£1000 For Belmont Road Job
The gravelling of Marks and Walter Streets for tar-sealing would cost about £1000, the Chairman of Belmont Urban…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1952
1,131 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 57
Two Dead In Road Crashes
MELBOURNE, Monday.— Two young men were killed and one was injured in road accidents in Victoria to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reconstruction Job On Lambton Road Begins
Work has begun on widening a large culvert under Lambtonrd., Broadmeadow, preparatory to reconstructing the road. Lambton Rd., Broadmeadow, is the second of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kindergurten Children Visit Aerodrome
1.—Children from Mayfield Kindergarten yesterday completed a project on aeroplanes with a visit to Newcastle Aerodrome. Picture shows some of the children on a wing of a plane during a wilk by Newcastle Aero Club Chief Flying Instructor, Mr. T. Curiewis. 2.—It was a big moment for Grahame Jones, 4 of Mayfield, when he was allowed to sit in the pilot's seat of a Chipmunk during Mayfield Kindergarten's visit to the aerodrome. 3.—Placegetters in the open 110 yards race at combined Girls' High swimming…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Troops Train For Landing
Two hundred C.M.F. soldiers are under intensive training in the Port Stephens area in preparation for March 20 when the biggest amphibious landing exercise in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Abolition Of Tram Body Urged
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—A special committee appointed by the Government to inquire into the Adelaide tramways system…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crash Into Bridge
This is part of the brick wall of the high level bridge at Hamilton after a car crashed into it last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Maitland Bridge Planned
Preliminary investigations to enable plans to be prepared of the proposed new bridge over the Hunter River at Maitland were being completed, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Letter Box At Cross-roads
It is obvious that at present humanity is at the cross-roads. Before people can aspire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Funds To Repair Road To Wallsend
The Department of Main Roads could provide only its share of cost to improve the main road between Kurri…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Estimated Bus, Tram Loss '£1M.'
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The State Road Transport Department was expected to lose more than £1 million this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Tram Link Vanishes
Disbandment of the Road Transport Department's Newcastle "mains section" has set the seal on the city's tramway history…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wangi Plan For Roads
Wangi residents will petition Lake Macquarie Shire Council to repair district roads and keep them trafficable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ian Healy's SUBURBIA, This Week Woman's 25 Years At Railway Station
Halfway to journey's end on the Belmont railway line, passenger trains pull in past a smattering of gum trees to the earthy platform of Whitebridge. Here a woman takes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →6 Killed on Road in North
Six people were killed in road accidents in the North at the week-end. A total of eight people died in New South Wales road smashes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sands To Train In Sydney
SYDNEY: Dave Sands will give training displays daily next week in preparation for his Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorcyclist Drops Down Pit Fall-in
A motor-cyclist had a narrow escape when a motor-cycle he was riding late on Sunday night went down a pit fall-in in Macquariest., Wallsend. It took five men 15 minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Goods Lag Eased
SYDNEY—Restriction of railway goods traffic last Friday and Saturday had cleared the "backlag" at [?] and made to necessary to restrict traffic to livestock, perishables and coal. He said he could not comment…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →School Train Change Move
Branxton P. and C. Association will sponsor a move seeking a more suitable timetable for trains carrying pupils…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sands Brothers Train Together
Within the next fortnight, Bernie Hall and the New Zealand champion, Chub Keith, will have to face this pair—Alfie Sands and British Empire champion, Dave Sands. The Sands brothers have been training together for the bouts. Alfie fights Hall next Monday night and Dave fights Keith a week later. Their…
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