Summons Division. Sealing the Trams
R. Campbell pleaded guilty to having travelled in a tramway carriage without paying the legal fare. Inspector Pickin said that the defendant was a passenger…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
824 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 42
Newcastle Railway Service
Sir,—The reason, given by Mr. Fraser, Chief Commissioner, for refusing to give Newcastle and district a local fast service to Sydney, and vice versa, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Late Cable News Road to Paris Barred. a German Defeat. London
Paris messages are insistent that the French troops are completely barring the road along the Olse Valley to Paris. The Germans twice occupied Mont…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road to Paris French in the Way More Fierce Fighting Winning in the Air
Reuter's Paris correspondent telegraphed on Thursday: "On the French side the enemy advance appears to have been stopped. The road to Paris through the…
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The body of an unknown man, shockingly mutilated, has been found on the railway line between Auburn and Lidcombe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Easter Traffic Heavy Railway Work Special Trains Galore
Credit is due to the Newcastle railway officials for the skill with which they are coping with the heavy Easter traffic, the more so when it is considered that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Sydney Letter. the Ghost Laid.—our Farmers in the City.—sydney Versus Melbourne.—25,000 Gallons of Whisky.—something for Certain Soldiers.—less Speed with Motor Cars.—the Red Cross.—"a Widow's" Complaint.—metal Gatherers. Sydney
The Show's the thing, and once more it is magnificent. But men are thinking just now of more than cattle and horses. Observe this! The little remark in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Easter Traffic Railway Officials Busy
The officials at the Newcastle railway station are still having a busy time with the Easter traffic. Preparations were made to deal with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycle Workers
The award of tho Cycles and Motor Cycles Board fixes the hoars of labor at 48 weekly. The minimum hourly rates are: Motor turner, 1s 61/2d; motor fitter, 1s 43/2d;…
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Sir.—Mr. J. W. Tickell's letter suggests that the deputation which recently waited on the Railway Commissioners in connection with the above, at the request…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Hedjaz Railway
There is one aspect of the British operations in Palestine that is not, perhaps, generally recognised, and that is their bearing upon the struggle which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Race Handicaps
The Lake Macquarie Bicycle Club will run a five miles race from the Killingworth Hotel on Saturday next. Following are the handicaps: T. Convroy 5sec. T. Burton 10…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Captures by Anzacs Trenches and Road London
New Zealanders captured a thousand "arda of road at Hebuterne on Sunday. Australians won a sector of trenches…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oversea Passengers Railway Arrangements Explained
Mr. C. James, District Railway Superintendent, explains:—"Under the heading of 'Bayonets fixed,' in your issue of March 28, it was infered that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Robberies Everyday Occurrence Shunters Sent to Gaoil Sydney
That robberies on the railways were an everyday occurrence was a statement made in the Central Police Court by a railway inspector. He added that on the South Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Making New Career For Girls
Girls and women cannot fly daring the war; the machines cannot be spared for them. They can, however, learn to make the aeroplanes, and they are doing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Train Service
Sir,—As a constant traveller between Newcastle and Sydney, I would like to know what action the citizens of Newcastle propose to take in regard to our…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle-sydney Train
The New Lambton Council last evening resolved, on the motion of Alderman Hadaway, seconded by Alderman Riley, to write to the Railway Commissioners asking that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Record £223,065 Banked in a Day
The Railway Commissioners report that the money banked by them on Tuesday established a record for any single day's banking in the history of the railways. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Excuse
It is not surprising that the emphatic refusal of the Railway Commissioners to improve the train service between Sydney and Newcastle has been received with dissatisfaction. The shortage of rolling-stock, with the difficulty of renewals under wartime conditions, was the only excuse put forward by Mr. Fraser in his reply to the…
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