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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
439 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 22
The Act relating to dealers is under some discussion, because of the way it is alleged to press on certain sections of the community. Because of the frequency of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—The Plattsburg Council, I presume, as do all other municipal councils, exist for safeguarding, protecting, and promoting the interests of those in the borough…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Public Works Committee to-day gave further consideration of the expediency of constructing a tramway from Wallsend to West Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The days of the pamphleteer may be said to have passed. Speedier methods of conveying political views to the public have sprung into exist-…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The railway and tramway revenue returns for the last quarter of 1906 were made available yesterday. The railway revenue amounted to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—The Court of Inquiry into the railway disaster at Elliott Junction, Forfarshire, when a number of travellers were killed,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A deputation, comprising Alderman Fortheringham, Mayor of Wingham, and Messrs. J. B. Richardson, G. S. Hill, and D. Murray, waited upon Mr. Lee, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—I desire to call attention to the unsafe condition of the Georgetown bridge and the treatment it has received at the hands of the New Lambton…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—I was very much pleased to find that you had given publicity to the urgent need of better travelling arrangements being made in regard to the train…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Carruthers, the State Premier, announced to-day that Mr. T. R. Johnson, of the Great Northern Railway, England, has been appointed Chief Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—A paragraph on Monday last, dealing with the railway traffic from Newcastle, stated that there was a slight decrease in the bookings to the Cockle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Germans and Americans are otten considered as having an important trade thing Australia. The only remarkable thing about this is that they haven's a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—In your issue of the 31st ultimo a very cryptic utterance is made by Mr. J. Estell, M.P., regarding direct railway communication from Cockle Creek Station…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The appointment of the Railway Commissioners being now an accomplished fact, it may be asked what good purpose is served by public…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. M'Gowen, the leader of the Parliamentary Labour party, expressed his views to-day in regard to the personnel of the new Railway Commission…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—In respect to the Ash Island bridge, I and other residents of the lower part of Ash Island claim that we have not been fairly treated. It is all very well for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An English authority says a person driving a carriage is not bound to keep on the regular side or the road, but if he does not he must use more care and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrangements have been made for Jim Stanbury to train Durnan for his race with George Towns for the sculling champianship of the world. Stanbury,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A well-equipped hospital-car has lately been built at the Sacramento works of the Southern Pacific Railway. The car, which has been constructed at a cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Bent, when questioned the other day as to what he intended doing with regard to railway surpluses, past and prospective, claimed that it…
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