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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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Railway Station Gardens. the Prize-winners. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1908 · page 5

The Judges appointed by the Chief Commissioner to report on the relative merits of the railway station gardens have submitted their report…

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The Tramway Board. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1908 · page 5

A special sitting of the Tramway Board was held to-day, when the ruling of the Chairman, Mr. Justice Street, that the Act did not give the board the requisite…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Maitland Tramway. Protest Against Delay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 6

A public meeting of the citizens of East and West Maitland was held in the West Maitland Council Chambers last evening to protest against the Commissioner's…

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Tramway Inquiry. Rights of Commissioners. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 6

Mr. Justice Street, sitting at a special meeting of the board appointed to inquire into the matters relating to the tramway dispute to-day, delivered his Judgment…

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Gyroscope Mono-railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 November 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—In the House of Commons last evening, Colonel Seely, the Parliamentary Under-secretary for the Colonies, in reply to…

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Tramway Construction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 November 1908 · page 4

The time has arrived for the authorities to show more energy in the matter of tramway construction in the Newcastle district. The industrial…

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The World's Railways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 13

The "Archly fur Eisenbahnwesen" has published the annual tables showing the mileages, etc., of railways in the different countries from the end of 1902 to the…

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Railway Finance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 November 1908 · page 4

In connection with the Public Works Committee's inquiry into the deviation of the railway line across the western mountains, Mr. Johnson, the Chief…

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The Bulgarian Railway. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 November 1908 · page 5

The Oriental Railway Company's demand for £5,800,000 as the price of the Eastern Roumelian branch of the line is delaying the negotiations for a…

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The Bulgarian Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The Oriental Railway Company has reduced its demand for competition from Bulgaria for the Eastern Roumelian branch…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. Proving the Motor Car

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 5

The journey made across Australia by Messrs. Dutton and Aunger deserves to be called extraordinary because of the possibililtles it reveals in motor car…

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Tramway Inquiry. Decisions of the Board. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 5

The Tramway, Board appointed to deal with matters relating to the recent dispute delivered its award to-day. Before proceeding to announce the…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Law's Delay.—mr. Reid and His Party.—what Is the Opposition?—the Tramway Award.—only China!—the Message to Germany. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 4

Under the old Arbitration Act we had ample evidence of how a law case can be drawn out. That was because so many people were interested. Where, in the…

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The Tramway Award. How It Is Regarded

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 5

The award given by the Tramway Board, and which was published yesterday morning, was the subject of some discussion amongst the men in Newcastle who are…

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War Office and Aeroplane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 7

We are informed that the success which has attended the experiments with the Wright aeroplane at Le Mans has not passed unobserved by the British Army…

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London News. London, October 16. the Balkan Crisis.—the Suffragettes.—south African Union.—licensing Bill.—war Office and Aeroplane.—english Sculling Champion.—the Wallabies. the Balkan Crisis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 7

The official statement which is published this week with regard to the negotitations for the settlement of the Balkan dispute will be no surprise to our…

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Our New Zealand Letter. Wellington, November 13. the New Zealand Railways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 2

The criticism that has been centring round New Zealand finance is particularly concentrated at the present moment upon our railway management, and…

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How a Railway Was Built

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 16

The completion as far as Medina of the Hedjaz Railway, which, according to the original plans, is to be continued to Mecca, the starting point being Beirut,…

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Weeding Tramp Tonnage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 4

When discussing the situation in the Atlantic shipping trade with a representative of the "Berliner Tageblatt," Herr Ballin referred to the position of the shipping industry in…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Railway Facilities

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 6

In response to a requisition from the citizens of Maitland the Mayor of West Maitland convened a public meeting at the town hall last evening to urge upon…

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