Toll of Road Accidents Newcastle
Eight persons were killed and 151 inqured in 133 road accidents in the northeastern police district during December, according to figures…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
4,268 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 214
Train Jumpers Set Terms Youth Who Wanted To Join Them ORANGE
One of live train-jumpers fined at Orange Police Court today told the justices on the bench that a sixth youth, charged with having no…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Train Engulfed by Landslide. Passengers Trapped; One Killed. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Feb. 5
Several landfalls, six of which were serious, occurred at the week-end. One of the worst involved a fall of thousands of tons of earth, which engulfed a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cricket. Victorian Tramways v ROZELLE
Played at Jubilee Oval yesterday. The match was drawn. Victoria.—First Innings: W. Reed, st. Wick, b Illingsworth, 56; J. Dynon, run nut, 10; S. Scurrah,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →To-day's Interview Roses And Railway Lines
HURSTVILLE residents are proud of the fact that their railway station is the most beautiful in…
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Dear "Worker,"—It is quite, a long time ago since I wrote my first letter to you. I sincerely hope that your mailbag is still going strong. Last year…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Caught The First Train
IT was standing room only on the first train from Menangle races to the city yesterday…
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The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. Hartigan, said yesterday that the introduction of one-class travel on the metropoltian railway services had had…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Eight people were killed and 151 injured in accidents In the north-eastern police district in December, according to figures released…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Contract Bridge. Teams of Four. Championship Final
For the concluding session of the teams-of-four contract bridge championship for the David Jones Challenge Cup the competing teams were captained by Mr. F. Cayley and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cards Banned on Race Train. Detectives' Action. Complaints About Sharpers
Two detectives patrolled a race train and prohibited passengers from playing cards during the Journey from Sydney to Menangle yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Explosion on Road. Plug of Gelignite. Man Committed for Trial
John James Davies, 51, labourer, at the Hornsby Police Court yesterday, was committed for trial by Mr. Oram, S.M., on a charge of having, at Wahroonga,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Sent to Gaol Stole Wires from Railway Line
"This practice is a most dangerous one, as these bonds carry the current to earth on the electric railway line. In the case of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Breaches
Norman McCarthy, at the Parramatta Police Court on Monday, was fined £1 with 13/- costs on each of two charges of travelling on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rail Fettlers' Strike Support by Other Railwaymen
Railway fettlers on the railway line between Menindie and Broken Hill, who ceased work as a protest against the reduction of their climatic…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Motor Monopoly Scandal
INUNDATED with protests from all sections in the community, because it signed up an agreement to grant monopoly rights to a wealthy and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bombing of Railway. France Annoyed with Japan. "Military Necessity." LONDON, Feb 6. (A.A.P.)
Since France's protest to Japan against the bombings by Japanese planes of the French-owned railway connecting Hanoi (French Indo-China)…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Sale of Railway Scrap Metal. Export Ban Suggested
The Railway Department expects keen competition for the purchase of its stocks of scrap iron and steel this year, and there is curiosity in business circles…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Will Seek Inquiry Into Railways Barrier A.l.p. Assembly's Decision Union's View
THE Barrier A.L.P. District Assembly has decided that the next Labor Government should be urged to inquire into the administration of the Railway Department to…
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At Liverpool Council meeting on Tuesday evening. Cabramatta Council advised that it was prepared to enter into an agreement regarding construction of…
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