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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1915

426 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 22

Aix La Chapelle Bombed. Railway Junction Fired. Rotterdam

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

Twenty-one of the Allies' aeroplanes bombed Aix la Chapelle. It is reported that Roteerde, an important strategical railway junction, is…

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Train Curtailments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 9

Whenever there's a deficit in this State the first thing the wiseacres who govern it do is to out down the railway train service, and restrict travelling and…

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Greta Railway Award. Application for Suspension. Sydney

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

In the Industrial Court to-day, before the President, Mr. Justice Heydon, an application was mode on behalf of the East. Greta Coal-mining company for the…

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Victorian Railway Men. Increase of Wages Sought. Melbourne

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

About 1500 members of the Victorian Railways Union crowded the Gaiety Theatre this afternoon. The meeting was convened by the Council of Union, in…

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The Bridging Train

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

With a view to making arrangements for the despatch of Christmas presents, Mrs L. S. Bracegirdle invites the relations of the men who are attached to…

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Summons Division. Unnumbered Motor Cycle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1915 · page 7

Henry Searle was fined 5s, with 6s costs, in default 24 hours' imprisonment, for driving a motor cycle without having the prescribed number plate, and he was…

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Soldiers and Railway Fares. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 7

In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, Mr. Holman, the Premier, in answer to Mr. Gardiner, said the question of issuing free passes or reduced…

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Railways in Macedonia. Taken Over by Greece. Athens

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 7

The Government has taken possession of three railway lines in Macedonia, of which two were worked by Austrian companies, and the third by a French…

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French Communique. Aeroplane Attacks. Paris

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

A communique issued yesterday states:— Our artillery northward of Verdun hit a train, causing a violent explosion…

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Summons Division. The Motor Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 October 1915 · page 3

John R, Wilkle was summoned for neglecting to have the tail lamp of a motorcycle driven by him alight, between sunset and sunrise, on September 15. The…

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Railway Collision. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 October 1915 · page 6

A collision between two trains occurred this morning at Seaton, on the Henley Beach line. It appears that the down train failed…

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Railway Volunteers

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

A hundred soldiers, who prior to enlistment, were in the empty of the Railway commissioners in this district, will Newcastle West, on Saturday evening. A…

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Mining Matters. Greta Railway Awards. Suspension Granted. Sydney

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

Application was made to-day to Mr. Justice Heydon, President of the Industrial Arbitration Court, on behalf of the East Greta, Coalmining Company, for the…

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Soldiers' Railway Passes. Sydney

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

In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Gardiner asked the Premier if it was a fact that week end a number of soldiers camped at the Agricultural Ground…

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The Bridging Train

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

A meeting of those interested in the members of the First Royal Australian Bridging Train, now in Gallpeil was held on Thursday, at Scott's Limited when…

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Railway Workers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1915 · page 2

There are it may be remarked some railwaymen in the State who are capable of taking a broad outlook and who are able to recognise that the state employees…

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Greco-servian Railways. Protected in Time Paris

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

"Le Journal" says the Allies landed last in time to stop the Greco-Servian railways being held up. Orders had been sent from Beriln,…

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Railway Soldiers

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

One hundred railways soldiers are to be given a send-off in the Newcastle drill hall to-night. A procession will leave Newcastle station at half-past seven…

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Farewell to Soldiers. Railway and Tramway Men

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 October 1915 · page 5

The Railway and Tramway Services of the Newcastle district have contributed a very large number of soldiers to the Australia forces at the front, and recently…

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The Bridging Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1915 · page 5

Mrs. L. S. Bracegirdle acknowledges the following further donations for Christmas comforts for the Australian Bridging Train:—Newcastle pilots, £5; Mesdames…

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