Forwards Train with Scrum Machine
Forwards of the Esher (Surrey) Rugby Union Club use a "scrimmage machine." The machine may be set up anywhere—on a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1950
1,621 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 82
New Surface For Maitland-road
Newcastle Council Works Committee will recommend the resurfacing of the northern side of Maitland-road, between Maud and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Faults In Rail Lines Marked By Train
LONDON.—Attached to the 11.15 a.m. Paddington-Bristol express recently was a coach containing instruments…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Road Building on a Big Scale
The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) is to propose to Cabinet that the cost of reconstruction and maintenance of Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Allege Dying Woman Left on Road
SYDNEY, Monday.—Police alleged at Parramatta Court to-day that a man and a woman looked at a woman dying on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Invents New-type Motor
HAMBURG, Tues. (O.S.R.): A German engineer has developed a motor working on new principles which he has named "Rotamo." The new motor has a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Diesel Engines On U.S.A. Railways
NEW YORK: The trend towards diesel locomotives and away from steam engines in the U.S. is expected to grow this year. Some of the larger builders…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mesh Offered For Cardiff Bridge
Twelve feet of corrugated iron on the side of Cardiff railway bridge would be replaced with wire mesh, the Secretary for Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Transport Of Superphosphates
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) said to-day that arrangements had been made with the Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Death Was "Accidental"
The District Coroner (Mr. M. J. D. Austin, S.M.) today found that the death of a 20-year-old seaman, Donald James McLean,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reconstruction Of Cardiff Road Urged
Cardiff Urban Area Committee will ask Lake Macquarie Shire Council to reconstruct a road and restore a footpath to its original…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railways Fear Rise In Basic Wage
MELBOURNE: The Western Australian Railways Department could survive wage increases "only for a certain distance" a department official claimed at to-day's Full Arbitration Court hearing of the £10 basic wage case. The Industrial and Staff Agent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Definite Plan On Blue Gum-road
The Department of Main Roads advised the Newcastle Regional Development Committee that no definite proposals were before it for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.S. Shipping Czar Disputed Navy's Closure of Bridge
" NEW YORK, Thurs. (O.S.R.): Hans Isbrandsten, the naturalised-American shipowner who tried recently to break the Nationalist blockade outside Shanghai, had a famous argument with…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →15,000 Natives Work To Clear Unsafe Road
RABAUL: Several native villages are involved in a fantastic effort of human endeavor along the Rabaul-Kokopo Road. Following the landslides during the tremors which rocked…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Cessnock-Lake Railway Not Favoured
A Parliamentary Committee in 1929 had reported unfavourably on a proposal for a railway line from Cockle Creek to Cessnock, and no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Man Dies In Signal Box
SYDNEY.—A tramway signalman collapsed over the points control in a city traffic box today and died there,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cakes For Cross Roads
Mr. Booth, M.L.A. officially opened the new school at Cross Roads yesterday. Above: These pupils figured this part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →225 Names For Cross Roads Area Suggested
Two hundred and twenty-five suggestions for a new name for the Cross Roads locality were received by the committee appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →50,000 People Saw Road Safety Display
Road Safety Council officials estimate that more than 50,000 people have attended Newcastle's first Road Safety exhibition, which concluded this afternoon at the City Hall…
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