100 Dead In Train Crash
RIO DE JANEIRO, Tues. (A.A.P.).—More than 100 were killed and 200 injured when two trains collided on a bridge 25 miles from here today…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1952
1,131 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 57
Road Rule Book For Migrants
CANBERRA, Tuesday.— A booklet for European migrants dealing with rules of the road was being prepared,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →By-Pass Road For Ash Trucks
A road being built across train tracks at Zara-street power station would obviate a nuisance of ash falling from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Protest On Parking By Motor Dealers
Newcastle Council Health Committee decided last night to seek the City Solicitor's opinion on a proposal to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Hurt When Trams Collide
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Six people, including one of the drivers, were injured, none seriously, when two trams…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ultimatum By Union To Railway Co
The wages division of South Maitland Railways Employees' Association has given the company until…
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NEW YORK, March 5. A.A.P.—At least 119 people were killed and more than 250 injured in yesterday's collision…
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A British officer who has arrived in Australia to train paratroops at Williamtown School of Land-Air Warfare…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Money for Windale Road
Lake Macquarie Shire Council will tell Windale Progress Association that no funds are available for the ta[?]-sealing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shire Asks For Road Subsidy
Lake Macquarie Shire Council decided last night to ask the Department of Road Transport for a subsidy to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shire's Move On Road To Mines
The Lake Shire Council last night offered to cooperate with the John Darling combined miners' lodges in a deputation to the Joint Coal Board to seek financial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pit Action Threat Request To Board On Road Work
Lake Macquarie Shire Council decided last night to co-operate with the Miners' Federation in a deputation to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Dispute May Be Settled
A dispute which threatened to tie-up South Maitland Railways may be settled on Sunday when a special general meeting of the union will be held to consider the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorcyclist' Hurt
When he fell from his motor cycle on the Millfield-Paxton road yesterday afternoon, Frank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Fine For Motor Cyclist
Thomas Matthew Locking, 30, laborer, was fined £25 in Newcastle Court to-day for having ridden a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Phantom Frightened Motorists
DAYTON (Ohio), March 7, A.A.P. —A motorist who wore a macabre mask and a luminous skeleton suit had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →3 Bodies On Train Line
PERTH, Sunday.—A woman and her two children were found dead this morning on the railway line near Swanview…
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The War Service Homes Division may abandon a 420-home building project at Shortland if the cost of road and footpath work is too high…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →E. Lambton Request On Roads
East Lambton Progress Association will ask Ald. Edden to request a Works Committee inspection of Norah and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East Lambton Road Complaint
"Ratepayers have to keep on paying rates yet they have to put up with bad' conditions without redress."…
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