Fatal Motor Race
LONDON, Monday.—Two cars collided in the Criterium do France motor race near Bordeaux. Five persons were killed and two…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
439 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 22
Railway Disaster. Thirty Persons Killed. London
A terrible railway accident occurred in France on Sunday. A train from Angers to Poitiers was derailed while crossing the Loire, near Les…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Developing Nigeria. a Pioneer Railway. London
Mr. Winston Churchill, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies, states that that, the Government has decided to construct a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. £10,000 AT 8¾ Per Cent.—webb's Victory Over Towns.—trams and Ferry Boats.—the Much-debated Landing Stage.—the Prosperous Season Passed, Now, and to Be.—extending the List of Our Exportable Products. Sydney
An item appears locally that the Grebe (Sydney Glebe) Council has concluded arrangements with the Savings Bank of New South Wales for a loan of £10,000 at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Baronet Railway Repairer. Adelaide
Sir James Stephen Goold, known at Gladstone as Mr. Goold, has resided there for the past twenty years, and is employed on the railway permanent way. He…
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An affray took place at Woy Woy at about six o'clock last night, resulting in the death of a man named John, Purcell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Interstate Railway Match. N.S.W. v. Queensland. Brisbane
An interstate railway football match took place on the association's ground, East Ipswich, on Saturday afternoon, between teams representing New South…
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LONDON, Monday.— Prince Borghese, the leader in the Pekin to Paris motor car contest, has arrived in the French capital, where he met with a…
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LONDON, Monday.—The Great Western Railway Company has refused to recognise the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of Great Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Roads in Subdivisions
The clauses in the Local Government Act dealing with the planning and making of roads in subdivisions are some of the most…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. C. J. Bonaparte, the Attorney-General for the Uniteed States, has initiated proceedings against Mr. E. H…
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Sir,—I would like to ask those officials regulating the issuing of passes, &c., in the Telegraph Department, why it is that we, who have passed our examination as…
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During the past few years there have been so many minor accidents on the New Zealand railways that people are beginning to think there must be a screw loose…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Motor Boat As a War Arm
Sir Hiram Maxim declared quite a time ago that the motor boat would yet be the scout of the squadron. A fleet in advancing formation throws out certain of its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cycling. Bathurst-sydney Road Race. Sydney
The annual road race from Bathurst to Sydney, promoted by the Continental Tire Company, under the auspices of the League of New South Wales Wheelmen…
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A number of passengers by the midday, southern train yesterday had a sensational experience. A young man named Thomts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramp Steamer Sunk
A collision occurred at 2.40 a.m. on July 12 off the month of the Tyne between H.M.S. Assistance and the German Steamer Marie. The Marie sunk, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Public Departments. Operations in Newcastle. Railways and Tramways. Iii
There are still some people who sigh when they think of the good old days, when teams were so numerous on the road from Morpeth, through Maitland, to the north;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →(Before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M.) Illegally Crossing a Train Line
The hearing of the adjourned case in which Traffic Inspector Derkenne, of Newcastle, proceeded against James Lahef, carter, for alleged crossing the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motoring Disaster. Four Persons Killed. London
Mr. Root, a wealthy manufacturer, who was motoring towards Ashley, in crossing Massachusetts sped for a mile alongside the Pittsfield express…
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