Last-ditch Stand In Glebe-road
This "fort" in Glebe-road, Adamstown, was well defended yesterday. Taking pol shots at make-believe…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1952
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New Diesel-Electrics To Boost Our Railways
For many months the N.S.W. Railways have been waiting for the new diesel-electric engines which figure largely in plans for a general "speed-up and clean-up" in train travel. Besides six which have…
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SAIGON. Thurs. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Twenty Cambodians were injured yesterday when a terrorist…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Delayed By Derailment
The North Coast daylight express was delayed for nearly 2½ hours yesterday by a derailment between Coopernook…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Through NZ Avalanches
WELLINGTON, N.Z., Thurs. (O.S.R.): Workmen are racing against time to open a road to one of New Zealand's greatest scenic attractions between the last and the next…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorcyclist in Collision
A young motor cyclist suffered extensive lacerations to the left thigh to-day following a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£20 Fines For Motorist
Fines totalling £20 were imposed at Newcastle Court today by Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.M., on Cecil…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →New Bridge At Liverpool
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A new bridge costing £484,880 will be built over the George's River at Liverpool…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cessnock Road Collision
Two men were injured when a car and a bicycle collided at the corner of Aberdare-rd. and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bomb Thrown At Train
ISMAILIA, Jan. 17. A.A.P. —Egyptian terrorists made an abortive attempt to wreck a military train travelling from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tree Alight Over Road
A burning tree overhanging the Pacific Highway near Bennett's Green was among six fires attended by Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Main Reasons For Road Accidents
SYDNEY.—Veteran Motorists of Australia chairman, A. R. Tewksbury, declared today there were three main causes of accidents. These were: Excessive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hexham Bridge Next Year
The new bridge across the Hunter at Hexham would be open to traffic next year, Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, M.L.A., said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Economic Road Back "Hard"
BRISBANE, Friday —Australian would soon find it hard to feed her population,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Hurt On Roads
Five people were hurt in road accidents in the North at the week-end. Brian Lobley, 9, of Crown…
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LONDON, Jan. 20. A.A.P. —One hundred and twenty football enthusiasts were injured, 50 seriously, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →POP.—Road (Non) Sense
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →£22,530 Grant for Gosford Roads
GOSFORD, Sunday.—A grant of £22,530 for road work in Gosford Shire had been approved, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Extended At Tennis
The undefeated Railway team was fully extended by Carlton No. 2 in the Newcastle Tennis Association…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Smash
MANSFIELD (Ohio), Jan. 21. A.A.P.—Five persons were injured in a collision between a goods train and a…
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