Railway Matters
We have not heard much lately of how matters are going on in the Railway Department between the loyalists and the men who were taken on again. But that…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
412 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 21
A Sydney Letter. Australian Representation at the War.—mr. Deakin Should Harp on His Strongest Chord—immigration.—the Scandalous Treatment of Dr. Dowie.—when Brutality Becomes Supreme.—that Disgraceful Tram Episode.—imagine, It—still a Boer War Department!—what We Want—a Poltical Searchlight. Sydney
Someone wants to know why Australia didn't send someone to the war to report upon the operations of the combatants with a view to proving the value of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Moving Stairways for Railway Stations
Hydraulic and electrical lifts are now so common in business premised that they are familiar to all dwellers in large towns and cities, and in underground…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stealing From the Railway. Eighteen Months' Imprisonment
Charles Cavell, alias Charles Jones, was presented on a charge of stealing a yellow oilskin coat, three pairs of trousers, two macintosh coats, thirty-six…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland District the Aberdare-cessnock Railway
Messrs. Upfold and Learmonth, the board of control appointed by the Aberdare Company to represent the interests of the company in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Russian Railway
LONDON, Tuesday.—Several people have been hanged for trying to destroy the Siberian railway bridge over the Sangari River in Manchuria…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War the Japanese Invasion. Injury to a Railway
LONDON, Wednesday.—The correspondent at Chefu of the London "Morning Post" reports, that 40,000 more Japanese have been landed at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Manchuria and the Railway System to Lake Baikal
Though the naval successes of the Japanese have of course increased their prestige immensely, it is England who will be the chief gainer in this part of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Wallsend Tramway
The construction of the proposed tramway from Wallsend to West Wallsend was further considered by the Public Works Committee, when…
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A collision occurred in the station yard early this morning between a goods train bound from Sydney to Newcastle and a stock train bound to Flemington. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Singleton Cassilis Railway. Sydney
The Public Works Committee gave further consideration this afternoon to the proposal to construct a line of railway from Singleton to Cassilis, with a branch…
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We have seen frequently references to the railway system which connects Manchuria with Russia proper. The line from Harbin to Port Arthur is good; Indeed…
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LONDON, Friday.—The railway across the ice on Lake Baikal has been completed, and obviates the necessity for the troops detraining…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Maitland. Bridge Washed Away. Maitland
Steady, but light rain prevailed in the Maitland district, almost without cessation, from about 2 p.m. on Sunday, until last evening, who there was every…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. That Tragedy in Oxford-street, and Better Tram Protectors.—the Second Scene on the Sydney Cricket Ground.—a Little Amplification of Tibet.—the General Sympathy for Sir Johnsee.—seven Years for Manslaughter.—an Evidence of the Buoyancy of New South Wales. Sydney
That appalling tragedy at the corner of Oxford-street on Saturday afternoon has led to a review of the undoubted great danger of crossing the road at this…
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LONDON, Monday.—A locomotive is reported to have [?]llen through the ice on Lake Bal[?] The aspect of Fugitives crowding the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Plattsburg. Road Matters
Nearly fourteen years have elapsed since the Road Department took over the control and maintenance of the main road from Wallsend to Minmi, and the fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Quick Way to Find Your Railway Seat
A French civil engineer, named Edouard Cros, has invented a system for the ready identification of their carriages by railway passengers. It is often complained…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Russians Frostbitten. Japan's Military Railway. Vice-admiral Makaroff. Arrives at Port Arthur
LONDON, Tuesday.—Vice-Admiral Makaroff, who is to supersede Admiral Starck in command of the Russian naval forces at Port Arthur, has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Wallsend Tramway. Sydney
The Public Works Committee to-day further considered the proposal to construct a tramway from Wallsend to West Wallsend, and eventually a motion in…
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