North Coast Railway
Work in connection with the railway cutting in Mr. Enright's paddock, near Mayfield, continues, and in the Walka reserve blasting operations have been…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
491 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 25
District News. Greta. Railway Matters
A deputation consisting of the Mayor (Alderman A. E. W. Leaver), Aldermen Jones, North, Anderson, Cousins, Steggles, the council clerk, Mr. James. Clayton,…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Owing to the mistake of a pointsman, two electric tramcars at Philadelphia collided; and were wrecked…
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After the two electric cars at Philadelphia had collided, and were partly wrecked, they both rushed down hill and crashed into four stationary cars…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. Are We Not Overdoing Something?—a Few "Lions" the Americans Might Be Impressed By.—the Late Alfred Dampier, and the Classic Stage.—still Opium Comes Into This Port.—the Proposed North Shore Bridge.—a Day for the Southern Cross. Sydney
There is no risk of our not giving the American fleet warm welcome. There is, however, a risk that we shall overdo it. The fleet will be here a week, and the…
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Messrs. Carson and Simpson, the contractors for the first section of the North Coast railway, are now making rapid. Progress with the work, as they have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Sunday Trading. Railway Refreshment Rooms. Sydney
The hearing of the matter arising, out of the prosecution of Philip Hart, licensee of the Sydney Railway Refreshment Rooms, for Sunday trading, was resumed…
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Victor M'Garrigle, aged 16, was knocked down by an engine and killed instantly at Werris Creek railway station last night: It appears that the boy was about 60…
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A deputation, representing the Sydney Chamber of Commerce was introduced to the Railway Commissioners this morning by Mr. F. E. Winchcombe, the…
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The Railway Commissioners have recently issued their winter time-table, and, as is usual, various alterations are made in the running of trains…
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At last a start has been made with the coronial Inquiry into the Sunshine railway accident, but, not withstanding all the elaborate arrangements it seems very…
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Sir,—Permit me to draw attention to the great inconvenience many residents of Newcastle and suburbs are put to by the refusal of the railway authorities to…
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Another tramway strike has occurred in [?]seckland, the men having alike defied [?] employers and the Arbitration Court. The trouble arose over the dismissal of…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A collision between an electric tramcar and a train occurred on the San Martin railway, in Buenos Ayres, by which five…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. Mr. Coghlan and the King's Message.—making the American Dollar Legal Tender !—A Little Courtesy Matter We Should Not OVERLOOK.—Mr. Johnson and the Press.—our Great Tramway Problem.—something About Harbour Depths. Sydney
Surely Mr. Coghlan has misunderstood the King on that Exhibition matter. The cable to Sydney reads that the King expressed the opinion that of the…
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LONDON, Saturday.—Cedrino, the well-known motorist, was killed on the Baltimore track yesterday. He was racing, when his car…
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The Royal Commission on communication between the city and North Sydney took further evidence to-day Horace Alexander Smith, Acting Chick…
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A fatality occurred on the railway line near St. Marys last night. Two brothers, George and William Logan, were proceeding to their homes at…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The "Railway News" announces that the Great Central and North-eastern railway companies, with a joint capital of…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Three masked boys stopped and robbed a tram in Montana. There were hundreds of passengers…
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