Aeroplane Falls. Two Persons Killed. Berlin
The wing of an aeroplane flying over Dresden snapped and the machine fell and exploded. Reichelt, the aviator, and a woman,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
557 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 28
Letters to the Editor. Extension of Carrington Tram Line
Sir,—Alderman Murray's intention to invoke the aid of the Carrington Council in an attempt to obtain an extension of the tram line towards and in close proximity…
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It is Consoling to our national pride to and that other railway chairmen do not share the opinion of Lord Claud Hamilton that Englishmen have not the…
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The Board of the Swedish State Railway has prepared and laid before the Government a complete and comprebensive plan for the electrification of certain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lewis-road, Maryville
Sir,—I wish to draw your attention to the state of the road that is in Lewis-street running into Meryville, which I cell a mountain. I believe they caught…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ostrich Farming. Train Full of Birds. Melbourne
A unique sight was witnessed at Echuca, when a special train of fifteen trucks, containing 366 ostriches steamed into the platform, consigned by their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters to the Editor. Railway Facilities
Sir,—During the recent visit of the Railway Commissioners to Newcastle they were asked by one of the councils to provide lavatory accommodation on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Railways. Vast Capital
The railway company with the largest nominal capital is the Midland, with a total of £230,620,150 issued. But of this figure no less than £62,000,000 consist…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Territory. Railway Construction. Melbourne
An important decision has, it is understood been come to by Federal Ministers with regard to railway construction in the Northern Territory. In a report which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. Tramway Extension. Visit of Mr. Conyers
The extension of the Maitland tramway to the localities beyond Campbell's Hill has been advocated for some years by the people living in those ports, and as their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japanese in Manchuria. Railway Enterprise
Among the many enterprises in which Japan is interested in Manchuria, none can compare in size and importance with the South Manchurian Railway. A feeder…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Disaster. Driver and Fireman Killed. London
A serious railway accident is reported. The express train from London to Aberdeen collided with an engine at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Traffic
The railways of New South Wales belong to the people, and it is this fact, perhaps, which causes the flow of criticism on the management of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Collision. Details of the Accident. London
Further details of the collision between an express and goods train at Burntisland, in Scotlana, are hand. The express train was going…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Promotions. Action by the Association. Sydney
The success of the representations made by the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association in regard to the system of promotion in the tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casual Tramway Conductors
Sir,—I see in Wednesday's issue of the "Newcastle morning Herald' a paragraph dealing with the condition of Sydney casual conductors which states that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Troubles. "Black" Chaff Dispute. Sydney
The chaffcutters dispute at Coolamon, originating in the employment of nonunion, labour, threatens to result in complications in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Nationalisation
The nationalisation of railways is an accomplished fact in many countries, and perhaps the condition of things has since improved on those railways of my own…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Our Sydney Letter. Smallfox and the Prophets.—the Tram Fares That Weren't Missed.—can New South Wales Impose Export Duties?—duty Stamps and Discrimination.—cruelty to Stock.—again They Pass It On. Sydney
Are we going to have another run of smallpox? The question is easy; the answer otherwise. One of the most interesting and amusing things about this…
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Sir,—Regarding the statement of Mr. N. J. Munro, in Friday's issue of the "Newcastle Morning Herald," concerning "One of the Struggler's" letter regarding…
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