Ozone From Electric Trams
An Austrian medical man has written to a scientific journal to point out that electric trams are of great benefit to the health of the inhabitants of a great city…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
567 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 29
Canadian Railway Extension
LONDON, Thursday.—The Canadian Grand Trunk railway asks for a subsidy of 10,000 dollars per mile for the extension of its system to the Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Carrington Tramway
A deputation, consisting of the Mayor and aldermen of Carrington, introduced by Mr. J. L. Fegan, M.P., waited on the Minister to bring under Mr. O'Sullivan's…
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Mr. J. Estell, M.P. for Wallsend, introduced a deputation, consisting of representatives of the Wallsend and Plattsburg Councils and the West Wallsend Progress…
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Mr. R. A. Price asked the Minister if he would consider the question of constructing the Stockton to Salt Ash Tramway. Mr. O'Sullivan said he would bring the matter…
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LONDON, Friday.—At the recent Railway Conference at Bloemfontein, Natal protested against the conference preferring Delagoa Bay as the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Robbery. Maitland
A robbery was committed at the Victoria-street railway station yesterday morning, when the porter in charge, Mr. Charles Brandt, was assaulted. For some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our New Railway Commissioner
Mr. C. Hudson, general manager of the Tasmanian railways, who has been selected as a member of the new Victorian railways triumvirate, was in Melbourne on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Brisbane Letter. Brisbane, March 27. Rockhampton Railway
On Friday and Saturday last Rockhampton was the scene of much excitement, owing to the presence of a Vice-Regal party. The party, which consisted of His…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Robbery. Arrest of Accused
Frederick Griffiths, the man who was arrested by Senior-Sergeant M'Clelland on Friday evening as an accessory in the assault on Porter Brandt at East Maitland…
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Gangs of men were employed yesterday from an early hour in placing the steel girders on the concrete foundations between West Maitland Station, and the East…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland District the Railway Robbery
At the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. W. B. Smith, P.M., H. Crothers, and A. Wilkinson, Js. P., Thomas Russell. 27, was charged with…
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Sir,—I desire to draw the attention of those responsible to the dangerous state of the road along Hannell-street, Wickham. Either the road has worn down of…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—An infernal machine which was placed on a bridge between Adrianople and Mustaphapasha, in Bulgaria, exploded thirty…
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Messrs W. B. Smith, P.M., and P. Bourke, J.P., occupied the bench at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday. Thomas Russell and Frederick Griffiths…
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A commencement has been made with the work of constructing a high-level bridge crossing the railway line at the eastern end of Cowper-street…
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Sir,—I would like to ask what has become of the £4000 which Mr. Edden persuaded the Colonial Treasurer to advance to complete the Merewether Bench tram,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tramps of the Ocean
The British public has a vague notion that there is a stigma implied In the name Tramp steamer, of which the Tramp-owner has reason to be ashamed…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor-car Fatality
LONDON, Friday.—In the motor-car incident at Nice which caused the death of Count Zborowski, the mechanician of the car was also killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rail and Trams. Smoke Concert
The final meeting in connection with the Traffic and Permanent Way annual picnic was held in Lancey's Hotel, Newcastle, on Saturday evening. Mr. E. Kelly, the…
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