Motor Launch Sinks. Three Men Missing
A small motor launch capsized and sank on Doughby Point, near Kurnell, near Sydney, during the southerly gale yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1918
824 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 42
New Train Service
And it came to pass that in the days when Retrogresaion reigned in place of Progress the Chief Timetable Court piler of the New South Wales [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Struck by Motor. Dr. Mannix to the Rescue
Emanuel Salter (15) was hanging on the back of a South Melbourne tram when the conductor warned him and others off. Salter jumped and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Not One Accident. Holiday Tram Record
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—During the past tour days Sydney and suburban trains have carried over two mittion passengers, without a solitary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loyalty Rewarded. Railway Men Benefit
SYDNEY, Wednesday,—A number of railway and tramway officials who during the recent strike assisted the Commissioners to carry on the public…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motors to Wallsend Race Day Complaints
Wall send municipal inspector reported to the Council meeting last night that attention had been given to the traffic on race days, it being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girl's Disappearance. No TraM Found
Newcastle police have diligently continued their inquiries to-day respecting the disappearance of Miss Effie Selbie a visitor from Temora, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Disaster
Amsterdam reports that a telegram from Vienna states that a passenger train at Sambor, in Galicia, caught fire while going at full speed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Motor-car
Bobby and I made a splendid motorcar to go for a drive in Bobby was the chauffeur, and I was the lady inside. The armchair did beautifully for the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motoring. Economy in Tire Service
Every motorist realises the need of thrift in the operation of his car. Not all motorists, however, realise that a great deal can be done to lower mileage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Car Capsizes. Seven People Injured
A motor car driven by Alfred M'Ewan, a butcher, living in Petersham, capsized in the Boradway, Glebe, opposite the University Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →America's War Work. Control of the Railways. Washington
President Wilson, addressing Congress, said it as a duty to do everything to secure the complete mobilisation of the whole resources of America in the most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wickham. Railway and Tramway Institute
The members of the Newcastle branch of the Railway and Tramway institute are preparing to recommence operations upon an enlarged scale. Mr. J. Sheldon,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Central Railway Smash
An a result of a collision at the Central Railway Station early this morning between a number of railway carriages, a train tuned to leave at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Tram Service Council Dissatisfied. Department Pleads Incapacity
At the meeting of Newcastle Municipal Council last evening. Mr. N. J. Munro, District Superintendent of Tramways, wrote in reply to a letter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway and Tramway Institute. Buildings to Be Renovated
A meeting of the members of the Hallway and Tramway Institute was held at Wickham last president (Mr. C. James). occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cycling and Motoring
There is in normal times a very distinct demand for what one may term. In the light of present day practice, the motor cycle fitted with twin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Refreshments. Bar for Travellers Only
A case of considerable importance under the liquor laws was beard in the police court at Albury, when Henry Carter. a cabman, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Making Aeroplane Propellers
In a paper published in the Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Mr. Spencer Heath says that whilst walnut and mahogany have been the woods…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dungog Sensation. Prisoner Escapes from Train
The peaceful town of Dungog provided a sensation in the small hours of this morning, when a prisoner escaped from custody just as the North…
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