Thornton Roads "Deplorable"
Roads and streets in Thornton were described as "deplorable" in a letter from Thornton Progress Association to the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
1,230 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 62
Queensland Train Service Near End
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Queensland's railway services will cease in a few days unless the strike involving more than 5000 railwaymen is settled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threat To Take Buses From Marks Pt. Road
Buses would not travel over the Marks Point road as from Monday unless action was taken to have the road repaired, Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.Z. Tram Men "Bet With Takings"
AUCKLAND, Tuesday. — He understood it was quite common for Auckland tram conductors to play poker with money from their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram, Bus Book Value £1m
A statement of the financial position of the Newcastle and district transport services, submitted to Greater Newcastle Council last night by the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan), shows the total…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor-cycle on Fire After Collision
SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Norman Marshall, 16, of Gould-street, Bondi, was injured this afternoon when his motor-cycle and a truck…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Week-end Train Cuts
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Train services to tourist areas would be reduced next week-end because of inadequate coal supplies, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spend £134,000 on Gosford Roads
GOSFORD, Wednesday.—Gosford Shire Council has decided to expend, on first priority work, £134,000 for road construction…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Government Aid For Roads In Upper Hunter
WYONG, Wednesday.—Details of Government aid for road works and water supply in the Upper Hunter were given by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Protest On Closing Of Road
Hamilton North Progress Association last night decided to make a protest to the Minister for Lands and the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Good Road May Have Prevented Accident
Evidence that Raymond Paul Smith (13) of Catherine-st., West Maitland, had been racing another lad on a bicycle and was going too fast to take the corner when an accident occurred and he was killed instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Went To Sleep On Train, Woke On Line
LITHGOW, Wednesday.—A man who fell from a train in Marrangarr tunnel on the western line, five miles west of Lithgow, said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suburban and District Protest Again On Proposed Road Closure
Hamilton North Progress Association will protest again against the closing of Australia-road, Broadmeadow, to the Ministers for Lands…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Favourable" Offer For Railway Land
The price suggested by the Railway Commissioner (Mr. Hartigan) for the sale of the railway land at Albert-street, Wickham, to Greater…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →5ft. Snake Killed In Tram
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A five-foot brown snake was thrown into the compartment of a tram by the wheel of a truck at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swedish Motorship to Load Wool
The motor-ship Mattawunga (5766 tons) is expected in Newcastle on Saturday to load wool for San Francisco. The Mattawunga is one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Govt. Deliberately Let Trams Deteriorate"
The Commissioner for Transport (Mr. Neale) told a special meeting of Greater Newcastle Council today that the state to which trains and tracks in the Newcastle district had deteriorated had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sunday Train Cuts
Because of the coal shortage, the Railway Department has cancelled trains due to leave Newcastle for Sydney on Sunday at 3.40 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Wallsend Train Service Yet
The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) said at Wallsend last might that he considered a railway service to Wallsend justified, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Will Protest On Road Coal Haulage
Cardiff Progress Association will protest to the Commonwealth Government against the carrying of coal by motor-truck through Cardiff…
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