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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1915

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The True Road to Peace

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 14

War lords are not the only enemies of peace. Battleships, navies, armies and the military spirit are not the only things that make for war. Declarations…

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Waratah. Completion of Tramline

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 3

Work on the Broadmeadow-Waratah tramline construction finished yesterday afternoon, the workmen doing the last hour's, work of trimming up in a heavy…

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Railways in War Time

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 3

We take the following remarks from the Madrid "Revista de Obras Publicans":—The late General Moltke stated that the railways constitute the…

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Railway Capture. Endangers German Supplies. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 5

The proximity of the Perthes and Bazancourt-Apremont railway renders its capture important, as it endangers the German supply lines between Rheims and…

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The New Tramway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 5

A meeting of the committee appointed to arrange for the opening of the Broadmeadow-Waratah tramway, was held in the Bowling Club pavilion last evening,…

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Aeroplane Shot Down. Airmen Captured. Petrograd

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 5

An enemy's aeroplane was brought down at the junction of the Bzura and Vistula Rivers. The pilot and the officer were…

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Aeroplane Brought Down. Occupants Killed. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 5

Another German aeroplane has been brought down at Amiens. The occupants were killed…

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A Happy Road

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 15

It is a witty and a keen saying that "pleasant memories must be arranged for in advance." The way to have a happy road to look back over is to make it…

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Shocking Fatality. Railway Guard Killed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 6

George Quinn, a railway guard, was killed in a shockingly sudden manner on the railway line at Hawkesbury, yesterday afternoon, by the North-western mail…

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The Railway Accident. the Inquest. Kalgoorlie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 6

The inquest concerning the death of four men killed on the trans-Australian line on January 5th was continued to-day. Patrick Quinn, a fettler, said the train…

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Waratah Tramway. Official Inspection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 4

The official trial and inspection of the new tramway from Broadmeadow to Waratah was conducted yesterday morning Mr. S. Conyers, supervising engineer, and Mr…

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Motor Fatality. One Person Killed. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 5

An accident occurred this afternoon, just after the metropolitan fire brigade had finished its usual weekly demonstration in Victoria Parade…

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Railway Institute Certificates Presented

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 5

The students of the Newcastle branch of the Railway and Tramway Institute attending the locomotive, driving, and Westinghouse brake classes, held their…

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Newcastle Tramways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 4

The official opening of the new tramway from Broadmeadow to Waratah, which is to take place on Wednesday, will mark a step forward in the…

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Roads!

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 4

Every man who owns a motor car knows that a paragraph on roads in any Australian newspaper is abundantly justified, even though it be directly critical…

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Waratah. Tramway Opening

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 5

A meeting of the committee organising the ceremonies in connection with the opening of the tramway, which is to take plae to-morrow, was held in the Bowling…

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West Australian Railway Accident. the Inquest. Kalgoorlie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 6

The inquest concerning the fatality which occurred on the Transcontinental Railway Line on January 5th, was continued to-day…

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Waratah Tramway. Official Opening To-day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 5

Mr. Griffith, the State Minister for Works, who will be accompanied by Mrs. Griffith, will arrive in Newcastle by the midday train to-day, and this afternoon…

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Western Railway Fatality. Evidence of Gangers. Kalgoorlie

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 5

The inquest concerning the death of James M'Keown, Patrick Hall, Thomas Broderick, and Thomas Kearney, who were killed on the Trans-Australian railway line on…

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The War. British Capture. on the Lille Road. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 5

The "Daily Chronicle's" Calais correspondent states that the British on the 15th instant captured Frelinghein on the main road from Lille to Ypres…

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