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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1909

483 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 25

Raworth Road

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 6

The residents of Raworth suffered much inconvenience prior to the action of the Tarro Shire Council in taking over the road through that locality, as, under…

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The State Railways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 4

The report issued by Mr. T. R. Johnson, the Chief Commissioner, concerning the working of the State railways during the last financial year…

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Our Brisbane Letter. Brisbane, July 31. the Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 5

For the first time in half a century a serious accident has occurred upon the railway in this State, and very keen regret is felt in every corner of the…

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Railway Electrification. Proposal in Victoria. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1909 · page 5

Mr. J. A. Boyd, M.P., who has recently visited Europe and America in connection with the question of the electrification of the Melbourne suburban railways,…

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Aerial Navigation. Airship for the Navy. Aeroplane Experiments. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 5

Experiments with the Messrs. Wright's aeroplane will be started at Aldershot shortly. Mr. Haldane, the Secretary of State…

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Municipal Government. Civic Powers and Duties. Road Making

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 4

In the absence of legal subjects for discussion at the present juncture, an excursion into the practical field of municipal services may not be uninteresting…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Shire Roads and Bridges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 6

Mr. John Ferry, shire engineer, has submitted a lengthy report to the Tarro Shire Council dealing with the state of public works in the Shire. He shows…

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Broadmeadow-waratah Tramway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 7

Sir,—This line has been promised for a long time, and why a start with it has not been made, I fail to understand. Had it been near to Sydney it would have been…

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West Wallsend Tramway Deviation Asked For

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 6

Messrs. Hearikson and Knutson the contractors for the construction of the tramway from Wallsend to West Wallsend, are making satisfactory progress with the work…

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Our Sydney Letter. an Ex-solicitor Who Erred.—a Little Boxing Item.—why an Aeroplane for Australia?—mr. Meagher's Return to Power.—the Jumpiness of Shares.—the Poor Man's Markets.—unruly Football. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1909 · page 4

Solicitor Parry has been struck off the rolls. Consequently he is now ex-solicitor Parry. The case against him, or, rather, the call upon him to show cause, was…

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Tramway Collision. Several Passengers Injured. Sydney

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

A collision between two trams took place near the Central Railway Station at about eight o'clock this morning. It is stated that a Henderson-road car,…

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Fassifern-toronto Tramway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 2

Sir,—Allow me to make use of your columns for the purpose of once more directing attention to the serious disability that has long been suffered by the…

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The Railway Robberies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 7

Joseph Dunstan and Charles Short, who had pleaded guilty to stealing 16 caddies and 200lb of tobacco and 20,000 cigarettes, the property of the Chief Railway…

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Railway Butchery in America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 16

The twentieth annual report giving statisties of the railways of the United Stares records an appalling list of killed and injured on the various systems for the last…

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Fuel on the Railways. Influence of Grade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1909 · page 7

The laboured working of a locomotive when hauling a train up a steep pinch has no doubt been generally observed by railway travellers as well as the freedom…

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Collision in France. Train and Tramcar. Eleven Persons Killed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1909 · page 5

A collision has occurred at Longjurneau, a town twelve miles from Paris, between a tramway car and a goods train…

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Railway Disaster. Two People Killed. Rails Expand by Sun's Heat. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1909 · page 5

An express train has derailed near Stalybridge, a town in Cheshire, seven and a half miles from Manchester. Two persons were killed and ten…

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Tramways to Lake Macquarie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 August 1909 · page 3

Sir,—I quite with Mr. O'Neill's statement in his letter of the 7th instant, that if Lake Macquarie were in the vicinity of Sydney the inhabitants would…

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Railway to Yetman. Investigation Promised. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 August 1909 · page 4

Mr. G. R. Jones, M.P., to-day introduced to Mr. Lee, the Minister for Works, a deputation representing the North-western district, the object being to urge the…

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Waratah Tramway. Work to Be Commenced. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 August 1909 · page 5

At the request of Messrs. Estell and Grabame, Ms.P., Mr. Lee, the Minister for Works, to-day decided to proceed immediately, with the construction of the…

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