Austria and Russia. a Disputed Railway. London
With regard to the report that relations between Russia and Austria are disturbed, owing to the latter having obtained the Sultan's Irade to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
491 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 25
Railway Association. Executive Officers Ousted. Sydney
The seventeenth annual meeting of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association assembled at the Trades Hall, Sydney, this morning, delegates…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Secret Railway Rebates. London
The United States Government is prosecuting the Southern Pacific Railway Company and its officials in connection with rebates given to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed on the Railway. a Fettler the Victim
Ernest Martin Clark, 28 years of age, a married man, living in Singleton, employed as a fettler on the railways, was killed while working on the line near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russia and Austria. the Balkan Railway. London
It is stated at St. Petersburg that owing to the movement of Turkish troops, Russian forces are concentrating near the frontier…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Australian Railway
Although the making of the transcontinental railway was no part of the written or unwritten Federal compact, it has always been recognised that…
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LONDON, Thursday.—President Roosevelt had written to the interstate Commerce Commission relative to the imporance of limiting the hours of…
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Sir,—I am somewhat surprised that notwithstanding the many complaints made that the roads of the city or Newcastle still remain in the same neglected…
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The capture by a British competitor, Mr. Henry Farman, of the Doutsch-Archdeacon prize in Paris, is an event which will be as memorable in the future…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London News. Mr. Chamberlain's Message.—old Age Pensions.—canadian Prospects.—calcutta Via Warsaw.—the Crown Jewels.—the Campaign Against Rats.—a Flying Motor Car. London, January 17th. Mr. Chamberlian's Message
"I need hardly say that I feel strongly that it is the duty of every Englishman to take his share in the preparation for defence. Whatever else we may differ…
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LONDON, Friday.—At the Brooklands motor track about 20 miles from London, a Napier car has established new records for 50, 100, and 150 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stanford Bridge Damaged
The rain has played havoc with the streets in Kurri Cessnock-street, between Alexandria and Heddon streets, has had the gravel washed away in half a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. Chinese and the Fruit Business.—importaton of Farming Apprentices.—who Pays for the Tramways?—"dead" Men Who Reappear. — Postage Stamp Licenses. Sydney
An enlightening statement has been made that the Chinese in the country are rapidly getting control of the fruit business. That is to say, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →American Railways. Action by Roosevelt. London
Mr. G. W. Smalloy, the Washington correspondent of "The Times," states that President Roosevelt has again stirred the Country by a letter which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Traffic
Tram traffic on the Merewether beach line was restored early yesterday morning, but men were engaged constantly during the day shovelling back the sand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at a Railway Station. Melbourne
About eight o'clock this evening the lookout man at the Central Fire Station reported a fire at Spencer-street goods-shed. A chemical motor pump, an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Manchurian Railways
LONDON, Thursday.—Sir Edward Grey, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, speaking in the House of Commons yesterday, intimated that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Quebec Bridge Collapse
LONDON, Friday.—The Royal Commission at Ottawa finds that the collapse of the Quebec Bridge was due to a defect in its design…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Extension
During recent years there has been a cessation of activity its railway extension in this State. To a certain extent this has been due to reactionary…
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The new railway works at Tighe's Hill and North Waratah are now well on towards completion, and the fourth highlevel bridge has been finished…
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