Car Thrown On Motor-Cycle After Smash
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A large sedan car was thrown back 19 feet on to a following motor-cycle after a head-on collision with a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
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Railway Station—But No Trains
A RAILWAY station without trains. That, in effect, is what the Showground railway…
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The Combined Pensioner's Association, in a letter before Newcastle City Council Works Committee, last night, asked the council to…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The State Council of the Australian Railways Union decided to-day to have migrants in the railways removed from…
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For the first time in the history of the Show, a "grand parade" in the ring of new motor vehicles will take place on Thursday afternoon at 4.30…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Show Is Biggest Since Pre-War Days
Motor trade exhibits at the Newcastle Show this year are the most numerous in the Show's history. Despite the absence of many American cars and trucks, the displays are…
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John Arthur Elgar (17), of William-st., Singleton, who was found lying on the roadway between Rix's Creek and…
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SINGLETON, Wednesday.—Arthur John Elgar, 17, of William-street, Singleton, died in Dangar Cottage Hospital this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Suburban and District Coal Board Grant For Minmi Road
The Joint Coal Board had approved a grant to cover the cost of reconstructing and tar-sealing the road through the town, Minmi…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Strike To-day In Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A mass meeting of 2000 tramway employees decided in Melbourne to-night to stop work at 6 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycling In Isle Of Man
Motor-cycling in the Isle of Man had been an institution since 1907, but was distinct from what was known as speedway racing, Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Young Englishwoman's Life Is Bound Up In Motor Cycles
Some young women are interested in careers and some in marriage, while others are simply just "not interested." But if you ask 22-year-old Englishwoman Linda McKenzie where her interests lie she will not be long in answering- "motor cycles."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flying Parson Hunts From Aeroplane
Rev. Bob Perrin (left), of Coleharbour, North Dakota, U.S.A., and Mr. Hamilton Barnes, farmer, display their bag of 120…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Road Transport Loss £390,513
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The loss on State tram and bus services for the year ended June 30 was £390,513. This was shown in the annual…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Rail Men May Join Tram Strikers
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The metropolitan tram strike threatening to spread to the railways to-day when railway employees launched…
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MELBOURNE— Normal trains will run today, but tram and tramway bus strikers are asserting that they will stay out…
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SYDNEY: A heavy lorry was dragged 40 yards and rolled on its back by a tram in Botany-rd., Mascot, today, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Northern Railway Scheme Opposed
The Council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce today strongly protested against the State Cabinet's recent decision to begin building a new railway between Glen Innes and Inverell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boy Seriously Injured In Fall From Train
SYDNEY, Friday.—A schoolboy fell from a speeding electric train between Lidcombe and Flemington this afternoon. He is in Western…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Striking Tram Employees 'Would Defy Act'
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Tramways Union would defy the Essential Services Act if the Hollway Government invoked it against…
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