District News. Plattsburg. Tram Service
Recently the plattsburg Council brought under the notice of the Railway Commissioners the desirableness of a half-hour service on Saturdays…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1901
548 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 28
Breakdown on the Tramline Motor and Car Leave the Rails. Traffic Suspended
The 5 o'clock tram from Newcastle to Wallsend met with a serious mishap when near the cemetery gates, about three-quarters of a mile from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Trouble in China. Extending the Railway
LONDON, Tuesday.—The British are extending the railway line to Tungchau, thus giving a second line via the Peiho…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway of the Future
The problem of constructing an electric railway, with a speed of 200 or 250 kilo-metres an hour, is as the Berlin correspondent of the "Standard' recently…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →As Seen From the Bridge
"They came, they saw, and were seen," in brief, sums up the Royal visit to Newcastle. To those whose chief and only desire was to see the Royal personages, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Tram Traffic
With the limited rolling stock at his command, Superintendent Murray coped with the heavy traffic very successfully the big rush of course was in the early hours of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Toronto. Newcastle-toronto Road
Immediately word was received informing the District Progress Association that the lowest tenderer for the construction of the bridge required for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Train Derailed. and Attacked by Boers
LONDON, Wednesday.—A train has been derailed at Godwan Prior by an explosion. A number of Boers, who were riding near the railway, crept…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Ping-yang-seoul Railway a Secret Project
LONDON, Tuesday.—It is reported that a Yunnan syndicate is secretly projecting a loan to secure the right to construct…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Fatality. Sydney
A shocking railway fatality, resulting In the death of Mr. John C. Crackenthorpe, manager of the Ryde branch of the Bank of New South Wales, occurred at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Motor Car Race
LONDON, Thursday.—The winner of the Paris to Bordeanx motor car race conered 345 miles in 52s minutes, averaging between towns a speed of 50…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Effect of Electric Tramways
"Engineering" says that the development of the metallurgical industries of Spain has given a great impulse to electric tramways, of which there are over 150…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wakefield and Cooranbong Road
Sir,—Some months ago the residents of Wakefield received word from their member stating that he had just received a letter from the Works…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway String Band
Sir,—Referring to your issues of May 30 and June 1st,—the Railway String Band have again disappointed the City Band committee, and the public also. On…
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The new electric generating station for the Glasgow Corporation tramways was formally inaugurated on Wednesday of this week by the Lord Provost, and by the time…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District News. Stockton. Suggested Stockton to Salt Ash Railway
Last night, in the Temperance Hall, a largely attended public meeting was held, for, the purpose of obtaining an expression of opinion as to the desirability that a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. O'sullivan and the Road Vote. Sydney
The Minister for Works, Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, emphatically contradicts a published statement to the effect that he has been starving the road vote. The Reid…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. the Bear and the Lion.—another Seal Competition.—those Maiming Trams—four Schoolboys Supply a Wine Story.—the Duke and His Cockatoos.—the Ticket Snatcher.—a "Maori" Row Over the Duke. Sydney
Talk of the lion lying down with the lamb! It is nothing to the picture conjured up as a result of reading of the banquet on Garden Island on Tuesday…
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Mr. A. Edden, M.P., accompanied by Messrs. Dick and Norton, Ms.P., introduced a deputation to ,the Minister for Works to-day, to ask for certain repairs to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plattsburg. Sandgate-road
From, Wallsend and Plattsburg to the Great Northern road the distance is 4½ miles, and many years ago of so much importance was this connecting link…
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