Railway Combine Denied
LONDON, Wednesday.—The report that the Midland Railway Company, the London and North-western Railway Company, and the Lancashire and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
491 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 25
Motor Car on Fire
LONDON. Friday.—A motor car took fire at Beachy Head, Sussex, and was soon ablaze. Immediately the occupants escaped…
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A deputation representing the New South Wales Breeders. Owners, and Trainers' Association was introduced to the Railway Commissioners to-day by Mr…
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LONDON, Saturday.—By a majority of 37 the French Senate sanctioned the Governments bill providing for the purchase of the Western Railway,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision. Fifteen Persons Killed. London
Great loss of life was caused by an accident on the Indian railways yesterday. The disaster occurred on the…
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At a meeting of the Tarro Shire Council yesterday a letter was received from the Works Department, with reference to roads leading through private…
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The shire engineer reported at a meeting of the Tarro Shire Council-yesterday having made a careful inspection of the deviation on the road Minmi to Maitland,…
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Alderman Patrick Joseph Dundon, of Rookwood, met with his death in a shocking manner at the Rookwood railway station this morning…
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At the instance of Mr. Deakin, the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. Louis Brennan has forwarded official descriptions of his newly-invented…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Difficulty. Scone
Great dissatisfaction is expressed in the district at the action of the Railway Commissioners in altering the time of the morning train, formerly starting at 8.50…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Maitland Tramway
The work in connection with the completion of the last section of the Maitland tramway through High-street has been delayed by the department failing…
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The members of the locomotive department of the Newcastle branch of the Government railway service entertained two retiring engine-drivers at a smoke…
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The mutilated body of a woman was found on the railway line between Stanmore and Newtown at an early hour to-day…
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Shortly after 9 o'clock last night, Walter Gulley, a trimmer on the steamer Era, was run over by a Merewether Beach tram, at the junction of Scott and Hunter-streets,…
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LONDON, Tuesday. — Seventy-five thousand people have gone to Dieppe, in France, to watch the international automobile race…
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Mr. Lee, the State Minister for Works, recently informed a deputation that the Government could not sanction any further tramway extensions at present, in…
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An inquest concerning the death of the man Walter Gulley, who was run over by a Merewether Beach tram at the foot of Perkin-street on Tuesday night and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Races. French Grand Prix. London
The international motor race for small cars the Grand Prix de Voiturettes, at Dieppe, France, chiefly interested Continental motorists. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. "Wagglers" and "Nests of Adders."—the Sanctity of the Sabbath.—a New Kind of Club.—removing Old Landmarks.—where We Find Original New South Wales.—a Victory for the Tram Drivers. Sydney
"Father, may I have sixpence for crackers?" or "mother" it may be. And we say "children will be children," and say it in an apologetic tone of voice…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The great motor races at Dieppe were witnessed by 100,000 people. In the Grand Prix de France over a course of 478 miles,…
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