London Tramway Strike. London
The tramways strike has extended nearly over London. The Woolwich arsenal service continues, but the Doncaster races have been abandoned…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1915
426 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 22
The Maryville Tramway
Sir,—It is very gratifying that the Government recognised the growing importance of Waratah by urging on the extension of the Maryville tramway to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Fuel Supplies
Details are now obtainable from scientific journals of the important discoveries by Dr. Walter F. Rittman, chemical engineer of the United States Bureau of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Letters to the Editor. a Railway Grievance
Sir,—I would like to bring under your notice a grievance which could be easily, remedied. On the incoming train from Toronto, arriving at Newcastle at 8.45…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To Balmain by Bridge
I always knew there was a mystery about Balmain, but I did not expect the Norton-Griffith scheme would lead to its unravelling. That, however, is just what…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Relief of Distress. Cessnock Railway. Sydney
Mr. Holman the State Premier, has had under consideration representations respecting distress in the Newcastle district…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Charges
Mr. Cann, the Minister for Works, replying to a deputation which waited on him yesterday from the southern coal-owners to protest against the high tonnoge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Passes for Troops. Sydney
The case was brought under the notice of Mr. Holman, the State Premier, to-day of the Newcastle Naval men who were refused, at Albury, passes to travel over…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Aeroplane
One of the questions answered by the war relates to the aerial machine. An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory. The Zeppelin has no use whatever except…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Aeroplane Invention
In carrying out scouting observations with military aeroplanes it is essential that there be two men in the machine, namely, a pilot whose sole…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Engineering Institute. Military Bridge Building
Mr. D. N. Morison occupied the chair at the monthly meeting of members of the Northern Engineering Institute of New South Wales, held at the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Aeroplane. Interned in Roumania. Geneva
A German aeroplane bound for Turkey, alighted near Constanza, in Roumania. Two officers were interned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Aeroplane. a Futile Attack. Paris
A Germen aeroplane dropped three bombs of Paris. No damage was done The aeroplane was driven off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision. Many Casualties. London
A collision occurred between a troop train and a passenger train at Gretna, near Carlisle. Both trains were set on fire. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Disaster. Many More Deaths. London
One hundred and seventy bodies have been recovered from the railway accident at Quinton Hill, including those of two little girls…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Turkish Seizure. Bulgarian Railway Trucks. Sofia
As the Turks were in need of military transports, they seized a hundred Bulgarian railway trucks in Turkey which were conveying goods to the Bulgarian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Empire Day. Railway Men Celebrate
The fourth annual celebration of Empire Day by the employees at the Honey suckle Point Railway Workshops took place during the mid-day meal cessation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Disaster. Signalman's Mistake. London
An inquiry concerning the Gretna (Cumberland) railway collision, when the Euston express dashed into a troop train and a local train, which had already…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Aeroplane. Fatal Accident. Paris
The engine of an English aeroplane exploded near Hazebrouck. The machine caught fire, and fell. Both occupants were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Naval Bridging Train. Melbourne
Amidst pontoon waggons, surf boats, and other warlike appurtenances necessary for the operations of the First Australian Naval Bridging Train, the…
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