Letters to Editor Trams v. BUSES
It seems incredible that, in these days of dollar, oil, rubber and other shortages, abolishment of tramway systems should even be thought of,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
1,230 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 62
Build Railways To Aid Food Plan-Hanlon
CANBERRA, Wednesday—The Queensland Premier (Mr. Hanlon) said to-day that if the U.K. Food Mission warranted it, he was…
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The following cancellations in Newcastle train services were announced last night.— To-day: 1.40 p.m. from Sydney…
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TOKYO, Jan. 29.—While the greatest police man-hunt in the history of Japanese crime continued yesterday for the murderer of 11…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railwayman Hurt
Samuel Howells, 58, a railway hooker, of Throsby-street, Wickham, suffered abrasions to the right thigh god elbow, when he was caught…
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CANBERRA: The building of a 250-mile railway from the cattle raising areas of the Northern Territory to Wyndham to tranship cattle…
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TAMWORTH, Friday.—Maurice Sweeney Nott, 22. market gardener, of Manilla, was killed to-day when the motor-cycle he was riding…
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LITHGOW, Friday.—A railway ganger found the slightly charre[?]g Jody of a newly-born infant on the railway line between Hartley and…
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When the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) visits Newcastle next Thursday he will land in…
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SYDNEY.—Detectives of the C.I.B. left Sydney today to investigate the death of a newlyborn baby girl found alongside…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Work for New Lambton Urged
Western Suburbs branch of the Australian Communist Party will ask Greater Newcastle Council to repair Turton-road and other streets…
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If buses were barred from picking up passengers on a tramline it would give bus passengers a chance. With the acute shortage of buses…
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SINGAPORE, Feb. 1.—In addition to the resumption of the run between Singapore and Australia he Dutch cargo and "white"…
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SINGLETON, Sunday.—The District Coroner (Mr. A. Morrison), who conducted an inquest on Hugh Clarence Paxton, 21, of Newcastle…
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The Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan) will ask the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Harligan) in Sydney to-morrow to grant the Greater Newcastle Council ownership of a large area of railway ground adjoining…
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The by-pass highway from Sydney to Maitland would begin at the southern city boundary near Charlestown and run through New…
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The Belmore Bridge over the Hunter River at West Maitland will be replaced by a new bridge which will probably be completed in about five years, aldermen of Maitland City Council were…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Three persons were injured, one seriously, when a tram and a taxi collided in Curlewis-street early this morning…
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SMYRNA, February 2. A.A.P.—An unidentified armed motor-boat, believed to be manned by Greek guerillas, attacked a Turkish…
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George Francis Pollard, 18, of Casino-street, South Lismore, died in Gosford Hospital at 3 a.m. yesterday, several hours after he…
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