Motor Fatalities. Outcry in London. London
A Policeman who was regulating office in London has been run over [?] killed by a motor, bus. The occurrence has accentuated the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1913
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Tramway Smoke Nuisance. Another Letter of Protest
Mr. E. Scott Holland, the town clerk of Newcastle, has addressed another letter to the Chief Commissioner of Railways, protesting against the use of coal on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Accident. a Lieutenant Killed. Berlin
An aeroplane accident has occurred in Magdeburg. Lieutenant Schlegel was killed, and Lieutenant von Scheele was seriously…
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The death the other day of Mr. James Cowlishaw, Brisbane, revived in the review of his life some very notable incidents. One was the opening of the first…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A New Aeroplane. Invisible and Light. Washington
The War Department is experimenting with new material for the construction of aeoroplane planes. Its effect will be to render the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Notes on News. London, December 18. Railway Strike Settled
"Not drunk in the police court [?]sense That is the verdict of the Commissioner who was appointed to inquire into the circumstances of the conviction of Knox,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trams V. Motor 'Buses. the Conflict in England
Some interesting developments hare taken place in London in the competition between the motor omnibus combine and the municipal tramway systems…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disturbance on a Train. Case Before the Court. Sydney
Disturbances on suburban trains are frequent occurrence in the metropolitics area, particularly on Saturday nights. On case was brought under the notice of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycling
J. Bolger, the Sydney Club rider, who left Melbourne at 2 a.m. on Saturday in an attempt to lower the record between this State and the Victorian capital, has…
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Mr. John Hooker, late of the Tramway Department, was entertained at a social evening, and was the recipient, of several presents; at the Vienna Cafe,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →North Coast Railway. Extension to Taree. Sydney
The extension of the North Coast railway from Dungog to Taree, a length of 87 miles, as already stated, is to be officially opened on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram Car Held Up. Four Youths Arrested. Paris
Six youths, armed with revolvers and daggers, held up a tramcar yesterday and stole the takings. A sharp fight took place with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Disaster. Four Men Killed. Seven Others Injured. Brisbane
A live stock and goods train, which left Toowoomba shortly before 9 o'clock on Wednesday night, was partly deralled on the Toowoomba side of Murphy's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision in Hunter-street. Motor-car and Sulky
A serious collision between a motorcar and a sulky, resulting in painful injuries to one of the occupants of the sulky and a considerable amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Railway. Dungog to Taree
Arrangements have been completed for, the opening of the Dungog to Taree section of the North Coast railway on Tuesday next…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Non-party Issue. Railway Men and Lords
In the same number of the "Daily News and Leader," I think about there or four days ago, there appeared two very important announcements. The first…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wheat on the Railways
There is a serious congestion of traffic on the State railways, owing to the manner in which the farmers are rushing forward their wheat. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Control. Commission Asked For. London
The second reading of the Railway Bill has been carried in the House of Commons. The Labour members and many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Magnate
Mr. Finley Shepard, who is to marry Miss Gould, is forty-five years of age. He is a son of a retired Episcopal clergyman. He entered railread work in 1889, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Sydney Letter. the "J. D. Williams" Company.—raising the Ferry Fares.—suppose Our Railways Were Privately Owned.—money for the Water and Sewerage Board.—why Not a National Trade Mark?—the "P.l.l." in Conference. Sydney
What a bobbery over "J. D. Williams!" Not the gentleman of that name, but the company and the shares. We seen to take a personal interest in it; we, the…
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