday.—John Summers, 59, poultry farmer of Kangy Angy, near Wyong, was fined £30 by Mr. M. S. Meagher, P.M., at Wyong…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Insulted Railway Porter: Fined £3
Mervyn Wright (42), laborer, was fined £3 with 10s witness's expenses at Newcastle Police today for aving used hinsulting words to a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russians Train Koreans
WASHINGTON, Monday: There appeared to be "something to" reports that the Russians were organising…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Scheme to Widen City's Arterial Roads
A comprehensive scheme for widening arterial roads in Greater Newcastle was placed before the Council's Planning Committee last night by the Planning Officer (Mr. G. E. Walker)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suburban and District Toronto Line Train Change
Cr. D. T. Johnston complained at the meeting of Lake Macquarie Shire Council that owing to the "highhanded" action of the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Interim Award for Railway Unions
MELBOURNE. .Monday.—An interim award covering employees of the Australian Railways Union in New South Wales. Victoria. South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramdriver Gaoled For Drunkenness
SYDNEY; Sentenced to a month's gaol for having been found drunk while employed as a tram driver, Allan Hugh…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Plans For New Bridge Across Hunter
The Department of Main Roads advised a meeting of Maitland City Council last night that arrangements were being made for a survey of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Made No Recommendation on Belmore Bridge
Although a suggestion was sent to the Main Roads Department that the new Belmore bridge should run from Melrose-street and debouch near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cabinet Approves £6M For Road Work
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Payment to the States of £6,000,000 under the Federal Aid Roads and Works Agreement was approved by the Federal Cabinet to-day. The payment was recommended by a Cabinet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barrington Area Roads Turn to Bogs: William River Breaks Banks
More than five inches of rain during the past 48 hours have turned many roads near Salisbury and Barrington' Tops into almost impassable morasses: The Williams River has overflowed its banks in several places and flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Federal Railways Holdup; Trains Cancelled
PERTH, Tuesday.—A 24-hour stoppage of Commonwealth locomotive men developed at Kalgoorlie to-day into a strike for an indefinite period…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dungog Train Alterations
The Railway Department announced that the Dungog train to-day would leave Newcastle at 5.20 p.m. instead of 3.28 p.m., and on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Roads Before Baths, Says Mayor
Newcastle might lag behind other towns in facilities for swimmers such as Olympic conditions, but it also lagged badly in such vital matters as…
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