Tram Conductor Charged With Murder Intent
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A 24-year-old tram conductor was charged late to-night with having shot John Carter, 43, tram driver, of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1950
1,621 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 82
Ancient Car For Motor Gymkhana
A 1912 Vauxhall, fondly known as "Fifty Bob," and owned by Mr. E. Ansell, of Sydney, is expected to compete…
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From to-day, the 4.26 p.m. Friday train Toronto to Newcastle, will start at' 4.17 p.m. The train will depart from Blackalls at 4.21…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →'Reckless Reggie' At Road Safety Display
Displays on road safety were given by pupils of Cook's Hill and Junction schools at the Road Safety Exhibition in the City Hall…
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The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) is to propose to Cabinet that the cost of reconstruction and maintenance of Newcastle district bus routes, estimated at £680,000, he shared equally…
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Five minutes after retiring a jury of four in Newcastle District Court yesterday returned a verdict in favour of the defendant in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Letter Box Removal Of Trams
The Lord Mayor (Aid. H. D. Quinlan) should be congratulated on his stand about the removal of the remaining trams…
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ROME.. Sat. (A.A.P.) .—Thieves, believed by police to be in the pay of an international spy ring, yesterday…
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About 11,000 people visited the Road Safety Exhibition in the City Hall during the week, the State Secretary of the Road Safety…
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Newcastle Chamber of Commerce decided yesterday to seek an extension of the distance motor trucks may operate, without a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor-cyclist Killed
SYDNEY, Friday.—William Hayward, 42, of Cooper-street, Waterloo, was fatally injured to-night when the motor-cycle he was…
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While crossing Hunter-street yesterday afternoon, William Bint, 50, furnaceman at the B.H.P., was struck by a tram. The cowcatcher…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cross Roads School Opening
The new school at the Cross Roads will be officially opened by Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., at 2 p.m. on Thursday. A committee of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Halted; Car on Line
Railway officials stopped a goods train which was just leaving Lawson, on the Blue Mountains, yesterday, after a car containing five people had crashed 30 feet over an embankment on the line half…
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A 15-year-old migrant, Edwin Kehl, living at Greta Camp, had his left thigh probably fractured this morning when he fell…
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DARWIN: Th 1000 miles of bitumen from Darwin peters, outeat Alice Springs. South, east and west from there you travel by camel, horse, aeroplane or by truck along a rough and dusty fire-ploughed bad…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Tramway Strike Deferred
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A strike threatening Melbourne's tram services has been temporarily averted…
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The Northumberland District Council of Progress Associations will be asked by Cardiff Heights-Lookout Progress Association to…
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ALBURY, Monday.—A soldier catapulted over a bridge railing and plunged 25 feet into Flanagan Creek, between Albury and…
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Edwin Kchl, 15, a migrant living at Greta Camp, had his left thigh fractured yesterday when he tell between the railway platform…
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