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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1915

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Interstate Railway Cricket. Ipswich

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 5

The third round of the interstate railway cricket matches was played to-day. The match between New South Wales and South Australia was concluded. New…

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Tram Fatality. Accident at Brush Creek

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 5

James Topley Trueland, a single, man, 29 years of age, living with his mother at Argenton, was run over and killed by a tram, near Brush Creek, between 10 and…

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Town Holds Tramp Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 16

A town in North Carolina has at last found a way to rid itself of the multitude of tramps that has infested it. Beside the railway that runs through the town…

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Interstate Railway Cricket. Ipswich

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 4

The final round in the interstate railway cricket matches commenced to-day. The scores were as follows:—Queensland v New South Wales, Queensland,…

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Aeroplane Brought Down. Two Aviators Captured. Petrograd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 5

A German aeroplane was brought down at Vyshegrod, on the Vistula, on Friday. Two aviators were captured…

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Ilford Railway Accident. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 6

Ten were killed and 20 seriously wounded in the Ilford disaster, when an express train ran through a local at the crossing points outside the station, and toppled…

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When the Train Came In

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 4

I have another quasi-confession to make now: I do not feel any too intelligent myself this morning. No, it is not because of any undue intimacy with…

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A Vital Spot. the Forth Bridge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 6

Some say that Suffolk is the vital spot and some Norfolk. Somebody has seen a German submarine off the Yorkshire coast, and strange lights of signals from the…

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Railway Workers. Annual Conference. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 4

The annual conference of the Railway Workers' and General Labouers' Association was opened this morning in the Sydney Trades Hall by Mr. W. Rosser,…

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Marching on Hungary. Russians Seize Railways. People Fly to Roumania. Petrograd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 5

An army messenger status that the Russians now hold strategic railways connecting Bukovina and Western Gallcia with Hungary, and are within 100…

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Fell From a Tram. Lady Visitor Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 4

Through falling from a tram while in motion yesterday morning, Miss Lena Beecham, a young holiday visitor, was severely injured, and she now lies in the…

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A Railway Expert's Travels. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 5

Mr. M. E. Kernot, Chief Engineer of Railway Construction in Victoria, has returned to Melbourne, after a nine months' tour of Europe and America…

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Fire in New York. in a Railway Tube

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 5

The whole of the underground railway system was disorganised by a fire in the tube at Fifty-third-Street, and a terrible panic resulted…

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Moama Railway. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 5

Mr. Mackinnon, the Minister for Railways, will shortly inspect the proposed route of the border railway between Moama and Moulamein…

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American Navy, Its Aeroplane Service. Washington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 5

The Committee on Naval Affairs has passed appropriations for a large extension of the aeroplane service. The sum of 1,000,000 dollars (£200,000)…

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Appalling Losses. Dead Strewed the Roads. Petrograd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 5

The losses of the Turks were appalling Dead and wounded were left lying on the ground for miles. Narrow valleys and mountain roads were dotted with frozen…

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Railway Electrification

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 7

There are various indications of the near approach of the time when railway travellers will have all opportunity of deciding for themselves whether the…

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"The Broken Road."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

A. E. W. Mason, book-writer, got off a very palatable literary delicacy under this name. Later "Carol Foster" has a shot at plagiarism, nad tried his hand,…

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Waratah. the New Tramway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 6

A public meeting, convened by the Mayor, Alderman C. Baker, was held in the town hall last evening, for the purpose of arranging for the opening of the…

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Tramway Extension

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 7

Sir,—I notice by your Saturday's and to-day's issues that the Mayor of Waratah is convening a meeting to celebrate the opening of the Broadmeadow-Waratah…

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