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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

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

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 May 1909 · page 6

Owing to the fact that there is no stopping place in the Maitland tramway service at the Belmore Bridge, people coming into the town from the country are…

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Motor Car Driving. Unsuccessful Appeal. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 5

Mr. Justice Sly delivered judgment to-day in an appeal from the decision of a country magistrate, heard in reference to the conviction at Tenterfield of a…

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Light Railway Lines. Views of the Minister. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 June 1909 · page 5

The question of the advisability of constructing light and narrow gauge lines to develop the interior of the State is now receiving attention…

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Cycling. Motor Car Hill Climbing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 3

An interesting exhibition or motor car hill climbing was given in Wolfe-street, Newcastle, yesterday afternoon. The car employed was a 14 horse-power per day for…

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Light Railway Lines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 4

Mr. Lee the State Minister for Public Works, has for some time been impressed with the fact that there are districts in New South Wales which…

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Kurri Kurri-mulbring Road

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 6

Residents of Mulbring and Kurri Kurri who have of necessity to frequently use the road connecting the two towns have been complaining for some considerable…

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Toronto Tramway. an Important Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 June 1909 · page 5

The movement to secure the restoration of rail communication between Fassifern and Toronto was advanced another stage on Saturday, when a large public meeting…

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The Tram Terminus on Gaol Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 June 1909 · page 9

The old gaol hill of one acre three roods, and 23 perches has been set apart for tramway purposes. The history of the old gaol would fill a volume, and…

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South African Railways. Opening Up Territory. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 June 1909 · page 5

The Central South African Railway Board is constructing 400 miles of line in the Transvaal and 60 miles in the Orange River Colony, at a cost of…

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Canadian Pacific Railway. Material Improvements. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 June 1909 · page 5

The Montreal "Herald" states that the Canadian-Pacific Railway Company is spending 6,000,000dol (about £1,200,000) in improvements…

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Russian Railway Loan. Covered Twofold. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 June 1909 · page 5

The Russian railway loan has been covered twice over. British capitalists subscribed £3,250,000, a portion of which sum is to…

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Railway Alterations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1909 · page 6

Sir,—It is represented that the Railway Department is about to effect a considerable alteration in the existing conditions relative to the running of through trains…

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The Tramways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 June 1909 · page 7

Sir,—I should like to draw attention to the fact that at least 20 persons were unable to catch the last tramcar to Adamstown from Broadmeadow on Monday night…

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Mails by the Trans-siberian Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 14

The Trans-Siberian Railway has now established itself as the quickest of the three chief routes for the conveyance of mails and passengers to the Far East…

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Electrification of Railways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 14

Sir Herbert Jekyll, in his report to the Board of Trade on London traffic, points to the fact that one railway running northwards out of London is prohibited…

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Railway Coal Supplies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 June 1909 · page 3

That the supply of coal for the railways in a Matter of universal importance is made apparent by the statement that during the current year the cost of…

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Our Sydney Letter. Lord Kitchener Will Visit Australia.—a Lift for the Dread-nought Fund.—people Who Lay Up Treasures.—the Coming of Winter.—those Closed-in Tram Fronts.—forty American Lads. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 June 1909 · page 5

A report from West Australia has caught the eye of the writer to-day, to the effect that Lord kitchener is coming to Australia, are returning to England. He will,…

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Railway Management

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 June 1909 · page 7

Sir,—No reasonable resident can justly hold the Chief Commissioner wholly responsible for the prevailing high rates, lack of convenience, and discouraging…

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A New Zealand Aeroplane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 3

A trial of the aeroplane constructed by Messrs. A. W. A. and Claud Barnard was made at Brown's Island, New Zealand a few days ago. The weather…

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First to Electrify Railways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 10

Sweden will probably be the first country in the world to abolish team locomotives on all its railroads. For Sweden has no coal of its own, and has to import…

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