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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1915

426 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 22

The Tram Man's Way

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1915 · page 4

Among the many schemes now is operation for separating mankind from his money is none organised by the trammen. They are getting up one of those things…

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Railway Institute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1915 · page 7

A meeting was held in the bandroom, Hamiton Railway Station, on Saturday night, for the purpose of considering the establishiment of a branch of the…

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Allies' Aeroplanes. Bombing a Train. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1915 · page 5

Reports from Alsace show that several days ago aeroplanes at Colmar greatly damaged the military workshops. Bombs fell on a train conveying…

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A Novocastrian on Tour. the Air Raid on London. Aeroplane Versus Zeppelin. London, June 12. to London at Last!

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1915 · page 7

Less than a fortnight ago—on the night of the 31st May, to be exact— London was favoured with its first visit from a Zeppelln. Except for a few…

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District News. Tighe's Hill. Steel Works Tramway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1915 · page 3

The construction of the tramway from the terminus at Maryville to the steel works has been commenced. The earth work has been taken out from the…

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Railway Choir Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1915 · page 6

A concert was given in the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Hall last evening by the members of the Railway Choir, assisted by several other…

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Swansea Railway. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 4

Mr. Edden, M.P., had an interview with Mr. Cann, the Minister for Works, to-day, and, urged the necessity for the proposed Redhead to Swansea railway being…

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German Aerodrome. Established in Ghent. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 5

An aerodrome has been established in Saint Denis Square, in Ghent. A hundred airmen practies daily, and from ten to twenty aeroplanes are…

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Motor Car Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1915 · page 6

Edith Muriel, the five-year-old daughter of Mr. Thomas White, of Bull-street, West Maitland, was run down by a motor car in High-street, Opposite the…

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Retired From the Railway. After 43 Years

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1915 · page 11

Mr. C. W. C. Mathews, who recently retired from the Railway Department, after 43 years' service, has a record of which he has every reason to be proud…

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Railway Commission. Mr. Milne Selected. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 July 1915 · page 4

Mr. E. Milne, district superintendent at Orange, has been appointed Assistant Commissioner for Railways in succession to the late Mr. Richardson…

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Railway Collision. Melbourne

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

Shortly after leaving Flinders-street for Port Melbourne, this evening, a train collided with a light engine, causing slight injuries to about a dozen occupants…

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Trains and Trams to Stop

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

In accordance with the request of the Premier, who has desired that work may be stopped in all State public departments for live minutes commencing at 10…

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Austrian Railway Workers Amsterdam

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

The Austrian Minister for Railways has ordered the railway workers to learn German, which hereafter is to be the language of the service. The Minister…

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Maitland District. the Motor Car Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1915 · page 6

The deputy coroner held an inquest at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday afternoon concerning the death of the child Edith Muriel Jane Which, who was…

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Railways and Tramways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1915 · page 4

The railways and tramways of New South Wales are for administrative purposes under the one head, although it is obvious that the services…

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A Railway Problem

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1915 · page 11

Almost continuous heavy rains during June and July culminated last week in heavy gales practically all over New Zealand. The principal damage reported was…

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State Railways. Annual Report

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1915 · page 3

The report of the State Railway Commissioners for the twelve months ended June 30 last was made available to-day. In the report it is stated that, at the…

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Progress of Belmont. Railway Question

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 6

The many natural advantages of Belmont were for many years discounted to a large extent owing to the inadequate means of communication with…

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District News. Maryville Tram Committee Social

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 August 1915 · page 6

A social was held in the Smedmore Mechanics' Institute on Saturday evening, under the auspices of the Maryville and Smedmore Tramway Service…

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