Fassifern To Rhondda Road Link
A new road, link between Fassifern and Rhondda, favored by the Lake Shire Council last night, would provide better…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
1,422 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 72
Plant 68 Trees in Christo-road
Greater Newcastle Finance Committee confirmed a Works Committee recommendation that £60 be voted for the planting of 68…
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Hamilton North Progress Association again will ask Newcastle Council to give urgent attention to Broadmeadow Rd…
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While agreeing that trees should be preserved and more should be grown throughout the district, Hamilton North…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Belmont Train Change
From Monday, Feb. 14, the 5.45 p.m. train from Newcastle to Belmont will leave Newcastle at 5.25 Mondays to Fridays…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Safety Issue On The Railways
Railway unions have wisely abandoned their proposal to refuse to man trains during the week-end. The issue was the simple, but vital,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Tram Men Move For Stoppage
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A large section of tramway employees is moving for a stoppage of Sydney trams, as a protest against…
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LONDON, Feb. 3. A.A.P.—Mr. Geoffrey Mcleod Norman, 25, a former Royal Air Force sergeant fitter, is so impatient to get…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railways May Play Junior League
A suggestion that Newcastle Railways Social Club should nominate a team to play in Maitland Junior Rugby League competition will be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hit By Train, Men In Truck, Escape Injury
LISMORE, Friday.— The three occupants of a truck escaped injury when it was struck by the Sydney-bound North Coast mail at a…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A motor-cyclist who hit the back of a moving car, and was flung against a stationary car, had his leg broken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Engine Wrecks Garage
SYDNEY, Friday.—A 150-ton locomotive crashed into the backyard of an Erskineville home and wrecked a garage to-day when its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Manslaughter Charge Follows Road Smash
SYDNEY, Sunday. — Richmond police charged a truck driver with manslaughter, following the death of a man when a utility truck…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Urge Loan For Lake Bus Road
Coal Point Progress Association criticised Lake Macquarie Shire Council for not having placed the heavy road-grader on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Concessions For Workers on Trams, Buses
It was not possible to make concessions to those who had to travel to work on Saturdays, Sundays and after 8 p.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Earlier Train to Belmont
From next Monday, the 5.45 p.m. train from Newcastle to Belmont will leave at 5.25, and arrive at Belmont at 6.13. The Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Against Stop At Waratah For Northern Train
Mayfield West Citizens' Civic Association decided last night not to support a move to include Waratah Station in stops by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycling Activities
Newcastle Motor Cycle Club held a 440yds. acceleration test on Saturday afternoon at Ringwood, on land loaned by one…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lambton Railway Bridge Called 'Dangerous' And 'Disgrace'
The railway bridge over Howe-st., Lambton, was dangerous and a disgrace to the district, Alderman H. Scott-Daisley said today. A large horizontal supporting beam of the bridge was…
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A large horizontal supporting beam of the railway bridge over Howe-street, Lambton, dropped from its position and hung three…
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