Soldiers' Tram Fares. Ten Arrests Last Night
Further trouble occurred at Newcastle last night, owing to the refusal of a number of soldiers to pay their fares on an outward bound tram…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1916
781 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 40
Our New Zealand Letter Wellington, March 16. Railwaymen Restive
The Government's trouble with the railwaymen about increased pay is not yet settled. The request was considered by a full meeting of Cabinet a few days ago,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cyrenaica Rescue. Due to Speedy Motors. London
The official account of the rescue of the shipwrecked men at Cyrenaica states that it was due to armed motors with ambulances, which sped 121 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mayfield Tramway
Sir,—I was very pleased to see that the Mayor of Wickham had brought up the matter of the workmen getting home in the afternoons on the Mayfield line after…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Road Barred. France's Indomitable Courage. Paris
General Joffre, in an Order of the Day to the Verdun army, says:— "For three weeks you have been sustaining the most formidable assault…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railways and Tramways. Volcanic Upheaval Threatening. Sydney
The statement made by Mr. Sydney Smith, secretary to the Railway and Tramway Officers' Association, that there is no unrest in the railway and tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramway to Stell Works. Objections to Bridge
When Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, visited Wickham at the end of last week, he met Alderman G. W. Jenner, the Mayor, Alderman Magin, and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Recruiting by Train. Adelaide
Mr. Vaughan, the State Premier, telegraphed to Mr. Styles, Chief Secretary, to-day, stating that the recruiting train, which was touring the northern towns,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tramway Award. Effect on State Revenue. Sydney
The effect upon the revenue of Mr. Justice Edmund's decision against the Railway Commissioners in upholding the award made in favour of the men…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accident. in New York State. New York
The train, known as the Twentieth Century Limited Express, during a tog collided with a passenger train, which had been previously wrecked in another…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fokker Aeroplane
The first alarmist reports about the appearance of the new German aeroplane, the Fokker, have been put in their true proportion by the British press…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Carriage of Mails. Melbourne
Mr. Webster, the Postmaster-General, stated to-day that at the conference relating to the carriage of mails by the railways, an agreement was effected, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Drivers' Grievances
The motor car drivers licensed by the Newcastle Council, to ply for hire, have several grievances with regard to the regulations under Which they are working…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Volunteers. Restricting Enlistment. Sydney
The Railway Commissioners point out that up to date 4150 employees have been granted leave and have enlisted with the Expeditionary Forces, and in addition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, March 31. (Before Mr. F. G. Adrian, S.M.) Soldiers and Tram Fares
Thomas James Brunker (35), Henry William Went (20), John Purnell (43), William Allan Irwin (18), David Jones (28), William Robertson (37), William Andrew…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Australia's Railways
The acquisition by the Commonwealth of all railways at present controlled by the States, as urged upon the Federal Government by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District Tramways. New Sheds at Hamilton
In connection with the anticipated extension of the Newcastle tramway, system, the department several years ago purchased from the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Railway Fares
The Railway Department continues its anomalous practice of making different charges to soldiers travelling over the same route…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldiers' Railway Fares
Sir,—You have drawn attention to the fact that a soldier may travel on week-end leave from Newcastle to Sydney and return for 2s 6d, yet a soldier who wishes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers' Railway Fares. Sydney
Mr. Kearsley asked the Fremier, in the Legislative Assembly to-night, if his attention had been called to a paragraph in the "Newcastle Morning Herald" that…
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