Train Arrangements
For the convenience of Newcastle and northern district residents generally a special train will leave Newcastle for Sydney at 8.55 a.m. to-day, returning at 11…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1905
366 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 19
Motor Car Legislation
Amongst the measures which have been prepared by the Stale Government is one for the regulation of the pace of motor cars. This will be cordially welcomed by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Australian Railway Rates. Melbourne
Replies have been received by Mr. Groom, Minister for Home Affaire, from the various State Premiers with reference to the question of preferential rates…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland.) Alleged Obstruction on a Railway. Two Boys Committed
At the West Maitland Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. E. A. L. Sharpe, P.M., Francis Villis, 15 years of age, and Albert Griffiths, 16, were charged, on…
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A case was hear in the Summons Division of the Central Police Court to-day, before Mr. Payten, S.ht., in which Robert Davies, Chief Ticket Inspector…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The law courts at San Francisco have given a tram conductor of Russian birth an estate worth £200,000, which came…
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Francis Villis. 15, and Albert Griffiths, 16, pleaded guilty, that, on the 9th July, at Pelaw-Main, they did, in company, maliciously place stones upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Development of the Motor
The development of motor transportation goes on apace, and if we don't woder at each advance as much as we might it is because man has reached a…
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Francis Villis and Albert Griffiths, who pleaded guilty on Thursday to having placed obstacles on the Minmi-Pelaw-Main railway line, with intent to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Robbery From a Train. Melbourne
Last night a cashbox containing £360, the receipts taken at the Williamstown station, was removed from the guard's van of the train, leaving Williamstown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. Some Light on That Equitable Assurance Cable.—an Instructive Item of News for "White Australians."—the Enormous Power of an Asiatic Boycott.—the Unemployed and the Land; Also the Employed Who Are Nearly Unemployed!—the Railways a Qualified Gain; the Tramways an Unqualified Loss. Financially.—mr. Reid and the Commercial Travellers. Sydney
So many people are interested in the Equitable Assurance Company that it seems to be the duty of anyone able to, to give information that will serve to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The State Railways
The anticipatory statement made by Mr. Oliver, the Chief Commissioner, as to the financial condition of the railways is one that affords ground…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. Hamilton. the Tram Service
When the Railway Commissioners were in Newcastle a short time ago the desirability of having a quarter-hour tram service to Hamilton throughout the whole of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Railway Rates Appeal for Alteration
The following letter has been received by Mr. J. M. Hyde, the President of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, in reference to the requests recently…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death at the Railway Station
Upon the arrival of the north-western mail train in Newcastle last night from Sydney, a ticket collector discovered as woman in one of the first-class carriages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. Non Paying Lines in the Railway System.—the "Thing" Down Here That Rivets Our Attention.—a New Craze Picture Post Cards.—great Britain Stands by Her "Colonies." Sydney
It is surely time that the non-paying lines of the State should be seriously debated in the interests of the railway system generally. Of course, a line may…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cycling. Speedwell Road Race
The Speedwell 50 miles' road race takes place this afternoon, and the event promises to be the greatest cycling struggle yet held on the roads of the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Speedwell Road Race. Won by J. Fraser
The Great Northern Speedweel Road Race took place on Saturday last under favourable conditions, and so successful was the event In every particular that it…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New York Tram Fares
You pay a nickel—which is five cents, or twopence halfpenny—when you want to go from one street corner ii New York to the next. If you desire to travel as far…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Fatality. Greta
An unknown man was killed by the passenger train which arrived here at 2.30 p.m. yesterday from Newcastle. When the train had reached a point about…
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