Main Roads
The engineer of the Tarro Shire Council has prepared a list of roads which, by reason of their importance, he considers should be classed as main roads,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1913
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Ultimo-road Tragedy, Committal for Manslaughter. Sydney
Mr. M'Kensey, the city coroner, -held an inquest to-day into the death of Thomas James Dibley, 18 years of age, a dealer and a professional boxer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The North Coast Railway
The formal opening of the Dungog to Taree section of the North Coast railway, which is to take place today, will mark another step towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Employees' Picnic. Successful Function
The annual picnic of the northern district railway traffic and permanent way employees took place at Toronto yesterday under the happiest of social…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bishop's Bridge
There was a good attendance at the [?]aces on the Brishop's bridge racecourse [?]n Saturday afternoon. The chief attraction was a match between Etheridge's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram Smoke Nuisance
Sir,—The tram smoke nuisance, as at present perpetrated in our main streets, is at once, a menace and blot on our civic administration, and immediate and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Coast Railway. Completed to Taree. the Official Opening
"To any man who has had the opportunity of realising even in a small degree the wonderful resources of the North Coast district, it is inconceivable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Concession Rates. Revision by Chief Commissioner Sydney
The Railway Department has revised the list of persons who, hitherto, have been allowed to travel on the railways free or at reduced cost. Under the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trans-australian Railway. Turning the First Sod. Melbourne
Final arrangements, for the Federal Parliamentary party's trip to Kalgoorllo in connection with the turning of the first sod of the western section of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Motor Bandits. Examination of Accused. Paris
At the trial of the motor bandits, the President of the Court examined one of the prisoners named Drendonne, who is accused of an attack on a bank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tehuantepec Railway. Concessions for Sale. London
Negotiations are proceeding between Messrs. S..Pearson and Son, Limited, of London, bankers and the Mexican Government for the sale of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters to the Editor. Tramway Smoke Nuisance
Sir,—I think the people of Newcastle have tolerated the dense smoke from trams quite long enough and something should be done at once to remedy the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident. Oil Catches Fire. Berlin
A train by which Prince Eitel, the Kaiser's second son, was travelling in Transylvania collided with a train hauling tanks of petroleum…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Construction. Question of Party Credit. Sydney
Mr. Griffith, the Minister for Works, made a few observations this afternoon concerning what he regards as another attack on him by Mr. Wood, acting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glamour of the Road
A curious case lately came before the Paris courts of a young man belonging to a very wealthy family who, after reading M. Jean Richepins "Chanson des…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A Crop of Motor Accidents
Of late there has been an extraordinary number of motor car mishaps. This is perhaps owing to the fine weather, which tempts out the motorist, expert…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Bandits. the French Trial. Paris
The trial of the twenty members of the Bonnot motor bandit gang was continued on Saturday. Caby, the bank messenger, identified…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forty-eight Hours on the Bridge
Few people spent so anxious a Christmas as Captain R. Bidwell of the P. and C. liner Nurrung, who had to bring his ship back to London after she had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Traffic. Department's Difficulties. Sydney
The shortage of trucks and the congestion of traffic on the railways is the subject of a report which Mr. Johnson, the Chief Railway Commissioner, has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tramway Smoke Nuisance. a Public Protest
A public meeting was held in the Newcastle Council Chamber last evening, called by the Mayor at the instance of the aldermen to consider the…
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