Belmont Train Service
The railway extension to Belmont attained a wide measure of popularity during the holiday period, and the volume of traffic on Boxing, and New…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1917
1,444 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 73
Roads, Ferries and Bridges Cost to the State. Sydney
The total expenditure last year on the construction and maintenance of roads, ferries, bridges, and public watering places, other than those which come under…
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Railway revenue at Newcastle station on New Year's Day was £151 15s 11d. representing 3,744 passengers These returns are greatly in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miscellaneous. Irish Railways Taken Over
LONDON, Monday.—H.M. Government have taken over control of the Irish railways as from to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Construction. Last Year's Expenditure. Sydney
The total expenditure by the Works Department on railway construction during last year was £910,873 3s 4d. This is exclusive of similar expenditure made…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Sydney bound train at Doonside this morning ran over and killed a man who has not been identitied. He had on his…
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At Newcastle Summons Court this morning, before Mr. F. G. Adrian, Albert Edmund Young, of Islington, was charged with having, on December 13,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Moulders at Work. at Railway Shops
In accordance with the decision reached by the executive of the Moulders' Union, that members of the union should return to work at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Long Railway Tunnel
General Henry M. Chittenden, of Seattle, has worked out a plan for building the longest railroad tunnel over projected, to be 30 miles in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Gas for Motors. Experiments in England
Experiments in England, brought about by the limitation of petrol to motorists, have proved that it is possible to obtain at least 85 per cent. of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →British Railway Changes. London
The British railway changes became operative yesterday, involving reduced services, the closing of some stations, and Increased fares…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Marine Motor
It is apparently the intention of the Glen line to build up a fleet of motor vessels (Buys Lloyd's Shipping List")) Their first motor ship, the Glangyle, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Workers and Miners. Proposed Conference
The executive officers of the Northern Colliery Employees' Federation are in touch with the Australasian Coal and Shale Employees' Federation with a view…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Car Derailed
As the 10.43 tram from Mayfield was approaching the stopping place at Perkin-street, Newcastle, last night, the motor jumped the rails, and crashed into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Railway Accident. London
Eleven persons were killed and 40 injured in an accident. A crowded Edinburgh passenger train crashed into a light engine near Rathe station, between…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Municipal Politics. Road Construction and Finance. Loan or Increased Rate? Vi
Consideration of the forward policy promulgated by Aid. M. C. Reid at the last meeting of the City Council in respect to the construction of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Fatality. Boy Killed; Another Injured
SYDNEY, Saturday.—As the result of a motor accident which occurred at Newtown this morning, a nine year-old boy was killed, and another…
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The first annual banquet of the Newcastle Motor Cycle Club is to be held at Way's Cafe to-night. Prizes won during the season will be banded over…
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The Prime Minister, Mr. W. M. Hughes, who spent the holiday season at Clifton Springs, has developed into an enthusiastic motorist, and become quite a…
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Traffic conditions in Watt and Bolton Streets have been considerably improved by the painting with far and sand that they have been undergoing…
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