Cheerio Bridge Club Resumes
THE CHEERIO CLUB Bridge Club will resume at 2 p.m. to-morrow at No 2 Committee Room City Hall…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
1,621 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 82
Train Leap to Escape Assault
A woman who said a man had attempted to assault her jumped from the Brisbane Mail when it was travelling at 50 miles an…
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LONDON.—Two hold-ups on the Northern and others on suburban lines delayed thousands travelling to work…
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The condition of the 25-year-old woman who leapt from a train travelling at 50 miles an hour near Greta last night to escape from a man attempting to assault her was much improved this morning. Doctors gave permission for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Searched For Gun Got Motor-cycle
MELBOURNE.—Police at Coburg searching with a powerful magnet for a revolver in the Merri Creek, got…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Attacker Still At Larger
There were no new developments today in the search for the man who attacked the 25-year-old girl in the Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Improvement Plan For Country Train Services
The Railways Department was gradually improving passenger rolling stock and, as air-conditioned units were delivered, travelling conditions on the country services would be improved, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Seen To Leave Train After Attack
Defectives searching for the man reported to have attempted to assault Miss Coral McLachlan, 25, on the Brisbane Mail on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cyclist Dies From Injuries
SYDNEY.—Seriously injured when a motor cycle he was riding collided with a motor car at the intersection of Fifth and…
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Cecil Robert Ward, 21, single, of High-street, Greta, was killed on Saturday night when his motorcycle crashed at Harper's Hill, near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Airlift To Rescue Train Travellers
VANCOUVER, Jan. 23. A.A.P.—An airlift was organised yesterday to pick up 1500 passengers who had been stranded…
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Mrs. Pritchard, 70, of Henry-street, Cardiff, fell from the platform of a passenger train shortly before it stopped at Adamstown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truck Shortage "Headache" For Railways
The District Superintendent of Railways (Mr. Juchau) said yesterday that when the facts were known he though the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Motor-cycle Licence For Five Years
Wallace Henry Curtis, 27, shunter, was fined £20 and had his motor-cycle rider's licence withdrawn for five years, by Mr. R. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council "Doing Best on Roads"
Newcastle Council Works Committee agreed last night that the council was doing its utmost with its present facilities to maintain all roads, not only bus routes, satisfactorily…
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An additional £2000 would be made available to shires for road work in sparsely populated areas, the Department of Public Works…
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Cessnock Municipal Council in arranging a conference with Kearsley Shire Council to discuss the possibilities of developing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Pushed Into Lake By Snowslide
MONTREAL, Jan. 24 A.A.P.—A roaring snowslide pushed a locomotive motive and one car of a train off the tracks at Seton Lake (British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Permit For Wallsend Cycling
Newcastle Council Works Committee recommended last night that an application by Wallsend-Western Suburbs League Cycling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Porter Stole Goods 'For 3 Years'
A railway porter had pillaged goods parcels at Newcastle railway station for three years, the Outdoor Assistant…
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