Aberdare Railway. Damage Comparatively Small
Mr. A. F. Hall, supervising engineer for the Aberdaro Railway, gave some interesting information last night to a "Newcastle Morning Herald"…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1913
715 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 36
Mail Robbery. on a Pretoria Train. Capetown
A robbery has been committed on a train running from Capetown to Pretoria. A mailbag containing bank-notes to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stealing a Motor Car. Man Severely Wounded. Paris
On a pretext that his relatives wished to purchase a car, a man lured M.I, Dardinne, the manager of a motor firm, to drive him in a car to Serbis…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Overcrowding Tram Cars. Protest by Employees. Melbourne
The Victorian branch of the Australian Tramway Employees' Union, at a meetings at St. Patrick's Hall, resolved unanimously:— "That, in the opinion of this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late Railway Strike. Question of Victimisation. Sydney
The question whether the Chief Commissioner for Railways and the Government had promised the Darling Harbour railway porters, who went on strike last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lorry and Tramcar. Collision in Sydney. Sydney
A sensational collision between a tram car and a lorry occurred near Centennial Park this evening, as a result of which Alfred Green, the driver of the lorry, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brisbane Tramways. Effect of the Strike. London
The Brisbane Tramway Company has declared a dividend of 8 per cent. The sum of £5500 is carried to the reserve fund, £10,000 to the renewal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Road to Arcady
Now tell me where is Arcady, is Arcady, is Arcady! Now tell where is Arcady, for that is where I'd be!…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The North Coast. Long Motor Tour
On Friday, 28th April, Mr. W. J. Milgate and Mrs, Milgate, in their motor car, accompanied by Mr. T. Hardyman, of Wickham, and the writer of this article,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Workshops
A large number of the employees at the Honeysuckle Point railway workshops assembled at 12.15 p.m. yesterday for the purpose of celebrating Empire Day. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tube Railways of New York
For its wonderful system of underground railways New York has to thank Mr. W, G. M'Adoo, who has recently been offered by President Wilson, and has accepted,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Economy
Now that petrol prices are high and lubricating oils of all kinds have a tendency likewise to appreciate in sympathy, I feel I cannot do better than…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A Railway Offence
Sir.—I wish to draw the attention of the public and the authorities through the columns of your paper to the glaring breach of regulation which occur every…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Children of Tramps
Mr. Charles E. B. Russell gives a most interesting account in the "Morning Post" of his visit to a unique school in Norway for the children of tramps…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cycling. Newcastle Motor Club
On Monday, (King's Birthday) 9th June the Great Northern Motor Cycle Club are holding an open reliability test, under sanction of the 'Auto-Cycle Association,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Hospital Bed. Request Turned Down
Mr. J. S. Spurway, secretary to the Co[?] Railway Commissioner, has written to the secretary of the Newcastle Hospital in the following terms:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hunter Flood. Railway Traffic Resumed. Repairing the Damages
Mr. John Davis, Director-General of Public Works, accompanied by other departmental engineers, will visit Maitland to-day arriving at 9 a.m., for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strikers Wreck Trams
During a tramway strike in Buffalo, N.Y., some serious, rioting took place, and the strikers, armed with guns, stones, and other implements of destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Alpine Railway
Already, though the Leetachberg tunnel is hardly finished, there is talk of another important transalpine line of railway (says the "Westminster Gazette". The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Importance of Railways
The flood in the Hunter River served to afford another illustration of the important part which the railways play in the everyday life and commerce of…
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