Motoring. Its Great Progress
This week the Royal Automobile Club have issued a summary of the work done during the year (says the London "daily Telegraph" of January 8). It is needless to…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1910
655 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 33
Trans-andean Railway. a Newcastle Engineer
Mr. A. R. Gallagher, who was resident engineer on the Chilian side of the Andes, in connection with the construction of the Trans-Andean railway, was in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Traffic. Regulations Issued. Sydney
A Government "Gazette" was issued this afternoon containing the regulations under the Motor Traffic Act. The regulations provide for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Labour in America. Riot in Philadelphia. Railway Strike Threatened. London
Stoning of the tramcars which were running at Philadelphia was resumed on Tuesday. A "strike-breaker" (a non-unionist…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Strike Averted. American Railway Trouble. Compromise Effected. London
The threatened strike on the Baltimore and Ohio railway has been averted. Mutual concessions have been made…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Disaster. Argentine Consul Killed. London
While riding in an automobile, Herr Geiger, the Argentine Consul at Munich, Bavaria, was killed owing to the car crashing into a tree…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fight in a Train. Prisoners and Warders. Several Lives Lost. London
A desperate fight between prisoners and warders in a railway train has taken place in Russia. Fourteen convicts who were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed on a Railway Line. Lithgow
The body of a well-known young lady, named Mary M[?] James, was discovered this morning in a mangled condition on the railway line, a few hundred yards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Antarctic Expedition. Testing a Motor Sledge. Travels Over Snow. London
The tests made on the snow in Nor[?]ay with the motor sledge to be used [?] Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition [?] successful…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strikes in America. Philadelphia Struggle. Railway Firemen's Case. London
The strike lenders at Philadelphia [?]ave issued a proclamation calling [?]pon all working men in the country [?] withdraw their bank deposits…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. Attempted Train Wrecking Attempted Murder.—docks in War Time, and for It.—the Question of Our Sea Defence.—victoria and New South Wales, and the Custom-house.—a Telephone Subscribers List.—so Many Laws and Regulations. Sydney
The dastardly attempt at train wrecking reported from katooma is only the latest of a series. The others have justly or unjustly all been attributed to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Surface for Roads
The construction and maintenance of streets and roads is a matter of public interest in Germany. From every standpoint—military, agricultural,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Car Accident. the Driver Charged. Sydney
At the Newtown Police Court to-day, Eric Arthur Williams, 27 years of age, an engineer, was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder in a Train. Cashier Shot Dead. His Money Stolen. London
The dead body of a man named Nesbit, employed as a cashier at a colliery in Widdrington, Northumberland, was found huddled under the seat of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Murder. Tracking the Assassin. a Reward Offered. London
The London police are searching for a man who was seen in the compartment of the Newcastle train in which Mr. Nesbit, a cashier at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Imperial Defence. Airship for Sea Scouting. Reserve of Motor Cyclists. London
Messrs. Vickers, Sons, and Maxim have nearly completed a naval airship 50ft long. It is constructed of a new metal,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Engineering Institute. Visit North Coast Railway
The members of the Northern Engineering Institute who visited the first section of the North Coast railway, were given every opportunity to inspect the works,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in Queensland. Railway Lines Blocked. Brisbane
Heavy floods are reported from Northern Queensland. The Railway Department this afternoon received the following telegram from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Train Murder. Two Revolvers Used. Arrest of a Suspect. London
Examination of the bullets found in the head of Mr. Nesbit, cashier of Widrington Colliery, who was murdered and robbed in a Newcastle train, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unrest in Thessaly. Attack on a Train. Five Peasants Killed. London
The unrest in Thessaly, which is due to the practical serfdom of the peasants and the action of the Military League, culminated in the peasants…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →