Aircraft Landing Wheels Stolen From Williamtown Aerodrome
During the holiday week-end, thieves stole aircraft wheels from Williamtown aerodrome. Between noon and 1 p.m. yesterday two Wirraway aircraft…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
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6000 Left Newcastle By Train Yesterday
In the rush of returning holiday-makers yesterday, Newcastle Railway Station handled more than 6000 passengers. However, because intending…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russians End German Road Blockade
BERLIN, Jan. 30. A.A.P.—Lorry traffic was to-day crossing the Soviet zonal frontier at Helmstedf normally, in both directions,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Officer Assaulted At Broadmeadow
For having assaulted George Edward Milgate, railway officer at Broadmeadow Station on Jan. 31, Henry Lloyd Osborne,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Council's Reply On Hillsborough Bridge
The president of the Hillsborough-Gosforth Progress Association (Mr. S. G. Vile) will be informed by the Lower…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →£15,441 Roads Programme For Lake Shire
The 1950 main roads maintenance programme for Lake Macquarie Shire is estimated at £15,441 (grant or loan)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Winsor's Hint Of "Vigorous Action" On Road Accidents
SYDNEY: The Transport Commissioner (Mr. R. Winsor) today forecast "vigorous action" to halt the mounting road accident toll. A special meeting of the executive committee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Roads For Showground
Improvements at Newcastle Showground last year will reduce dust and mud, and provide additional amenities on the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Special Train for Zoo Visit
Newcastle residents are afforded a unique opportunity to visit Taronga Park Zoo as the local division of the St. John…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Letters To The Editor Swansea Bridge Fishing
THE practice of fishing from Swansea Bridge could contribute to a big deathroll. A large notice on the bridge warns that fishing is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lord Mayor's Gauntlet Down Over Loss of More Trams
A protest against the Glebe and Merewether trams being replaced by buses on Feb. 26 was telegraphed today to the Road Transport Department by the Lord Mayor (Ald. Quinlan)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Did You Know? Tiny motor
The world's smallest electric motor—a pygmy power plant so tiny that half a dozen fit comfortably in a small thimble—…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Princess Opens a New Road
Princes Elizabeth cuts the ribbon to open a road in the new town of Grawley (Sussex). The town is one of several planned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brussels Has Its Tram Problem
BRUSSELS, Jan. 5. A.A.P.—The battle of the trams is on in Brussels. Modernisation of the city's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Cloak Room Thefts: Two Men Charged
Two men who are alleged to have ransacked and robbed suitcases at Newcastle Railway cloak room on Jan. 24 and taken goods valued at £150, appeared before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke in Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor-Cycles, Cars Collide
Two motor-cyclists were injured last night when their cycles and cars collided. Darrell Eckersley, 23, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods Isolate 120 Mile Area Of Central Aust. Railway
ADELAIDE: A strip of territory covering 120 miles on the Central Australian Railway is completely isolated by flood. Six of the main towns isolated are; Maree, Farina, Lynd-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electrician Prevents Aerodrome Blackout
LISMORE.—An electrician pluckily climbed burning posts with a fire extinguisher and saved the aerodrome at Evans…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Remanded On Train Assault Charge
Proceedings were brief at Maitland Court today when Rodney Francis Thorley, 34, laborer, appeared on three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Safety Display Opens Tomorrow
According to the organiser (Mr. H. Horne), the Road Safety Exhibition to be opened officially at the City Hall at noon tomorrow by the Road Transport Commissioner (Mr. R. Winsor), will be "bigger and…
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