Road Cycle Races Approved
Newcastle City Council decided last night to permit cycle races on the Wallsend-Minmi-Stockrington roads…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
1,126 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 57
Landslide To Mean Better Road
Hundreds of tons of gravel from a landslide which blocked Fair-fax-road, Speers Point, last week will be used to build footpaths and…
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Cardiff Urban Area Committee decided last night to grade water-tables and resheet road surfaces in Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Ada…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Took Motor Cycle
William Keith Easton, 23, and Selwyn George Skippen, 20, both Air Force trainees, pleaded guilty to taking and using a motor cycle on Jan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Union To See Purdue On Roads
A deputation from the Tram and Bus Employees' Union will meet the Lord Mayor (Aid. Purdue) late this afternoon to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Full Cessnock Train Service By Tomorrow
The full Maitland-Cessnock passenger train services, with only slight amendments due to the prevailing coal shortage,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Killed When Bridge Collapsed In Canada
QUEBEC, Wed. (A.A.P.): At least four people were plunged to death in the icy St. Maurice River, at Three Rivers, when four spans of the Duplessis Bridge collapsed early yesterday. The victims were the driv-…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorists 'Hop Border' To Pay Fees
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Many New South Wales car owners and drivers are "hopping the border" into Queensland to register vehicles…
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Stanley D'Argeaval, 26, tailor, of the Parade, Belmont, received a small lacerated wound over the left eye and lacerated lower lip and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge Crash Victims' Bodies Recovered
QUEBEC, Feb. 1. A.A.P.—The bodies of four people who were drowned when four spans of the Duplessis Bridge at Three Rivers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To Train With Small Ships
An Army unit with small ships will train in conjunction with the Newcastle 16th Company R.A.A.S.C, during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Box Causes Road Washaway
A cardboard box blocked a drain in Fern Valley-road during the recent heavy rain and caused a long section of the road to be washed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drastic Cuts in U.k. Train Services
LONDON, Feb 1. A.A.P.—The latest moves in Britain's fuel crisis include "drastic" cuts in train services, to operate, within the next…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorcyclist Hurt At Cessnock
William Roberts (21) of Bentst., Cessnock, was riding a motor cycle when he collided with a car in Allandale-rd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tram-Bus Strike Paralyses U.S. State
NEWARK (New Jersey), Thurs. (A.A.P.). — A State-wide bus and tram strike slowed or stranded more than 1,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mayfield Motor Cycling
Mayfield Motor Cycle Club will hold a run to Anna Bay next Sun. day, leaving Smith's Service Station at 9 o'clock. A meeting will be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Baby Killed by Train
SYDNEY.—A 22-months-old baby girl was killed instantly when struck by a passenger train today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wider Bridge Sought At Swansea
The Minister for Transport (Mr. Sheahan) will be asked by Newcastle Associated Chambers of Commerce to have the new bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Services Claimed Not Comparable
Newcastle Associated Chambers of Commerce decided last night to tell the Minister for Transport (Mr. Sheahan) that they did not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Diesel Tax For Lake Shire Roads
A proportion of the tax on diesel vehicles would be paid to Lake Macquarie Shire Council, the Minister for Transport (Mr. Sheahan)…
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