Making Aeroplane Wings
Various kinds of material, including linen, silk, cotton, celluloid films, and aluminium fell, have been, tried for covering the wings of aeroplanes, but none has…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1915
426 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 22
Follow in Their Train
Australian sons go forth to war, Our freedom to maintain The star-cross banner streams afar, Come, follow in their train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway Accident. Motor Over Embankment
A remarkable tramway accident occurred yesterday afternoon at the tramway terminus, Parnell-place, Newcastle, a motor and an ash truck going over the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Government Proposals. Railway Duplications. Sydney
The Cabinet to-day authorised a big scheme of railway duplications. In consequence Mr. Cann, Minister for Public Works, will move in the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Matters in Sydney. Mr. Hoyle and Railway Men. Sydney
At the Eveleigh workshops this afternoon, Mr. Hoyle, Minister for Railways, made an appeal to a gathering of 5000 railway men for volunteers to put the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney City Railway
Some opposition is being shown to the intention of the State Government to proceed with the construction of the Sydney city railway. The problem…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Border Railways. Sydney
Mr. Holman the State Premier, announced to-day that Cabinet had decided to proceed with the appointment or the Royal Commission to investigate the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Submarine Train
An underwater freight train that makes it possible for a submarine torpedo boat to operate in hostile waters for an indefinite period has (says Mr. Frank…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →District Unemployment. Men for Railway Works
About 500 men assembled yesterday morning at the office of the Government Labour Exchange, Newcastle, when Mr. F. Brennan, Superintendent of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Highspeed Railway. Offer to Sydney. London
The Kearney High-Speed Railway Company, Limited, has sent the New South Wales Government a scheme for applying their high-speed system to the city…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Steps
We cannot all see what train steps have to do with Town Planning, but perhaps if those of us who now are not were to become members of the Town Planning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Train Up a Child—"
If we gave our boys a little more education in discipline and patriotism, and self-control, and a little less of the booklearning which is crammed down their…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Meeting of Railway Workers
During the luncheon hour yesterday a recruiting meeting attended by between 500 and 6400 men, was [?] at the H[?] suckle Point Railway Workshops. Mr. N…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Austrian Aeroplane Captured Near Barletta. Rome
One of the Austrian aeroplanes which threw bombs on Bari, an unfortified town near Brindisi, and killed three civilians, while travelling homeward was hit by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Employees. Concessions Granted. London
The Board of Conciliation has announced its award in connection with the grievances of the London tramway employees most of whom went on strike in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fassifern Train Service
Sir,—I desire to ventlate a grievance which has already repeatedly had attention drawn to it, but with no effect. I refer to the want of an early train from,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Naval Bridging Train. Melbourne
Approval was given at a meeting of the Federal Executive to-day to the formation of a naval bridging train for service abroad, and also to the following…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Parliament. Legislative Council. Cost of Railway Works. Sydney
Mr. F. FLOWERS, President of the Legislative Council, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. Sir ALLEN TAYLOR gave notice of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Explosions. in a Troop Train. Paris
Travellers in Lower Alsace report that several bombs on Monday exploded in a crowded troop train at Colmar, with frightful results…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Rifle Silencer. British Motor's Good Work. Mitylene
Turco-German snipers are using a device to render their shots noiseless. It consists of two small brass tubes, one, within the other, attachable to the…
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