Walk-outs Cripple U.S. Railways
NEW YORK, Feb. 2. A.A.P.—Some drivers and firemen to-day joined the shunters in the rapidly spreading walk-outs that have…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1951
1,126 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 57
Car Crash From Bridge; 1 Dead
ADELAIDE, Sunday.—One man was killed and another seriously injured when a car crashed through bridge rails into Torrens River last…
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TOKYO, Feb. 4. A.A.P.-Reuter.—United Nations units were today only seven or eight miles south of Seoul, South Korean capital But they ran into the stiffest resistance…
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SYDNEY. — A new award made today by the Federal Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. V. G. Hall) will cost the N.S.W. railways £75,000 a year…
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A programme of road work on the main traffic routes, estimated to cost £45,000, and a resurfacing schedule to cost about £21,600, were submitted to Newcastle Council Works…
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A recommendation that the Road Transport Department be asked to obliterate certain "no parking" signs on Newcastle roads, and that…
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The Newcastle Council should not entertain the raising of huge loans to meet the cost of road works programmes, the Town Clerk (Mr. Burges) told the Finance and Works committees last night. Both committees will recom-…
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LONDON, Feb. 6. A.A.P.—The British motor industry increased production by 25 per cent. last year, but exports jumped 55…
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NEW YORK, Feb. 7. A.A.P.—At least 81 people were killed and more than 500 injured when a Pennsylvania Railroad express hurtled off the line at Woodbridge, New Jersey, last…
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Work on the 1951 road programme would begin within one week of its adoption by Newcastle City Council, the Lord Mayor (Ald…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Death Train Was Over Speed Limit
NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.).—The New Jersey train which crashed last night with a loss of 82 lives was travelling at twice regulation speed. The Assistant Prosecutor of…
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WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.—Two miners had carried an injured man into the path of heavy traffic to make it appear that his injuries…
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Struck by a motor cycle near home yesterday, Raymond Marjoribanks, 8, of Broadmeadow-road, Broadmeadow, suffered a probable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Inquest Opens On Rothbuery Motor-Cvclist
The Maitland Deputy Coroner (Mr. V. R. Jenkins) opened an inquest at Maitland courthouse today into the death…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rode Motor Cycle Under 'Influence'
When arrested for riding a motor cycle under the influence of liquor. Harold Charles Winter offered to "run" the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Heavy Rise In Railway Costs
SYDNEY: Uncontrollable increases in the working expenses of the Railway Department were £20,542,000 more in 1949-50 than in 1937-38, the Railway Commissioner (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman, 80, Must Leave Aerodrome
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Commonwealth Government has decided to evict a 80-year-old woman, who, by her refusal to…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Tracey Clarence Kemm, 58, of Mill-street, Carlton, had a heart attack and died on an electric train to-night…
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A big tree which fell across the line in a cutting between Weismantels and Stroud-road, on the North Coast line, yesterday delayed…
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The Department of Main Roads is making funds available to councils—two-thirds of the amount involved—to…
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