Additional Train to Sydney To-morrow
The Railway Department has arranged to run a special fast train from Newcastle to Sydney at 9.3 a.m. to-morrow. Seat reservations…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
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Britain "Well On Road To Recovery"
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Britain was well on the road to recovery, the British High Commissioner in Australia (Mr. E. J. Williams) said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Advise on Trams, Buses British Experts to Pay Visit
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Two British transport experts will visit New South Wales early this year to report to the State Government on its tram and bus problems…
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SHANGHAI, Jan. 5. A.A.P.-Reuter.—One hundred and fifty passengers are feared to have been drowned when a river motorboat,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Craze For Motor Bikes" Results In Gaol Sentence
A man in Newcastle Court today told Mr. Hook, S.M., that he had taken and used three motor cycles because he had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Powerhouse Stocks Of Coal "Critical"
SYDNEY: Owing to the critical state of coal stocks in Railway power-houses throughout the State, minewor hers are being asked to resume immediately in several open cut mines in the Western district. The chairman of the Joint…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Hexham Road Bridge Half Completed, Dept. Reports
In spite of unexpected difficulties, more than half the new road bridge at Hexham, on which work began early in 1946 is completed, a spokesman for the Main Roads Department said today in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bicycle Ran Over Edge Of Bridge
Frederick Hall, 18, of Main-road, Cardiff, received concussion and abrasions to the left side of the face and car, when his bicycle ran…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Ten people were taken to hospital as the result of two accidents involving trams in Sydney to-day…
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SINGAPORE, Fri. (A.A.P.).—Owners of a 40-ton motor vessel report that three Chinese were killed and three wounded…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) said to-day a departmental inquiry would be held into the tram accident in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Inquiry Called Off
SYDNEY, Friday.—Premier (Mr. McGirr) will examine reports that the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Garside) had disbanded a committee of inquiry into the railway service…
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Firemen Put Out Toy Train Blaze
SYDNEY, Sunday. — Two fire engines manned with two officers and 12 men roared into George-street to-night to attack a reported…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters To the Editor Bridge of Sighs
I HAVE been expecting to see Stockton residents getting solidly behind Mr. Baddeley's suggestion for a subway at the Market-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Showdown In Railways "Inevitable"
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A meeting of the State Parliamentary Labour Party has been summoned for the first Wednesday in February to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Brief Tram Passenger Had His Change
A city-liound Bondi resident caused a stir when he boarded a tram during a heavy downpour this morning: and started to peal off his soaked trousers. Noticing: the expressions of fellow travellers, he grinned and said: "It's all right-I've got another…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain Troubled Motorists
Three N.R.M.A. patrol officers, on duty in the Newcastle area last night, were called out 45 times in two and a half hours to rescue…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Chiefs' "All-in" Clash
SYDNEY: Union officials declared today that a clash between the State's two leading railway administrators—Mr. Garsidc and Mr. Winsor—is an "all-in show."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maintenance Of Shire Road
The Toronto Urban Area Committee advised last night's meeting of the Lake Macquarie Shire…
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