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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1906

451 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 23

Trams to Hannell-street

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

Sir,—Business frequently takes me to the neighbourhood of Hannell-street, where there is a pretty dense population. On numerous occasions, I have had to wait…

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Motor Legislation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The German Government is about to introduce in to the Reichstag a bill for compelling the owners of motor ears by…

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Railway Inquiry. Mr. Kirkcaldie's Evidence. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 4

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

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Young Wallsend. the Roads

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1906 · page 6

The rain has bad a good effect In washing the dust off the roads. It will also enable repairs to be effected in the best conditions. A quantity of stone has been…

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Railway Inquiry Relations of Commissioners Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 March 1906 · page 5

The Royal Commission consisting of [?] Rogers, Colonial [?] and Mr. G. A. Wilson, which is [?] the administration of the Railway Department…

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Light Railways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 4

Mr. C. A. Lee, the State Minister for Public Works, stated the other day that he had laid before the Cabinet a scheme for the construction of…

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Railway Inquiry. Relations of Commissioners Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 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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Railway Inquiry. Mr. Oliver's Reply. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 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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Railway and Tramway Employees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1906 · page 5

The committee of the traffic, permanent way, and tramway employees' annual picnic, which took place at Toronto on 26th February, held a banquet and smoke…

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Train on Fire. Ten Persons Burned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 5

A serious railway accident has occurred at a place called Godsend, in Ohio. The carriages of a train caught…

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Railways in Manchuria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1906 · page 6

We learn from the newspapers just to hand from Japan that considerable interest attaches in that country to the railways which will be built in Manchuria for the purposes of…

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Railway Inquiry. Mr. Oliver's Evidence. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 4

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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Newcastle Trams

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 6

Sir,—What with the smoke nuisance on our tramways and the bad service generally, I was not surprised to see Mr. Hawley's letter in your issue of the 7th inst…

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Railway Inquiry. Mr. Oliver's Evidence. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 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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Motoring

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 3

The following starts have been allotted for to-night's motor cycle race, distance two miles, and the heats are in the order of arrangement:—A. Bearpark, 30yds; A. J…

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Railway Inquiry. Drawing to a Close. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 4

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

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North Coast Railway. Tenterfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 5

Mr. J. H. Carruthers, the State Premier, who arrived here last night, was to-day welcomed by the citizens at the council chambers…

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Newcastle Trams

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 11

Sir,—There have been at various times letters, in your journal in regard to Newcastle imperfect, tram service. So far, nothing appears to have resulted from…

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Railway Inquiry. the Evidence Closed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 6

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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Railway Fatality. Forty Persons Killed. Fifteen Burned to Death. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 5

The westward-bound California express collided with the local train at Pueblo, Colorado, with disastrous results…

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