Motorist On Bond: Drives 12,000 Miles Each Year
George William Harris, who claimed he had been driving for 25 years and averaged 12,000 miles a year, was placed on a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
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Cessnock Court (Before Mr. F. R. Wood. S.m.) Noisy Motor Cyclist
Mr. Wood suspended for one month the licence of a motor cyclist whom he lined 30s with 7s costs for having ridden his machine with a noisy…
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ROAD SAFETY EXHIBITION—Preparing for the exhibition which will be held in the Newcastle City Hall supper room…
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A road safety exhibition, to be arranged by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales, will be held in the City Hall Supper Room…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Noel Wing, 10, of Epsom-road, Rosebery, had his neck dislocated to-day when he was caught between an upright…
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The Miles "auto trainer" would be the chief exhibit at the display organised by the Newcastle branch of the Road Safety Council in the City Hall supper room from Feb. 7 to Feb. 17,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plea to State on Road Damage
Newcastle Council Finance Committee recommended last night that a deputation ask for a greater Government contribution towards the cost of repairing roads damaged by buses…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters To The Editor Road Courtesy
COMPLAINTS are made that Ambulance drivers, when hurrying to hospitals with urgent cases, are forced to reduce speed because…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man's Body Found On Railway
WINDSOR, Tuesday.—The body of an unidentified man was found on the railway line near Mulgrave, two miles from Windsor, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →2 Motor-cyclists Dead In Creek
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The bodies of two young motor-cyclists were found to-day in a creek bed at the bottom of a hill on the old…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Brief 181 Breaches Of Railways Act
SYDNEY.—In courts last month 181 persons were convicted for breaches of the Government Railways Act and by-laws. Of this total 135 were fined for travelling with intent to evade payment of fares, 23 for trespassing on railway property and 12 for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Vandals Slashed Tram Seats
SYDNEY: Police are search-ing for vandals who last night slashed five leather seats in two corridor-type trams at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Indonesian Technicians To Train Here
MELBOURE: Indonesia would be looking more to Australia for the training of its technicians than to any other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stunts, Realism For Road Display
A wide range of methods will be used by Newcastle branch of the Road Safety Council to touch road safety rules, at an exhibition in the City Hall in February…
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The Department of Road Transport and Tramways has stationed a man near the corner of Turnbull-street and Stewart-avenue,…
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While a signalman was walking along the railway line to commence duty at North Box, near Maitland Station, shortly before 10 last night,…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—No real impact would be made on the road problem till the police patrol force was considerably increased, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Man Who Handled Millions Retired To-day
A man who has grown tired of handling millions of pounds retires today after 46 years service with the Railways Department. He is Mr. Leslie Smith, Resident Paymaster at Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Speeding Motor Cyclist Warned By Magistrate
A motor cyclist who pleaded guilty at Maitland Court today to speeding and causing undue noise, was told by Mr. F. R…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Electric Motors Destroyed In Truck Fire
CANBERRA.—Two 50 h.p. electric motors for the Snowy River construction scheme were destroyed by fire to-day on a…
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