Harbor Bridge Not Closed
SYDNEY: Police plans to close the Haror Bridge at 7 a.m. today were abandoned…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1954
1,338 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 67
Swansea Bridge Progress Good
Work has begun on the building of the first of two open coffer dams for the construction of piers for the…
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NUREMBERG Feb. 2. A.A.P.—Fifty-one persons were injured, nine seriously, when two passenger trains…
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A road along the path of the Wallsend coal line might be better for Newcastle than a rail service, the Lord Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Belgrade Isolated By Snowdrifts Lambton Bridge Reconstruction To Start Soon
BELGRADE, Wed. (A.A.P.) — Giant snowdrifts, piled up by a gale, have cut Belgrade off from the rest of the world. All traffic by road, rail The Lord Mayor (Ald. Purdue), expects that a start will be made soon on the reconstruction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Banking Made Easier For Motorist
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— Australia's first drive-in bank for motorists was opened at Camberwell, a Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Eight Accused Of Defrauding Railway
Two railway tipmen had received money and entered into an agreement with a contractor to falsify dockets and defraud the railways over the delivery of gravel to Wangi powerhouse project, the Police Prosecutor (Sgt. G. Lithgow) said in Newcastle Court…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →World's Biggest Motor-Car Race
BUENOS AIRES (O.S.R.): The world's longest and most strenuous motor car race covering 10 different countries will take place in South America some time between March and…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Waratah-Wallsend Railway May Be New Highway
Newcastle Council is investigating the possible use of the private railway line between Waratah and Wallsend as the route for a new highway. Ald. Myers last night…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Cadets To Train In Germany
BONN, Feb. 3. A.A.P.— A thousand British schoolboy cadets will come to Germany in April for training with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road Deaths In U.S. Increase
NEW YORK, Feb. 4. A.A.P.—The National Safety Council said to-day that 95,000 Americans had been killed and…
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Six people were injured when, two cars collided head-on in Main-road, Warner's Bay, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railwaymen Blocked From Seeing Queen
Newcastle Railway Station employees want to see the Queen when she arrives on Tuesday but few will get a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Trade Badly Needs Mechanics
SYDNEY.—At the end of 1953, N.S.W. had 600,000 motor cars and trucks on the road, while the number of motor mechanics was estimated at 15,000. That makes one…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motor Cycle Racing At Tomago
The 1954 N.S.W. Airstrip motor-cycle championships to be held at Tomago airstrip on Sunday are…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Leg Broken In Road Smash
Clarence George Schaefer, 64, of Blue's Point-road, Sydney, had his left leg fractured when he was struck by a car…
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Harry Hinton expects to reach between 110 and 120 miles per hour in the motor-cycle championship at Tomago…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →By-pass Roads "Sydney Need"
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Traffic jams such as during the Royal tour would be an everyday problem in Sydney in 10…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Injured In Road Smash
Six occupants of two cars were injured in an accident on the New England Highway near East Maitland last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Royal Train Is Given Sprucing: Here Tomorrow
SYDNEY The Royal train is getting a last minute "sprucing up" before it takes the Queen and Duke to Newcastle tomorrow. It will be the Royal couple's first train trip in…
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