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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

455 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 23

Hamilton. the New Tram Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1902 · page 6

The quarter-hour tram service is being eagerly awaited by the people here. If the increased service is dependent upon the completion of the duplicate line, the public…

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Electric Trams

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1902 · page 5

At last night's meeting of the Waratah Council, Alderman Creer, by consent, moved without notice, "That this council co-operate with the Newcastle Council in…

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Electric Trams. Letter From the Commissioners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 May 1902 · page 4

As will be seen by the following letter from the secretary to the Railway Commissioners to the Mayor of Newcastle, there is very little prospect of the…

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The Tramway Movement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 May 1902 · page 6

An officer from the Tramway Department visited Maitland yesterday for the purpose of inspecting the route of the proposed tram line between East and…

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Our Antiquated Trams

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 May 1902 · page 4

The proposal for the substitution of an electric tram service for the objectionable steam trams now running in Newcastle and district is apparently…

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The New War Motor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 May 1902 · page 11

The war motor mentioned in a cable some time ago is shaped something like a tortoise. About all that would be visible to the eye at the distance of a mile would…

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Fatal Tram Accident. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 June 1902 · page 5

Shortly after 6 o'clock on Saturday evening. Alderman W. Dolman, of Newtown, was run over by a steam tram in Parramatta-road. When picked up he…

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Killed on the Railway. a Pensioner's End

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1902 · page 6

Early yesterday morning hoe dead body of a man was found near the railway line at Temlba. The remains was identified as those of an old-age pensioner named…

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The Minister for Railways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 2

Funny to say, the Minister who comes best out of all this trouble is Mr. Trenwith. The opinion of hon. members has veered round altogether. He is for one…

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Railway Ticket Slot Machines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 12

Automatic machines for the delivery of railway tickets are a prominent feature of all railway stations in Berlin and suburbs. Their…

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Meals by Motor Car

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 12

The motor car seems destined to play an important part in helping to solve the servant problem,, for it has brought with It already in London the travelling…

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The Cape-to-cairo Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 5

The Cape-to-Cairo Railway has been surveyed as far as the Zambest, where a great steel bridge, having one span at 500ft, will carry the line across the river…

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Mangled by a Train. a Man's Fearful End

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1902 · page 5

At about 10 o'clock last night a young man named Arthur Calvert, resident or Waratah made a gruesome discovery on the northern railway line, a little beyond…

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Cook's Hill. a Railway Veteran

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1902 · page 3

Mr. W. H. Brown, car painter, of Newcastle, who was recently the recipient of a handsome illuminated address and smoker's outfit from his fellow…

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The Railway Fatality. Body Unidentified

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1902 · page 5

Up to a late hour last night the body of the man who was killed on the railway line, near Islington, on Monday night, remained unidentified. During…

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Hamilton. Top Blinding of Roads

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1902 · page 6

The construction of the duplicate tram line in Tudor-street has so far been done expeditiously, aid in a thoroughly work-manlike manner, with a good layer of…

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Railway Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1902 · page 6

An inquest regarding the death of a man, whose body was found on the railway line near the Islington signal box on Monday night, was opened before the…

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Greater Newcastle. Pelaw Main District. Richmond Vale Railway. No. 13

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 June 1902 · page 7

The settlement around the Pelaw-Main Colliery is simply marvellous, considering the fact that the mine only became coal-producing in November last. It is in…

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Railway Matters. the Parcel Office

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 June 1902 · page 6

At the City Council meeting on Monday night Aldermen Moroney drew attention to the state of the parcel office at the Newcastle railway station, and in accordance…

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Motor Omnibuses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1902 · page 2

It was noticed recently that an enterprising Sydney 'bus proprietor had brought over a large plant and started a line of "Favourite" staircase 'buses in…

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