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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1950

1,621 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 82

Road Plan Dubbed "Wild-cat"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 4

The Main Roads Department's plan for the development of main roads in the Newcastle district in the next 50 years was a "wild-eat scheme," Ald. Armstrong said last night at a special meeting of…

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Motorists Hurt In Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 2

Roger Robinson, 20, of Bannerman-street, Cremorne, and Herbert Robinson, of the same address, were admitted to Mater…

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Cross Roads Phone Box Move

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 4

Cardiff West Progress Association will ask the District Telephones Officer to replace the half-length box at the Cross Roads…

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Woman, Aged 104, Never Saw Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 3

LONDON, March 8. A.A.P.—A woman, aged 104, who had never seen a train or bus, and had never been to a theatre…

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Weekly Tram Tickets To Be Considered

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 17

SYDNEY: The new transport authority to be created by the State Government will consider whether weekly tickets should be issued for tram travel, the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan)…

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Tram Hits Woman: Condition Critical

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

Mrs. Barbara Tompkins, 55, of Elcho-street, Hamilton, was critically injured when knocked down by a tram while crossing the…

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Wonthaggi Men Strike On Tramway Issue

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 1

Seven hundred miners at Wonthaggi struck yesterday in support of Melbourne's striking tramwaymen…

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Motor-cyclist Hurt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 2

Robert Googh, 21, of Darby-street, Cook's Hill, suffered lacerations to the head, and shock, when his motor-cycle and a lorry collided…

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Motor Cyclist Hurt

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 11

Neil Stein, 23, of Bourke St., New Lamston, received a fractured left collarbone, fractured nose and cuts and bruises to…

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Melbourne's Third Train Derailment

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE. — Melbourne had its third train derailment within 24 hours when an empty carriage jumped the lines…

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Motor-Cycle, Car Collide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 2

Neal Stein, 23, of Burke-street, New Lambton, suffered a fractured collarbone, fractured nose and facial injuries when his motor-cycle…

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Improved Railway Facilities Sought

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 2

Newcastle Chamber of Commerce will ask the State Government to improve railway facilities in Newcastle to enable the proposed…

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Motor Cycle Club's Outing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 4

The A.J.S. and Velocette Motorcycle Club will have an outing to Nicoll Park, Charlestown, tomorrow, when four events will be…

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Motor Cycling

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 March 1950 · page 4

The next run of the A.J.S. and Velocette Motor Cycle Club will be tc Nicoll Park. Charlestown, tomorrow…

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New Bus Route When Roads Are Repaired

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 5

When the Newcastle Council repairs Weekmanave. and Vale-st., residents of Heaton and Birmingham Gardens will have a Government bus service. This was decided yesterday…

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Threat To Victorian Railways

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE: No decision has yet been made by the Australian Railways Union to stop trains from midnight tonight…

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Romance Of Roads

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 5

THE story of roads should take up many chapters in the history of travel, because for the mass of people travel was possible only…

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Sudden Train Strike To Finish Tonight

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE: A lightning strike by railway guards, which left Melbourne without any form of transport today, will end at midnight tonight. At a meeting today the…

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Larrikins With Paint Pots Disfigure Train Engine

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 9

Larrikins using red and white paint so badly disfigured the engine of the Morpeth train on Sunday night that it had to be taken off the line at 3 p.m. yesterday. The engine was sent to…

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Woman Broke Thigh in Fall from Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 March 1950 · page 3

On her way from Coolah to Sydney, Mrs. Elizabeth Wright, 68, of Coolah, fell from the Armidale express near Singleton yesterday…

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