French Motor Cars
LONDON, Friday.—During 1906 French motor cars to the value of £2,000,000 were purchased for England…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
439 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 22
Railway Fatality. Hobart
A railway accident occurred in Hobart last night. An able seaman on H.M.S. Pioneer, named Dawes, while running away from some cc[?]mrades, across the…
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Down Collingwood way they are telling a story of the masterful attitude adopted by Mr. Tait, the Railway Commissioner, when dealing with the department's…
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In "Engineering" there is a review of the attitude of Scotland Yard (Eng.) on the steam motor-omnibus. Superintendent Bassom, Chief Inspector of the Public…
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LONDON, Monday.—The agreement for the construction of the Canton-Kau-lung railway has been ratified. The line will be constructed with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sculling Championship. Railway Arrangements. Sydney
Towns and Durnan were on the Nepean River this morning. They proceeded to the starting post at a steady pace, returning at an average of about 28 strokes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rival Railway Unions. Arbitration Case. Sydney
In the Arbitration Court to-day the matter under consideration was the application of the Locomotive Engine-drivers, Firemen, and Cleaners to…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Thomas Parnham, a labourer, who is dumb and feeble-minded, has been arrested at Nottingham, and has confessed to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Morpeth Railway Facilities
Mr. C. A. Hodgson, district superintendent of railways, accompanied by Mr. W. Ellis, traffic inspector, proceeded to Morpeth yesterday to meet a deputation…
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Mr. Clement Edwards, M.P., gives in the "Pall Mall Magazine" the sensations of a fellow member who was once a railway shunter, and had a terrible…
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The engine of an electric train on the Sew York Central hallway fell down as embankment in Bronx Park on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hornsby Railway. Deputation to the Commissioners. Sydney
A deputation representing the joint committee of the northern suburbs—Strathfield to Hornsby—waited upon the Railway Commissioners this morning,…
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The lines of the Paris Electric Underground Railway, so far as they have been opened to traffic, have, says "Engineering," given good financial results. The…
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LONDON, Friday.—Mr. T. R. Johnson of the Great Northern Railway, who has been appointed Chief Commissioner of the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Race for Speed. Express Train Derailed. London
The express train running, from Pennsylvania to Chicago was derailed while going round a curve near Johnstown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Roosevelt and the Railways. Preservation of State Rights. London
Mr. Roosevelt, President of the United States, in a speech delivered to the undergraduates of Harvard University, said honest, fair dealing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway and Tramway Picnic
The annual picnic in connection with the Railway Traffic, Permanent Way, and Tramway Employees' Association, Was held at Mr. W. Donnelly's pleasure…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Sydney Letter. Who Should Pay for a Harbour Bridge?—the People's Banks and Bonds for the People.—the Value of Certain Moneys.—magistrates As Judges of Indictable Crimes.—more About Pure Foods.—coalfields and Local Manufactures. Sydney
The harbour transportation question has taken hold of the people by the throat. It has always been a live question but the trouble is the public haven't…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Signal-box. the Signalman's Responsibility
If the trustworthiness of railway signalmen were not so well known, Mr. Keighley Snowden's description in the "Pall Mail Magazine" of their exacting…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Railway Arrangements
The perfect arrangements for the transit of the crowds of people to and from Penrith, made by the railway authorities, and the smoothness with which they…
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