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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

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The Railway Union. Its Registration Legal. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 5

The Registrar of the Arbitration Court gave judgment to-day in the matter of the application of the Sydney Trade Union of Painters; the Amalgamated Society of…

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Killed by a Train. Verdict of Accidental Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1906 · page 5

An inquest was held at the courthouse West Wallsend yesterday, by Mr. C. Hibble, coroner into the circumstanced of the death of a young man named…

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Rival Railway Unions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 7

Sir,—The report appearing in your issue of the 20th instant, with reference to the recent decision of the Registrar in connection with the appeal for the…

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Railway Inquiry. Relations of Commissioners. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 5

The Royal Commission appointed to investigate various matters in connection with the administration of the New South Wales railways (Judge Rogers, Mr. G. A…

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Railway Collecting Dog

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 10

The committee of the management of the orphanage of the London and South-Western Railway have presented London Jack H., the railway collecting dog, with…

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The Edjaz Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 February 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.— The Sultan ban been enabled by subscriptions, from his Moslem subjects to build the Edjaz railway as far back as…

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Motoring

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 3

A big race takes place on March 11 at the Volodrome d'lliver, in Paris. The contest will be a 24-hour event, and will be motor-cycle paced. Monster pacing…

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Railway Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 6

The annual picnic of the employees of the railway traffic branch, the permanent way, and the tramways in the Gosford to Singleton division, was held…

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Tramcars in Collision. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 5

At an early hour to-day two trams collided in Pitt-street, near the railway station, as a result of which four persons were injured, one seriously. The accident is…

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Motor Car Accident. W. K. Vanderbilt Mobbed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 5

While motoring with his wife near Pisa, Italy, Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt, the American millionaire, knocked down a little girl. The townsfolk mobbed…

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Railway Inquiry. Relations of Commissioners Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 4

The Royal Commission appointed to Investigate various matters in connection with the administration of the New South Wales Railways, Judge Rogers, Mr. G. A…

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Young Wallsend. Road to Sandy Bottom

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 6

In connection with the reserve for public recreation at Sandy Bottom, an area of about three acres of land, is to be resumed to complete a road about a chain…

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Victorian Coal. Railway Commissioner's Evidence. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 5

The Coal Commission sat again Melbourne to-day. Mr. Charles Hudson, Victorian Railway Commissioner, said that the Railway…

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Railway Inquiry. Relations of Commissioners Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 5

The Commission (Judge Rogers and Mr. G. A. Wilson and Colonel Burns), appointed to inquire into the relations existing between the Railway Commission…

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Railway Inquiry. Relations of Commissioners Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 5

The Royal Commission, Judge Rogers, Colonel Burns, and Mr. G. A. Wilson, which is investigating the administration of the Railway Department by the…

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Railway Inquiry. Mr. Kirkcaldie's Evidence Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 5

The Royal Commission, consisting of Judge Rogers, Colonel Burns, and Mr. G. A. Wilson which is investigating the administration of the Railway Department…

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The Uses of the Motor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 5

Constantly being extended, the uses of the motor seem to have no limit in the whole realm of locomotion. The latest was the auto cab, the auto traction…

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Motor Omnibuses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The London General Omnibus Company intends expending £1,000,000 in providing 350 motor vehicles during the year…

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Carrington. the Tramway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 March 1906 · page 5

Mr. J. L. Fegan, M.P., introduced a deputation from the Carrington Council, consisting of the Mayor, Alderman Marsden, Bromley, and Light, to the Premier on…

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Stockton. Fullerton Cove Road

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 3

At the last meeting of the Stockton Council it was resolved to ask Mr. W. T. Dick, M. P., to try to Induce the Government to resume the care of that part of…

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