Rail and Tram Employees
The final meeting of the picnic committee of the permanent way and tramway employees, which took the form of a social, was held at the Hidden Treasure…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1902
455 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 23
A New Type of Railway
A very ingenious way of meeting the difficulty dealing with metropolitan and suburban traffic, is by resorting to suspended railways, and various systems have…
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The Public Works Committee passed through Newcastle last night for Inverell. At that place the committee will take evidence in regard to the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Tram Without Lines
An electric tram car that will gain its power [?]n an overhead wire and go on a road without rails would be thought an impossibility if it weren't demonstrated in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton. Young Road Trust
A meeting of the banquet committee was held on Friday night. Mr. G. Hardy presided. The secretary submitted a balance-sheet, showing that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Adamstown. Railway Improvements
The improvements to the railway between Adamstown and Broadmeadow are now nearing completion. Four lines of rails are laid between the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District News. Carrington. Constructing the Tramline
Denison-street is being picked up and levelled for the sleepers. A large body of men, engaged under Mr. J. J. Haycroft, Assistant Engineer of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Railway Gathering. Presentation to Mr. W. Adam
The members of the various branches of the local service of the Railway Department met at the Cambrian Hall on Saturday, to show their appreciation of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hamilton. Duplicate Tramline
A number of men are now making progress with the duplicate tramline between Newcastle and Broadmeadow. The work of forming and laying the road has been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Accident. Railway Navvy Killed. Another Man Injured
About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon a terrible accident occurred in the Kahibah railway funnel, by which a railway navvy named Thomas Hayes was killed, and…
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LONDON, Friday.—Later details are to hand regarding the railway disaster at Machavie on the 12th instant when 13 New Zealand soldiers were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kahibah Railway Fatality
An inquest was opened at the Clarendon Hotel yesterday afternoon before the district coroner, Mr. G. C. Martin, touching the death of Thomas Hayes, who wan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Motor Sleigh
The "Auto Veto" gives and account of a motor sleigh which has Just been tried successfully in Russia. The sleigh consists of a body suspended on three sleds,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Presentation. Send-off to Mr. H. Wilson
About seventy railway employees assembled at the Hidden Treasure Hotel, Cook's Hill, on Saturday night today honour to one of their follow workmen, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railways Sydney
The report of the Railway Commissioners for the March quarter was issued to-day. It shows that the railway revenue amounted to £933,500 (passenger £385,796,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cars
The number of motor cars in Melbourne is rapidly on the increase. The Postal Department has one or two running round the suburbs for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cape to Cairo. Extension of the Railway
LONDON, Friday.—An agreement has been signed in Brussels for the extension of the railway from the Cape which is being constructed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Proposed Tramway
A meeting was held in the Council Chamber on Thursday evening for the purpose of soliciting the Government to construct and maintain a tramway system…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A railway accident occurred at the Hackney Downs Station of the Great Eastern Railway to-day. The axle of the engine of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Carrington. the Tram Line
There has been considerable delay and a large number of hands have been laid off work through the Railway Department overcarrying a consignment of dog spikes…
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