Ask Help For Aerodrome At Rutherford
Maitland Business Men's Club decided last night to send a deputation to Newcastle Aero Club and ask it to approach the Civil…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
1,422 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 72
Country Road
By Ronald Ashe, 13, of Gosford-road, Broadmeadow. Ten points…
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Films on the need for greater safety measures on roads will he shown at the Y.M.C.A. rooms, King-street, at 8 p.m. to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fell From Tram
Mary Temple, 79, of Young-street, Carrington, suffered a fractured right thigh and shock yesterday when she fell from a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Health Window" for Railways
The "health window" far railway booking clerks is being tried out in Britain. The window consists of two sheets of mice with a series of uneven perforations, which act as baffle plates to arrest infected breath passing from passenger to clerk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Run Over Twice By Trams
BRUSSELS, Feb. 15. A.A.P.—Maurice Abras was run over by a tram in Brussels. Suffering from a bad head…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trams For Buses In Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—State Cabinet to-night approved the Tramways Board proposal to build an electric tram system in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letter Box Tram Ticket Books
The issue of tram tickets in booklet form would be welcomed. What a relief they would be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wyee Request For Forest Road
Wyee Progress Association decided to ask Lake Macquarie Shire Council to seek a grant from the Forestry Commission to repair the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Baby Killed By Train
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—An 18-months-old baby was killed instantly by an electric train. The baby, Dennis Wilson, said…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tree Planting In Christo-road
Greater Newcastle Council advised Waratah South Progress Association last night that it would supply soil, tree guards and stakes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pushed Woman From Moving Tram
FRANKFURT, Feb. 17. A.A.P. —A German train conductor will face a charge of assault and battery for allegedly having pushed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorist's Death Accidental
At the inquest on Brian Victor Foley, 18, colliery shunter, of Skelton-street, Hamilton, the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) returned a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stoppage Threat On Maitland Railway Dispute
All traffic on the South Maitland Railways will cease at midnight Tuesday for 48 hours if a dispute between the South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →40- Hours "Not Plain Sailing" Says Tram Union Leader
SYDNEY: The shorter working week, which at first looked like "plain sailing," had resulted in many difficulties which were hard to overcome said Mr. T. Junor, Federal Secretary of the Tramway Employees' Union at last night's meeting of the N.S.W. Labor Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Coal, No Train—So No Coal
THE RAILWAY Department advised Burwood miners' lodge yesterday that it could not give the miners a special train for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →2 Motor-Cycle Smashes; Four Injured
SYDNEY, Friday. — A brother and sister, and two brothers were injured in motor-cycle accidents in Sydney this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Ticket To Cover Week-end Tram Charge
SYDNEY, Friday.—Sydney tram travellers will receive a new style of ticket to-morrow. The Minister for Transport (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Compulsory Talks On Railway Dispute
Parties involved in the South Maitland Railways dispute over the appointment of a station master at Cessnock had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bulga Aerodrome In Airlines Plan
SINGLETON, Sunday. — Patrick Plains Shire Council was advised by East-West Airlines Ltd. that the company would make…
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