Council Asked To Repair Blackalls Road
Blackalls Progress Association has asked Lake Macquarie Shire Council to macadamise the road between Blackalls railway station and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
1,126 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 57
Lord Mayor's Hopes On Road Works Lord On
At the Newcastle Council meeting to be held in three weeks' time, the Lord Mayor (Ald. F. J. Purdue) hopes to submit a plan for a major programme of road reconstruction throughout…
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As the new air-conditioned Armidale Express steamed out of Maitland station yesterday on its first trial run, railway officials on board…
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The Newcastle Aero Club Auster aircraft which crash-landed at Karangi, five miles from Coff's Harbour, on Monday, would…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mystery Accidents Puzzle Railwaymen
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Two accidents to a man and a boy while they were travelling on trains are puzzling railway officials…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plan To Widen Cardiff Railway Bridge
Provision will be made in Lake Macquarie Shire Council's 1951 estimates to widen the Cardiff railway bridge to a kerb-to-kerb width…
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The Lake Shire Council last night instructed the engineer (Mr. Webb) to redesign the bridge on Main-rd., Cardiff,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood Damage Aid For Coal Roads
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Main Roads Board will meet two-thirds of the cost of repairs to two flood-damaged roads in Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six Hurt When Bus Hit Bridge
LONDON.—Two women and four children on an outing were injured when a double-decker bus hit a low bridge at…
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The Road Transport Department claimed it was not a road-making body, but it could not deny being a road-destroying body, Cr. C. S…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Second Death From Road Accident
William Harrison, 64, of Cowper-avenue, Charlestown, who was injured in an accident near Charlestown on Saturday night,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lake Shire's Road Programme Estimate £122,000 For 1951
The Lake Shire engineer's estimates for 1951, involving an expenditure of £122,000, made up of loan money, grants and £44,000 from the general fund, deferred from last council meeting, were approved by council last night for inclusion on the Shire Clerk's estimate of income and expenditure…
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SYDNEY: One in every four motorists in N.S.W. can expect to be killed or injured in a road smash if last year's accident rate is maintained. This was stated today by the Road Transport Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lorry's Load Strikes Tram: Four Hurt
SYDNEY: The front two compartments of a crowded tram were shattered when nine tons of hops swung off a truck at the corner of Cleveland and Chalmers-st., City, today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Pillaging Arrests
SYDNEY: Continuing the campaign against pillaging, detectives of the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Killed In Train Accident
SYDNEY, Friday.—An elderly man was killed and another man seriously injured in train accidents in Sydney suburbs this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hop Bales Hit Crowded Tram Four Injured
SYDNEY, Friday.—Passengers were sprayed with glass splinters when nine tons of hops in bales fell from a truck and struck a…
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A 17-year-old motor cyclist was injured when his machine collided with a truck at Charlestown this morning…
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Max Wilson (25) of Banfield St., Maitland, received extensive head injuries and a compound fracture of his left…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mayfield Motor Cycling Run
Mayfield Motor Cycle Club will hold its first club run of the year at Cave's Beach tomorrow, leaving Smith's…
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