Picnicker's Escape. Attempt to Bard Moving Train
When one of the special trains running for the Walsh Island picnic was leaving Cockle Creek at 7.25 last evening, one of the picnickers…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1917
1,444 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 73
Cessnock Council Trouble. Road Grant Cut in Half
Promised £3,000 as a grant for the maintenance and main roads in the Cessnock Shire, that council has now received a notification from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway and Tramway Institute. Wickham School of Arts Taken Over
A general meeting of the members of the Newcastle branch of the Railway and Tramway Institute was held in the Wickham School of Arts last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Derailed
Yesterday afternoon the 4.30 tram from Newcastle to West Wallsend became derailed just after leaving the Croudace Street stopping place at…
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One of the trans-Pacific steamship companies, which handles a large volume of the Hawaiian and Oriental tourist business has fitted its liners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lambton. Tram Derailment
When the West Wallsend tram that left the terminus at Newcastle at 4.30 yesterday day afternoon was leaving the stopping place at Howe and Croudace streets after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Men's Wages. London
A mass meeting of railwaymen at Birmingham protested against the refusal of the companies to grant a sliding scale of wages, to meet the cost of living…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Porter's Death. Evidence at the Inquest
Mr. C. Hibble, the District Coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday, into the death of Walter Desreaux, a porter in the railway goods yards…
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The attention of the East Maitland Municipal Council was last night drawn to the bad condition of Hint portion of the main road from Maitland to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Beautification of Roads. Thee Planting Urged by Minister
The beautification of roads and streets is the topic of a circular being issued to shire and municipal councils by the Local Government Department…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Non-Tourist Road. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—In answer to D.L.S.'s remarks in Thursday's issue that he would not accept the joy ride along the Glebe Road, but…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Branxton Chamber of Commerce. Postal and Other Complaints Improved Train Service
The monthly meeting of the Branxton Chamber of Commerce. was held in the Branxton School of Arts last night. The president (Mr. C. H…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sandy-Hollow to Maryvale. a New Railway Scheme
The Parliamentary Public Works Committee, the personnel of which is, Messrs. W. T. Dick, M.L.C. (Chairman), J. Travers, M.L.C, W. F…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Giant British Aeroplane. London
The journal "Aeroplane" states that a new giant British machine has recently been tested. It attained 7000 feet, carrying 20…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge and Wharf Carpenters
A meeting of members of the Bridge and Wharf Carpenters' Union was held at the Trades Hall, Newcastle, last night, Mr. J. Swan presiding. Mr. S. Bambury,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hampton Road Defences. (Australian Cable Association.)
WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—The Department of War announces officially that a net more than a mile long and 60 feet deep now encloses…
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A pleasing function took place at the Bullock Island power house on Wednesday afternoon, when Mr. Frank Edwards, foreman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Hill Climb
Newcastle Automobile Club will hold another hill-climbing concert on the Bull's Garden Hill, on March 31. The contest will be decided on formulae…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway and Tramway Service
The 26th annual conference of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association is sitting at the Trades Hall, Sydney…
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At a meeting of the Roads and Tours committee of the Newcastle Automobile Association held at the club rooms on Monday night, it was…
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