Narrow Gauge Railways. Public Works Committee. Sydney
The Public Works Committee returned to Sydney to-day from their visit to Victoria and Tasmania, which was made with the object of inspecting the narrow gauge…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
483 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 25
The Railway Case. Broken Hill
The trial of William Rosser, Joseph Lyons, and Edward Arthur Kingsley was commenced in the police court this morning. The accused are charged with…
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Mr. Charlton, M.P., interviewed Mr. Lee, the Minister Works, this afternoon, and requested him to receive a deputation in the terms of the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ash Island Bridge. Official Opening
The ceremony of opening the newly-constructed bridge across the south channel of the Hunter River, connecting Lower Hexham with Ash Island, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Electrification. Rapid Progress in America
It is officially stated that the Canadian Pacific railroad, the only transcontinental line in Canada, will proceed immediately to electrify its whole system through the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Engineers. Deputation to the Minister. Sydney
A deputation from the Amalgamated Society of Engineers of New South Wales to-day asked Mr. Waddell, the Minister for Railways, to consider the relative…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Sydney Letter. Always Growing.—peace and War.—tunnels, and Not a Bridge, for Port Jackson.—the Influence of the Press.—professor David and Antarctica.—a "Bovril" Factory for Australia. Sydney
Where is it going to end? Aye, that's the question, as Hamlet has it. It is over up, ever up, and ever up, and yet there must be a limit. One ponders and…
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A somewhat uncommon type of steamer was launched on February 22nd from the Neptune Works of Messrs. Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson (Limited) Newcastle-on-Tyne…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Railway Men. Hours of Labour. London
Lord Cromer, who has been acting as arbitrator in a dispute between the Midland Railway Company and their employees, has decided that eleven…
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The President of Tarro Shire Council reported at a meeting of the council yesterday that, as arranged he together with Councillor Towns, met a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Contracts
There are circumstances in connection with the letting or the contract for the construction of the Gloucester-Taree section of the North-coast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chinese Railways. Acute Tension. London
Details of the differences between British end German financiers regarding the Canton-Hankau railway loan show, acute tension through Germany…
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The "New South Wales Railway Budget" for the current month to hand yesterday, in an article referring to the addition made to the comfort of travelling on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Across the Andes. a Great Railway. London
The company known as Sir John Jackson, Limited, 53 Victoria-Street, Westminster, has secured the contract for the railway from Arica, in Chili, to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Boat Race. Sydney to Newcastle. Sydney
A motor-boat race from Sydney to Newcastle and back commenced to-night. The course lies from inside Sydney harbour to Newcastle harbour, and back, and…
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In the District Court to-day, before Judge Backhouse, Timothy Buckley, of 147 New South Head-road, Paddington sued G. P. Innes and Company, motor car…
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LONDON, Friday—The "Daily Mail" offers a prize of £1000 for the first aeroplane of British invention and manufacture flying a mile…
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Zelma was the first of the competing motor boats to reach Newcastle yesterday morning in the race from Sydney to Newcastle and back…
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The motor yacht which is to be built at Dumbarton for Sir Andrew Noble promises to be rather an interesting addition to the growing fleet of what we call cabin…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Coal Traffic Picnic
The second annual picnic of the Newcastle railway coal traffic employees was held at Tomago yesterday, when the steamers Guthrey and Rose carried…
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