Man Mutilated Under Train
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — A man who fell to the railway line at Petersham to-day was chopped to pieces, by a steam train…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
1,230 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 62
503 Killed on Roads Last Year
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — New South Wales road deaths for the year rose to 503 to-day when a man and a boy died after being struck…
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LAUNCESTON, Wednesday.—Speaking at the second interstate conference of headmistresses of Australia at Launceston, Miss M…
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Replacement of trams in Newcastle with buses will be discussed at a conference between Greater Newcastle Council and…
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When his motor-cycle ran off the road at Devil's Elbow, Pacific Highway yesterday, Sid Cauldell, 34, of Bridge-road, North Ryde,…
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THE LIFTING of rusted rails connecting tram tracks with railway lines near Crown and Auckland Streets, in…
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First-aid classes for motorists will open at N.R.M.A. House on Monday night after an address by Dr. W. F. Norrie, of Sydney, who…
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Cr. Gain said yesterday he would ask Lake Macquarie Shire Council to review traffic movements in Victory-parade, Toronto…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Repatriation Department has circularised all States seeking the names of blinded ex-servicemen…
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NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—At least 12 holiday passengers were killed and many injured in a Missouri train smash today. The death roll may be 16. One train rammed the rear…
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A young man and woman were killed, five men, two women and one girl were injured in road accidents in the State yesterday…
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LONDON, Jan. 1.—Without ceremony 600,000 employees, four main railway companies and 54 other rail undertakings became nationalised. They were merged under the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The total number of deaths in road accidents in New South Wales last year was 505, compared with 508 in 1946, the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—The increased charges for motor repairs from 7/3 an hour to 10/, which had been approved by the…
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The Department of Railways has received anonymously two sums of conscience money. These amounts—£1 and £1/10/—have been…
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The nationalisation of the British railways recalls one of the finest achievements of private enterprise in the world. In the old days the Englishman…
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MELBOURNE.—Melbourne will be without trams from midnight tonight. A mass meeting of off-duty…
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MODEL RAILWAY. Youngsters fascinated by a model railway built by a 63-year-old shipping clerk at Crouch End (Eng.). It includes both express and London: Under-ground lines, and has stations and townships, all complete. The model has electrically-operated buses that steer themselves by slots in the roads and trains that obey signals…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Mr. R. D. Bright, Director of a large interstate transport firm, predicted that the State Government's tax of 3d…
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Joyce Wilson, 22, of Maitland-road, Cooranbong, had her forehead lacerated, and suffered concussion and shock when a…
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