Smith V. Railway Commissioners
In this case Arthur Smith sued the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales that they being carriers of passengers upon a tramway from Newcastle…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
567 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 29
The Coming of the Motor
The motor has come. It is no longer an experiment, and motoring is no longer a pastime or luxury. Upon one thing all thoughtful observers must be agreed: the…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The Kaiser has sent a German official who was formerly studying the Bagdad railway problem to investigate American…
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The residents of Fullerton Cove have been notified that in response to the representations of Mr. W. T. Dick, M.P., to the Minister for Works, a grant of…
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LONDON, Monday.—"The Times" tentatively suggests that if British capital is invested in the Bagdad railway, inquiry should be made whether…
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At the present moment, says a writer in "Engineering," we have the interesting experiment in municipal trading in South London of a tramway system…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Sydney Letter. Why Not Invest Future Knights Publicly?—the Warships Set the Harbour Ablaze.—side Seats on the Trams Are Veritable Death Traps.—a Little Item on "The Curse of Drink."—does the Chinaman Make His Customers Pay the Poll-tax?—a Hint to Our Jack Tars—challenge the Russians and the Germans. Sydney
The remarkably interesting function at Government House on Saturday night was just exclusive enough to prompt the query—why any exclusiveness at all? The…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—That portion of the injunction granted by the Court forbidding the Great Northern and the Pacific Junction railway,…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The English newspapers declare that the Bagdad railway is only possible if Great Britain consents to a large increase in…
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The Newcastle branch of the New South Wales Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association held their quarterly meeting at the Trades Hall on…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Sir Thomas Sutherland, chairman of the P. and O. Steamship Company, states that the Bagdad railway will never beat the…
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Waterloo Bridge, London, has been well called the Bridge of Sighs. It is estimated that on an average forty suicides a year took place at Waterloo Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Test of a Steel Road
The new steel trackway on Murray-street, between Broadway and Church streets. New York City, was recently tested with a two-horse ashcart with a hopper…
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A new invention has just been elaborated St. Petersburg, which, although without claim to rank with any of the inventions to which of late years men…
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LONDON, Friday.—Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Prime Minister, replaying last night to a question in the House of Commons, said that the Government…
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A motor vehicle which can be driven only when the attendant is in the seat has just been invented. It is not an infrequent thing for automobiles to run amuck…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Our Adelaide Letter. Adelaide, April 23. a Railway Problem
The baste exhibited by the Government in the appointment of a. Royal Commission to inquire into and report generally upon the mangement of the railways of the…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The Benguela Railway Company, in Portuguese South-West Africa, has been formed with a capital of £2,000,000, the whole…
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A meeting of the Newcastle branch of the Railway and Tramway Association was held at the Trades Hall last night, the president (Mr. J. Bowditch) occupying the…
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The passenger traffic for Easter week returned a revenue of £33,696, as against £30,202 for the corresponding period of last year. The increase for the present…
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