Railway Presentation
A number of the clerical and goods staff of the Newcastle railway station met at the goods office last evening to bid farewell to Mr. Thomas Evans, invoice clerk,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1902
455 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 23
The Railway Men
More than once a strike of our railway men have been threatened. As pretty well every one knows all sorts and conditions of railway employees are handed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Sydney Letter. the Miners' Accident Fund and Its Moral.—the Increase in Oil Launches in Sydney Harbour.—have the Darlington Murderers Escaped?—all Flags Half-mast for Mount Kembla.—mr. Spence Becomes One-sided.—petty Rogues Cheat the Railway Revenue.—that Packed Troopship, the Drayton Grange. Sydney
The Miners' Accident Fund is contributed to by employers and employees. So far so good; but it is also contributed to by the country, by all people alike, by…
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LONDON, Sunday.—A terrible railway disaster occurred near Meerut, India, yesterday. A train was derailed at Khatauli Station, 16 miles north…
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Smedmore-road is now receiving attention, for practically its whole length. Residents had begun to think that the local council was never going to attend to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The State Railways. Report for the Quarter. Sydney
The report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended June 31 was laid on the table of the House of Assembly to-night. It showed that 3025¾ miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Modern Railway Travelling
The Scotch express does the Journey from London to Glasgow, a distance of four hundred miles, at the average rate of about fifty miles an hour. Some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Appeal Teralba Railway Deviation. Sydney
An appeal in connection with the arbitration between the Pacific Co-operative Steam Coal Company, Limited, and the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Robbery
LONDON, Friday.—A number of masked robbers held up a train from Chicago to Minneapolis at Sevannah, and compelled the driver to move the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Big Bridge
A new railroad bridge which is to be constructed over the river Tyne at Newcastle will be the largest bridge-building undertaking in the United Kingdom since the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Copper for Railway Carriages
From the economical and artistic point of view, it is now found better to cover the outside of railway passenger coaches with a sheet of copper. The advantage…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tramway Fatality
A man named Emmerson [?] years of age, was killed by being run ever by a [?] at Broadmeadow on Saturday night. It appears that the [?]ed left…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cycling. Goulburn to Sydney Road Race
The Dunlop Road Race from Goulburn to Sydney was decided to-day. The race resulted in an exciting finish, and a win by only half a length. The weather was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Tramway Service
The complete inadequacy of the Newcastle tramway service to cope even moderately with any sudden increase in traffic was abundantly…
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The circumstances of the death of Emmerson Dixon, aged 76 years, an old age pensioner, who was killed by being run over by a tram at Broadmeadow on…
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Sir,—The reply of Mr. W. Fountain reminds me of a drowning man grasping at a straw to save himself. He is evidently making the best of a bad Job. In fact…
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The following list of lowest tenders his been posted at the Roads' Office, East Maitland:—Great Northern-road, E. Winder, to be reported on; Great…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian Railways. Question of a Strike. Melbourne
At a conference to-day between the representatives of the railway men and the Acting Commissioner for Railways. The latter warned the men not to take an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend. Tram Matters
The Strictures in yesterday's issue of the Newcastle "Herald" concerning the inadequacy of, the district tram service to cope with public requirements on holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria's Railway Trouble Melbourne
Conferences were held to-day in connection with the threatened railway strike. Mr. R. Hollis, M.P., general secretary to the Federated Locomotive…
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