Tramtrack Lift Starts Tomorrow
Workmen from the Transport Department will begin lifting the tram tracks in Maitland Rd., at Mayfield, tomorrow morning…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1952
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Big Jewel Theft From Motor Car
WASHINGTON, Monday (A.A.P.)—Police report that jewellery valued at about £15,172 was stolen last…
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Mr. Mould, who has been promoted to the department's head office in Sydney, will hand over to Mr. Butler on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Kills Child
GOULBURN, Tuesday.—Christine Elizabeth O'Neill, 2, of Goulburn, was killed by a train at North Goulburn…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Weston Bridge Plan Approved
The Department of Public Works has advised Kearsley Shire Council that plans for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Plant "Of No Use"
Lower Hunter Shire councillors said today the roadmaking plant demonstrated at Williamtown…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Clive Harcourt Burt, of Fosberry-avenue, St. Kilda, was fatally injured near Nagambie,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railways Have New Record Deficit
SYDNEY: Unless adjustments are made, rail deficits will increase to such proportions that they will imperil the stability of the State's finances, the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Garside) warns in his annual report, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram Track Lift Begins
Workmen from the Transport Department began lifting tram tracks in Maitland Rd. at Mayfield early today. It marked the beginning of three major road reinstatement works to be carried out by Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Indonesians Get U.S. Motor Plant
WASHINGTON (DC).—The first of a number of contemplated projects jointly financed by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Boolaroo Bridge 'A Danger'
Boolaroo Urban Area Committee decided to ask Lake Macquarie Shire Council to inspect Watkin's bridge,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crew Saves Train As Van Blazes
The air-conditioning power unit van on the north-bound Armidale express was severely damaged by fire at Belford…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Injured In Road Accident
Two men were seriously injured when a car overturned on Government Rd., Weston, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Better Grade Coal Sent to Railways
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — While the Railways Commissioner (Mr. Garside) complains of the quality of coal supplied to the railways, the Joint Coal Board…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£6M. Railways Deficit
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Railways Department showed a record deficit of £6,417,432 for the year ending June 30, 1951—£3,922,827 more than in the…
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Newcastle City Council's road programme for this year was estimated to cost £197,000, the Lord Mayor (Ald. Armstrong) said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway "Better 37 Years Ago"
Cr. T. Fell (Kearsley Shire) said yesterday that he had been living at Weston for 37 years and the railway service to Newcastle was worse to-day than…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. —Wheat farmers and the people of New South Wales would benefit by a special reduction…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. K. Fraser Railway Commissioner
SYDNEY: Mr. Keith Aird Fraser Chief Civil Engineer of the Railway Department, today was appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram-Train "Key To Transport"
The answer to Newcastle's transport problem may lie not in buses or trams or electric trains, but…
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