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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Railway Commissioners. Visit of Inspection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 6

Mr. T.R. Johnson the ,Chief Railway Commissioner, accompanied by Mr. D. Kirkcaldie, Assistant Commissioner; Mr. J Harper, chief traffic manager; Mr. J…

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Sydney Harbour. Bridge or Tunnel. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 4

The Royal, Commission appointed to inquire into the question of Providing hotter means of communication between Sydney nard North Sydney took further…

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Summons Division. Tram Driver in Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 2

When the adjourned case Tramway In specter Murray V. Charles Brown was called on, the inspector stated that. Mr. Cargill the railway solicitor had been…

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Our Sydney Letter. Some Very Interesting Figures.—who Should Pay for the Bridge.—medals for the Americans.—things We Are Forgetting As Hosts.—much Suspicious Money About.—our Intended Coinage. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 June 1908 · page 5

Some startling figures were given by the manager of the Sydney Ferries Company before the Commission appointed to inquire into the question of bridge or tunnel…

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Summons Division. Railway Offences

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 7

Alfred W. Rose, railway traffic inspector, proceeded against Robert Lawrence on a charge of wilfully impeding John Penfold, a railway officer, in the…

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Killed on the Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 5

The driver of the Brisbane mall running north last night had occasion to go to the front of his engine shortly after the train arrived at West Maitland, when…

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The Railway Commissioners Mayor Indignant

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 5

At the meeting of the Newcastle Council last night, the Mayor, Alderman Cook in his minute, reported the result of an interview with Mr. Johnson, the Chief…

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Reckless Motoring

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Guy Stratton, a wealthy lumberman, of Seattle, Washington State, has been fined £100 and sentenced to an indefinite term of…

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Murrurundi Accident. Trial of Ex-railway Officers. Murrurundi

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 5

The hearing of the charge against William Gibson and James Bede Dwyer, of negligently omitting to see that the up home signal was at danger on April 17,…

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The Railway Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 5

The remains of the man who was run over and killed by the Brisbane express near Wickkham on Monday night were yesterday identified as those of John…

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Tram Car Destroyed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 5

An electric tramcar, belonging to the Fremantle municipal service, was destroyed, by fire this morning. The ear was standing with a trolly affixed to the wire…

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The Railway Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1908 · page 7

The inquest concerning the death of John Patrick Sandford, who was killed on the railway at Wickham on Monday night, was held yesterday at the Newcastle…

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Coalfield Railways. Conference at Weston

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 June 1908 · page 6

A conference of delegates from the progress associations of the Maitland coalfield district was held at Weston on Tuesday evening to arrange for a deputation…

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North Coast Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1908 · page 6

Yesterday was pay-day for the men employed on the Maitland division of the North Coast railway, and the work of distributing the wages was carried out by…

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Leap From a Train. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 June 1908 · page 5

An unknown passenger made a sensational leap from the Adelaide express train near Glenorchy at 4 o'clock yesterday morning. The train was…

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Tramway Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 June 1908 · page 4

The motion of censure on the executive of the Tramway Union, which was carried recently at the Sydney branch, was considered yesterday at a special meeting…

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Railway Combination

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—There are rumors that the Midland Railway Company, the London and North-western Railway Company, and the Lancashire…

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Municipal Conference. Young-road Improvement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 5

A conference of the municipalities of Lambton, New Lambton, and Hamilton, was held in the Lambton Council Chambers, last night, to discuss ways and…

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Undedicated Roads

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 6

The subject of the taking over of undedicated road has been a source of trouble to the Tarro Shire Council. In some instances the council has been…

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Railway Collision. Wirths' Circus Train. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 5

Information has been received in Brisbane that a special train conveying Wirths' circus smashed into a goods train this morning at Croydon Junction, a…

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