Object To Plan For Wharf-road
A proposal by the Department of Main Roads to widen Wharf-road by building cargo sheds and rail way track 15 feet north of the sites…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
1,230 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 62
Train Guard Saves Woman
A railway guard saved an elderly woman from being run down by the Armidale Express near Waratah station yesterday…
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Blackalls Progress Association will ask Lake Macquarie Shire Council to improve the footbridge that runs under the railway line…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Stocks Near End Threat To Power, Gas, Railway
The Department of Railways, Newcastle Gas Company and Zara-street power station are desperately short of coal. The railway has only a week's supply on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trams To Stay In Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Thursday—Buses will not replace trams in Melbourne, because the Melbourne Tramways Board lost £176,000 in the last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Severed Leg
SYDNEY, Thursday.—John Nicholls, 58, of Wiley-avenue, Lakemba, had his right leg severed when he slipped and fell while…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Guard May Have Been Poisoned
SYDNEY: The discovery of 4.5 grains of arsenic in the stomach of Robert Silvester Condron, 46, railway guard, has intensified the mystery of his death at Cootamundra Railway Station on March 2…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Killed By Train
SYDNEY: William Henry Annette (75), of Clark-rd., Waitara, was killed instantly when he was struck by an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seeking Woman Saved From Train
THE unknown woman who was rescued from the path of the Armidale Express near Waratah station no Wednesday is being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cool Theft Of Motor Lorry
SYDNEY: A £550 lorry laden with merchandise worth £1650 was stolen in broad daylight yesterday during the temporary absence of the driver. The lorry, the property of Steel and Humphrey Pty. Ltd…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Safety
Quite a lot has been said on road safety and rightly so when the need is so great. The commonsense course is the maximum penalty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fruit "Train's" Bad Luck
SYDNEY.—Bad luck has dogged some of the 26 blockade-running trucks which left Brisbane last Friday with fruit for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crane Road Traffic "Dangerous"
Port Waratah sub-branch of the Australian Railways Union will ask the Berthing Master in Newcastle to prohibit the movement of taxis…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Want Lake-road Drain Cleaned
Lake Road Progress Association will ask Greater Newcastle Council to clean a drain at the foot of Lake-road hill. The Chairman (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Footballer Injured in Road Smash
GOSFORD, Sunday.—Brian Gearey, 22, of Moore-street, Drummoyne, was admitted to Gosford Hospital to-night with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy on Tram Spent Night at Shelter
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A four-year-old boy who wandered away from home yesterday and spent the night at Palmer-street children's shelter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Union Seeks Court Aid Intervention In Railway Strike
BRISBANE, Sunday.—The Divisional Council of the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen to-night decided to ask the Arbitration Court to intervene in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Excursion Train Fares At Easter
SYDNEY—Special excursion fares over Easter were announced today by the Secretary of Railways (Mr. S…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thieves Waited For Train To Muffle Explosion
SYDNEY, Monday.—Thieves waited for a passing train to deaden the sound of an explosion which blasted the door from a safe…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Wreck Attempted Spikes Removed From Line
BRISBANE, Monday.—Detectives are investigating attempts to wreck trains between Walloon and Rosewood, on the Brisbane. Toowoomba line…
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