£500 Bail for Motorist
SYDNEY.—On charges of feloniously slaying Edward Norman Melrose at Wiley Park on Dec. 23, driving under the influence…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
1,621 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 82
Man Carried Box Of Six Chickens On Motor Cycle
LONDON.—Bernard Charles Read of Purley Vale, Purley, fined 5s at Wallington court for driving a motor cycle in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Severs Porter's Leg
John Fernance, 19, of Wyong, a junior railway porter, had his right leg severed at the thigh when he was knocked down by a goods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Progress Body Says Buses Damage Roads
Sandgate Progress Association will ask the District Council of Progress Associations to emphasise in any discussions with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Leaps To His Death Under Train
SYDNEY: Before leaping to his death under an electric train today, police say a man rang Granville Police Station and told them his aunt had been murdered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Materials, Road Plan Delay Phone Service
Inclusion of Toronto and adjacent areas in Newcastle telephone network was delayed by a shortage of materials and plans by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways Port Improvement
The Railways Department proposed to improve port facilities in Newcastle by providing an additional electric crane, laying extra…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Suspected Of Robberies
SYDNEY.—Police early to-day arrested a youth whom they suspect of using a stolen motor cycle in a series of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Girl Alleges Attack By Soldier On Train
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A 13-year-old girl told police that an attempt to assault her had been made by a soldier as the Goulburn-Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →3000 Broken Jars Scattered On Road
LONDON: More than 3000 broken jam jars blocked a main road at Maidenhead when one of the ropes holding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Request To Safety Council On Lake-road Danger
Lake-road Progress Association will ask the Road Safety Council to take measures to reduce the danger to pedestrians and cyclists…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gaoled For Stealing Five Motor Cycles
William Herbert Jones, 21, laborer, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced at Newcastle Court to-day to a total of 27 months hard labor for stealing five motor cycles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways Lost 40,000 Staff Members In Four Years
SYDNEY: Since 1946 the Railway Department has lost more than 40.000 employees through retirements, resignations and dismissals. The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Garside) said this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Collapses on Bridge
Peter Flack, 60, of Valencia and Southon Streets, Mayfield, an ambulance attendant at Cardiff railway workshops, collapsed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Change in Belmont Train Timetable
From next Monday, the 6.49 p.m. train from Belmont to Newcastle, Mondays to Fridays, will start at 6.23 p.m. It will arrive in Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Sleeping On Road Run Over
PARIS, Tues. (O.S.R.):—A Parisian motorist on the road to Besancon last night ran over a man sound asleep…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Labour Problem "Near Hopeless"
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Garside) said to-day that the Railways Department's labour problems were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lake Macquarie Motor Cycle Club
Lake Macquarie District Motor Cycle Club held its final run to Caves Beach last Sunday concluding the point-score…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Girl Dies After Road Accident
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A seven-year-old girl was fatally injured to-night while playing with other children in Trafalgar-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Ambulance Class Passes
Results of the examination of the Tarro railway ambulance class instructed by Mr. H. F. Drowley are—…
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