Train Accident in England. Three Killed; 20 Injured
LONDON, Sunday.—An express train from St. Pancras, London, ran into a landslide 15 miles from Carlisle were…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
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United States. Control of Railways. Waterways May Be Added
WASHINGTON, Sunday.—The Railway Control Board is asking authority for a 10 billion dollars bond issue. The board will extend the…
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The Kerupsey mail train, which arrived at Kempsey at 8.17 a.m. to-day, was delayed at mileage 192 48 chains, near Gloucester, for 17 minutes, owing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drunk on Railway Station
George Fairhurst (24). fireman. pleaded guilty at Newcastle Police Court this morning to a charge of having been drunk and disorderly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Touch Your Cap." New Tramwav Rule
Surprise and resentment are expressed by employees of the Hawthorn (Melbourne) Tramway Trust regarding the introduction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Fatality Inquest. Verdict of Accidental Death
The circumstances of the death of a little girl, Edith Elizabeth Richards, age nine years and three months, which occurred on 17th instant, after she was…
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The big American tyre concerns are confronted with the Immediate problem of filling vacancies, owing to the services of many thousands of their…
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At the annual general meeting of the Newcastle Motor Cycle Club, hold last Wednesday night, Mr. J. Wiggins' the president of the club, presented to Mr. H…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aerial Tramway for Mines
An ingenious aerial tramway has been perfected by Carl B. Herzinger, Everett, Wash., U.S.A. Herzinger's tram, as it is called, is formed by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Tramways. Conference with Mr. Doran No City Service Possible
At the Council Chambers, Newcastle, last night, a conference of representatives of district municipal authorities was held to consider the…
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Sir,—The new timetable that came into force on December 2 is, without a doubt, the worst misfit ever perpetrated on the people of the Sydney line, and I have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Summons Division. Motor Driver's Offence
Claude H. Walker admitted that on January 15 he drove a motor car without a lighted tail lamp. Walker was convicted on January 16 for two similar offences,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Tramways. Municipal Conference
A conference convened by the Newcastle Council at the request of the Merewether Council was held at the Newcastle Council Chambers, last night, to consider the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Be Patient." Complaints About Roads. New Lambton Council
The ordinary meeting of New Lambton Council was held on Wednesday evening, when there were present- the Mayor (Alderman Shepherd) and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tramway Services
Though the conference of municipal representatives in respect to the Newcastle tramway services may have served to impress the departmental…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anniversary Day. Crowds on the Beaches River and Train Excursions
As usual on holidays during the summer months the beaches in Newcastle district were visited by large numbers of people to-day. Newcastle…
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The holiday railway traffic to-day was up till ono o'clock somewhat under the usual for what the officials term an "off holiday." The Toreato…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Institute Sports Club. Arranging for Tournaments
At a meeting of the sports committee of the Railway and Tramway Institute a large budget of business was dealt with. Mr. .J. Babbage was in…
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An extraordinary development has followed the public outery against the misuse of Government motor cars by Ministers and department…
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Mr. Claude Thompson, generally secretary of the Amalagamated Railway and Tramway Service Association stated yesterday that a statement reported to have been…
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