Morpeth Train Service
Sir,—While admitting that in these abnormal times the public must be prepared to submit to a little inconvenience, it must be admitted that the residents of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
824 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 42
The Train Service
The drawing up of a new time-table to come into force on the railways next month will give the Commissioners an opportunity to fully…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Loan Information Furnished
The Public Works Department advised the City Council at its meeting last night that April 80 had been fixed, and the necessary notices sent out, for the inquiry into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision at Enmore Tram and Furniture Van SYDNEY
A tram and pantechnicon belonging to Kilner's, Ltd., collided in Enmore-road, Marrickville, last night. The waggon was over-turned, the driver escaping injury. His…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dining Car Tickets Trans-australian Railway
A novel plan has been evolved by the Commonwealth Railway department with a view to averting loss in the dining car service on the East-West railway. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railways in Colombia
In Columbia a considerable amount of work has been put into the railway from the port of Buenaventura, on the Pacific, and for the time being all the energy and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Tragedy Run Down By Engine ALBURY
A pathetic incident is associated with an accident on Wednesday night, by which William Hanlon and his step-daughter were killed oh the line near Tallangatta, by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Shops Fired War Material Destroyed VANCOUVER
A message from Ohio states that three fires broke out simultaneously in the Lake Erie western railway shops and practically destroyed the plant, valued at £100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cycling
To-day the Newcastle Motor Cycle Club are assisting the Lambton Honour Board Committee at their sports in Lambton Park. Two novelty events are being put on, a blindfold…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Scare New Machine Tested Sydney
To Judge by the number of telephone messages, reports, and inquiries, which arrived at Victoria Barracks and the newspaper offices, many people in Sydney were excited…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Transport Railways to Re-open London, Sunday night
Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam telegraphs: "According to "Der Faderland" that while it has been agreed to reopen the Limburg railway, there is still some…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tramway Unions May Be Re-registered Conference with Mr. Holme SYDNEY
Mr. Claude Thompson, general secretary of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association, stated to-day that as the result of a conference with Mr. J. B…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Work of Motor Launches
The excellent work of the motor launches at Zeebrugge draws attention to the splendid services of these craft throughout the war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Notes
Thefts of motor cycles and cars left standing in the streets are becoming rather frequent, instances being reported from nearly all of the leading cities in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Noble Road-maker
In describing Lord Milner as a road-maker, one may accept the description either metaphorically or morally. Though most of them who tread it are ignorant of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Islington-tighe's Hill-road
Sir—-I wish to draw attention to the very urgent need of a footpath round that part of Maitland-road (between the two bridges) connecting Islington and Tighe's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dutch Railways To Be Used by Germany LONDON, Friday Night
While the precise arrangements between Holland and Germany regarding the Limburg Railway are still unknown to the public in Holland and England, German…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Car Burnt
A new 4-cylinder, Briscoe motor car, valued at £500 and belonging to Mr. R. Hammond, coach-builder. West Maitland, was practically destroyed by fire on Tuesday. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sights From Above Up in an Aeroplane
The "bus" chased over yesterday's No Man's Land to the map square which the ground troops were capturing (writes "Contact" in the "Daily chronicle"). There the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the Wing Bombing Huns in Belgium Troop Train Wrecked
We hurt all gone to bed. At midnight the sky filled with storm-clouds, and we all thought that a "show" was out of the question. But at three o'clock in the morning…
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