Roads of the District
The financial year closed on the 30th June, and, as is usually the case, not much money is spent on roads for two or three months prior to that date. Some…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1906
451 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 23
Port Darwin Railway. Offer by Financiers. London
A strong combination of financiers has made a proposal for the construction of a transcontinental railway from Port Darwin to Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramway Grievances. Trades Hall Meeting. Sydney
A largely-attended meeting of tramway employees was held in the Trades Hall to-night, under the auspices of the Tramway Employees' Union, to decide what…
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The American boat train from Devonport (Plymouth) to Waterloo (London) was wrecked near Salisbury yesterday owing to the engine…
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The general public will no doubt be greatly concerned at the disclosure that deep-seated dissatisfaction exists in the State Tramway…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—An electric tramcar rushed down a hill at Halifax, Yorkshire, yesterday, and was wrecked. Two people were killed,…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The Russian newspaper the "Novoe Vremya" declares that Japan has decided to seize the Manchurian railway as far as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Grievances. Union President Dismissed. Sydney
The situation in connection with the tramway employees' trouble was intensified to-day by the action of the superintendent, in dismissing Mr. H. Lawton, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Salisbury Railway Accident. Sympathy of the Queen. London
Queen Alexandra, through Mr. Whitelaw Reid, the American Ambassador in London, has expressed her heartfelt sorrow at the terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Workmen's Trams. Deputation From Newcastle Sydney
A deputation from Newcastle was introduced to the Railway Commissioners to-day by Mr. Edden, M.P., [?] reference to the running of the 4.55 a.m. tram from…
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A miscreant released a car on the mountain tramway between the mining towns of Puritan and Portage, Pennsylvania, and it dashed down at…
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The members of the Ministry this afternoon had a long conference with the Railway Commissioners, on the subject of the trouble which has arisen in connection…
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Mme. Streun has received details of the death of her husband. Dr. Streun, the Swiss scientist and explorer, who was killed by an elephant in Sumatra. The…
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A deputation representing the council of the New South Wales Alliance, was introduced to the Hallway Commissioners to-day, by Canon Boyce, to urge that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Signalling. a New System. London
Some highly interesting experiments in railway signailing have just been carried out by the Great Western Railway Co. at its Fairfield…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tramway Trouble. Decision of Employees. Sydney
Another meeting of the Tramway Employees' Union was held to-night at the Trades Hall, Mr. H. Lawton, the president, being in the chair. Amongst others…
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The tramway employees on night duty held a meeting in the Trades Hall to-day to consider the resolution unanimously carried at the meeting last night. Mr…
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A conference, convened at the instance of the West Wallsend Progress Committee, was held at Young Wallsend on Wednesday evening, to discuss matters in…
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A deputation, comprising Messrs. Estell and Fegan, Ms.P., Alderman Windeyer, Mayor of Waratah, Alderman Cram, Mayor of Hamilton, and Messrs. W. Cann, W…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. Catch Cries and Their Mischievous Results.—civil Servants and a Fortnightly Payday.—the Success of the "Dart" Venture.—the Poor and Their Effect on "Property."—the Penalty of Civil Service Shiftings.—that "£1000" Tourist Train From Melbourne. Sydney
"Catch cries" catch on, and are difficult to catch and strangle in the ordinary way, simply because they are "catch." "Muzzling Parliament" is a case in point,…
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