Motor Hogs
The callousness and brutality of the motor hogs who ran down one of the men who toll through the night to get the tram tracks in order for public use…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1910
655 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 33
West Wallsend Tramway
The contractors for the construction of the tramway from Wallsend to West Wallsend, Messrs. Henrikson and Knutson, anticipated, when they began the…
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Mr. H. Lawton, president of the New South Wales Government Tramway Employees' Union, has made a most satisfactory statement…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. a Neglected Road
The condition of the approaches to Hillsborough bridge calls for immediate attention at the hands of the Cessnock Shire Council. The recent flood fresh in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Amphibious Motor Car
The French War Office has purchased from two engineers, named Ravailler, a motor boat of 14 h.p., which runs on wheels as well as in the water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Collision. New York Banker Killed. While in His Sleeping Car. London
Mr. Spencer Trask, a New York banker, has been killed in a railway collision at Croton, in the State of New York…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train on Fire. Five Persons Killed. Several Others Injured. London
A disaster has occurred on the Rock Island railway line in the State of New York. A special train from California was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Manhattan Bridge. a Great Structure. Opened for Traffic. London
Manhattan Bridge, the fourth bridge over the East River, New York, has been opened for traffic. The bridge cost £5,200,000 to construct…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →East Greta Railways
Mr. A. Thomas, general manager of the East Greta Company, announces that in consequence of shortage of coal the company has been reluctantly compelled…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Speeches by Ministers. Railway Nationalisation. Britain's Navy Effective. London
Mr. Winston Churchill, the President of the Board of Trade, speaking at Dundee last night, advocated the nationalisation of the railways…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Coal Supplies. Sydney
Although, owing to the continuance of the strike, the railway earnings have not reached their normal level, the traffic is gradually extending, and the receipts are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wright Aeroplane
A company with a capital of £250,000, backed by some of the most eminent financiers in America, has just been incorporated under the laws of New York…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Coast Railway
The Gloucester Estate Company announce that the best lands of the Gloucester estate are now for private sale. The river frontages, which adjoin the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train and Cart Collision. Man's Miraculous Escape
The level crossing at Tarro railway station was the scene of a collision between a passenger train and a milkcart on Saturday morning, resulting in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Railway Service. Minimum Wage Insufficient. Brisbane
A meeting of about sixty members of the Railway Employees' Association was held this evening in the Trades Hall for the purpose of furthering a movement to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Tramways. Profit for the Year. London
The profits of the London tramways for 1909 amounted to £645,000. The metropolitan tramways are owned by the London County Council…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring
A sensational record has been made at Brooklands by Homery, the famous and brilliant Continental racing motorist, who finished second in the last Grand Prix…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Newest Motor Cab
The taxi-cab hardly corresponds to a hansom cab as known in the modern form. Making it of another pattern left room for a closer imitation, and this has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Perkin-street Tramshed
Sir,—The Mayor proposes doing away with the shop in Perkin-street, which is a step in the right direction. As there seems to be a desire to spend as much…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian D.S.M.) Unskilled Motor Cyclist
James Edward Cook sued S. J. Mitchell, of Newcastle, claiming £10 compensation as damages, caused by the alleged unskilful driving of a motor cycle…
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