Opposition To Tram Scrapping
Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., told the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) at Wallsend last night that any attempt to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
1,230 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 62
Claim Marks Pt. Road Dangerous
THE Marks Point Road from the Pacific Highway turn-off to the terminus had potholes 2 feet deep and was dangerous,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Road Toll Cyclist Killed, 6 Others Injured
A man was killed at Stockton and six Newcastle district people were injured in road accidents yesterday. In an accident at Sydney a man was killed and two others…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Ian Young, about 30, of Oxford-street, Collingwood, Melbourne, was killed instantly when he fell from a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Transport Wins Another Bowls Trophy
Matches in Newcastle District Bowling Association pennant competitions on Saturday were in conjunction with the Crippled…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Strike Road Transport Network Plan
BRISBANE, Sunday.—Emergency transport to handle the working population of Brisbane and Ipswich was introduced to-day, following the cessation of rail transport…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cruisers Decide Race By Drawing Lots
As the first step towards restricting racing so petrol can be conserved for Easter racing, cruisers level on points after two heats in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Deputation To Press For Work On Minmi-road
A deputation to press for the reconditioning of the Wallsend-Minmi road will wait on Greater Newcastle Council Works Committee to-night…
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A newsboy was struck by a car and critically injured late yesterday afternoon when he rushed across Scott-street to board a tram…
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Brisbane Water-road, Adamstown, vas being surveyed with a view to its complete reconstruction, the City Engineer (Mr. Bladdeley) said at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Straying Stock Owners 'Watch Swansea Bridge'
Owners of straying stock could watch impounding offices crossing the narrow bridge at Swansea and drive their stock on to vacant land…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barnsley-road Tar Work To Continue
The tar-surfacing of Barnsley-Young Wallsend road would be continued, although it was impossible to install reinforced concrete…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Land Price Is £3500
The book value of £3500 was the price the Railways Department would accept from Greater Newcastle Council for nine acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car In A Hole
Scene in Bingle St., The Hill, when a car crashed into an excavation. One wheel was broken off, but nobody was injured. FRENCH PIANIST. — Nicole…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Trespassed on Railways
John Smythe, 68, pensioner, was lined £10 or 20 days' imprisonment for trespassing on railway premises at Newcastle. Constable Irwin said…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Week-end Train Cuts
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Steam train services to tourist areas would he rationed this week-end, said the Secretary for Railways (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Indians Flock To Gandhi's Train
NEW DELHI, Thurs. (A.A.P.): As the train bearing Gandhi's ashes to the junction of the rivers Ganges and Jumna slowly passed through the countryside today, peasants and villagers along the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queensland Strike Some Railwaymen Favour Court
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The first move to end the deadlock in the railway strike came from a mass meeting of railwaymen at Rockhampton to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →This "Easy Money Road" Led To Gaol
SYDNEY.—A medical book that Patrick Steen. 23, laborer, read in the Mitchell Library, showed him the road to "easy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclist Dragged 20 Yards by Tram
When his bicycle collided with a tram in Lambton-road, Broadmeadow, yesterday, James Hands, 11, of Windyer-street, Mayfield, was…
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