Remarkable Discovery. Treasure in a Railway Carriage. Supposed to Have Been Stolen London
A remarkable discovery has been made at Benevento, in Italy, in a railway carriage. The train had recently arrived from…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
483 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 25
Motoring Accident. Car Dashes on to Soldiers. Seventeen Men Injured. London
A motoring accident of a serious character has occurred at Tilshead, in Wiltshire. A motor ran dashed into a party of…
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An accident occurred this evening on the Kelvin Grove tramway line. A car which contained sixteen or seventeen passengers, was proceeding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Politically Controlled Railways
The New Zealand railways were once under the control of an independent board: but with the advent of the Socialistic…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cycling. Speedwell Road Race
The fifth annual Speedwell road race, from Singleton to Newcastle, promoted by Messrs. Bennett and Wood, Ltd., was run on Saturday under the management…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Aeroplane. Successful Flight. Machine Under Control. London
Mr. S. F. Cody, formerly aeronautic expert to the British military authorities, made a successful aeroplane flight at Aldershot yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Accident. Death of a Victim. London
A fatality as occurred as the result of the accident at Tilshead, in Wiltshire, when a motor car ran into a body of London Territorials, injuring…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Riot in British Columbia. at the Railway Docks. Three Men Mortally Wounded London
The men employed at the Canadian Pacific Railway Docks at Fort William, British Columbia, are on strike. A serious riot occurred yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hexham. Maintaining the Roads
A public meeting to consider the question of the roads in the Tarro Shire area was held at the Traveller's Rest Hotel, Hexham, on Saturday evening, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unemployed Miners. Work on the Railway
The Newcastle district members of Parliament yesterday received the following telegram by Mr. Hanna, Under-secretary for Public Works:â"The Chief Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The First Passenger Train
As time takes him on Mr. Edward Ent-whistle gains in public interest. He is the only man living who knew George Stephenson [?] an Intimate, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Choir Concert
The Railway Choir, the winners of the recent contest, will give a concert in St. Andrew's School Hall, Laman-street, this evening. The programme will include…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Car Disaster. in San Marino. Five Persons Killed. London
A disaster has occured to a motoring party in the Italian republic of San Marino, among the eastern spurs of the Apennines, nine miles from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Tramways. the Year's Results
The report of the Chief Commissioner for Railways for the year ended 30th June, 1909, shows that there was during that period, a loss of £5968 upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chinese Railways. Shares of Foreign Syndicates. America to Participate. London
Reuter's correspondent in Peking, the capital of China, reports that Mr. Fletcher, the United States Charged d'Affaires, and the Chinese Foreign…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country Storekeepers. Annual Convention. Question of Railway Rates. Sydney
The sixth annual convention of country storekeepers was opened to-day, at Falmouth Chambers, Pill-street. Mr. E. T. Webb of Bathurst the newly elected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rival Railway Unions. Sydney
In the Industrial Court this morning Mr. E. Warland, on behalf of the Railway Traffic Union, asked the President for some advice…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Booth. Suffering From Eye Trouble. Motor Tour Abandoned. London
General Booth is suffering from a recurrence of the eye trouble which affected him some months ago. He has in consequence been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Economies
We are told that the Railway Commissioners are about to ask Parliament, through the Government, for something like £400,000, or possibly half a million,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motor Car Fatalities. Many People Killed. Fall Over a Trestle Bridge. London
A series of motor-car fatalities are reported, the majority having taken place in the United States. At the motor race meeting at…
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