Government and Roads
The Local Government Act practically frees the Government from responsibilities in connection with the construction and maintenance of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
491 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 25
Toronto-awaba Road
Sir,âAs a ratepayer in this shire, I am surprised to known that one of our main roads leading through Toronto, on to Cooranbong, Dora Creek, and Morisset…
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Sir,âFor some years past the residents of Toronto, Awaba, and Mount Vincent have been trying to get the Toronto-Awaba road formed and metalled, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London County Council. Loss on Tramways. London
The independent audit made by Messrs. Peat and Pixley, leading chartered accountants, of the London County Council's tramway accounts…
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A shocking fatally occurred at the Hamilton Railway Station a few minutes after 11 o'clock last night, the victim being a young man about 22 years of ago,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Season Tickets. Sydney
The Newcastle district Parliamentary representatives and Wallsend and Plattsburg municipal representatives Interviewed Mr. Johnson, the Chief Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Fatality. Death of Mr. J. C. M'hattie
The body of the young man who was killed by being run over by a passenger train at Hamilton station on Wednesday night was identified later as that of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Robberies. Detective Convicted. London
The arrest was recently effected of a detective named Brooks, who was in the employ of the London and North-western Railway Company, on charges…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nationalisation of Railways
In view of an announcement expected to be made shortly by the Government as to an inquiry into the question of the nationalisation of our railways, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London News. the Anglo-russian Treaty.—suffragettes' Self-denial.—probable Strike of Engineering Trade.— Nationalisation of Railways.—britain Must Command the Sea.—a Crusade Against Insanity. London, February 21st, 1908. the Anglo-russian Treaty
Sir Edward Grey, the Foreign Secretary, defending in the House of Commons on Monday evening, the Anglo-Russian Convention affecting Persia, Tibet, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Japanese Railways
LONDON, Saturday.—Owing to the failure of the scheme for the nationalisation of her railways Japan proposes to lease the lines to a foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Action for Damages. Removed From a Train. Sydney
Before Mr. Justice Price and a jury of four to-day, Herbert, Edward, Morgan, commercial traveller, sought to recover form the Railway Commissioners £1000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods and Railway Traffic
The heavy rains of three weeks ago, in the north and north-west, affected the railways at several points, and the Railway Department has been kept busy in…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Henry Slee, a clerk in the parcels office of the London and North-western Railway, was to-day sentenced to 18 months'…
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Sir,âI think when Mr. G. W. Hilder advocated improvements to Church-street he was justified in doing so; but he should have stopped there, and not gone…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A railway clerk at Chiasso, Italy, named Giometta has absconded with £7000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Railway Station
It cannot be said that the new mammoth railway station, which is being built in Flinders-street, is rising very rapidly. It has been delayed by strikes,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Queensland Border Railway. Brisbane
The Railway Department expresses the opinion that the proposed border railway from Goondiwindi to Mungindi is essential, in order to serve the largely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident. a Fireman Injured. Sydney
A special stock train, comprising two engines and 40 trucks, was proceeding to Wagga, last night, and when four miles form Junee, on the down-grade, the trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tramway Hearse
To what has the horseless vehicle come; rather, to what has it not come? In London now they have their motorcar ranks just like cab ranks, though…
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