General Motors To Expand
NEW YORK, Jan. 19. A.A.P.—General Motors to-day announced another 1000 million dollar (about £446…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
1,338 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 67
T.V. Blamed For Motor Crash
LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.) —A solicitor said in court yesterday his client, who had been involved in a…
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Colin Whyte and Barry Jones, members of Stockton Surf Club, who are Australian and State double…
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VIENNA, Jan. 21. A.A.P.— Julian Martin, 6, opened the door of an express travelling at 60 miles an hour and fell…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bridge Toll Ends At Peat's Ferry
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Collection of tolls on the Peat's Ferry bridge across the Hawkesbury River ended…
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Funds may become available to the Public Works Department to construct a new road from Crebert St…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Registry Office Here "Inadequate"
Newcastle Chamber of Commerce is so concerned at the inadequacy of the motor registry office that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorist Says Fellow Driver "Vindictive"
A motorist said in Newcastle Court today that the real reason for his appearance on a traffic charge was the vindictiveness of another motorist. Maurice C. Lynch, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Killed On Motor Cycle
MOSS VALE: Leslie Hughes, 17, of Ailsa St., Broadmeadow, was killed instantly when his pillion…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycling at Tomago
The N.S.W. airstrip championships to be decided at Tomago, Newcastle, on Feb. 7 as part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girls Train for Marching
Cessnock Marching Girls' Association has six teams practising regularly for the competitions at Newcastle on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Charged Man's Death Under Train
SYDNEY, Friday.—A man charged with having driven the Blue Mountains Express while under the influence of liquor…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.— A woman fell from an express train between the platform and the train as it went…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—Registrations of new motor vehicles, excluding motor-cycles, increased by 2329 in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Eight Hurt In Road Accidents
Eight people were injured in road accidents in the Newcastle district at the week-end. A motor-cycle rider and his…
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SYDNEY, Sunday—A man was fatally injured when his car crashed into a post on an overhead railway bridge near…
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ARMIDALE, Sunday.— Three armed men are alleged to have held up a motorist on the New England Highway…
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A railway fettler had his left hand and left leg severed when struck by a fruit express at Nooroo railway station,…
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CANBERRA.—The Minister for Air (Mr. McMahon) said last night that half the officer cadets…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →100 Detectives Seek Motorist
SYDNEY: More than 100 detectives are searching today for a motorist who knocked down and critically injured a police constable in Sydney Domain on Saturday night…
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