Railway Institute. Defeat Wickham Billiardists
An enjoyable evening was spent at the Railway and Tramway Institute at Wickbam last evening, when a number of the railway and tramway…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1918
824 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 42
American Railways
It is reported from Washington that the Senate Committee has adopted on amendment to the Railroad Bill, providing that the Government control shall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Engine Smoke Nuisance
Sir,—After reading the statement which was made by Mr. Doran, the superintendent of tramways, of the conference which was held at the council chambers in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Train Wanted
At a meeting of the Maitland Chamber of Commerce, Mr. R. L. Pender, drew attention to the unsatisfactory train service now obtaining between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Robbery Carlton Station Loss Interference with Safe
SYDNEY, Saturday.—A robbery was committed at Carlton railway station, on the Illawarra line, early this morning. The safe was opened apparently…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Future Tramway Control
One important but dubious legacy bequeathed by the Government of Sir Alexander Peacock to its successors was that of tramway control, and when the new…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Cycling
At the Lithgow carnival, Messrs. W. A. Thomas, C. Wilson, and J. Turner, of the Newcastle Motor Cycle Club, did well. Messrs. H. Krempin and R. Jones also…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Overturns. the Driver Killed
A large motor car overturned yesterday afternoon while ascending Robert's Hill, at Clarendon. The driver and owner of the car, Martin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Driver Fined. Not Carrying Licence
Before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., at Newcastle Police ourt this morning. Charles Edwin Gaites, taxi-driver, was fined 10s, and 6s costs, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Railway. Activity at Kempsey
The Kempsey railway yards presented a busy time recently, when over 600 head of cattle, of all sorts, were trucked to Singleton and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Recruiting. Motor Car Fund
Advices from recruiting headquarters endorse the anticipation that a record was made in Newcastle for the past week with the number of recruits…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Recruiting. Motor Car Fund
Although the efforts of the recruiting staff stationed in Newcastle have resulted in an enrolment which compares favourably with that in any part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Tramway Matter
Sir,—The men who have occasion to use or who do make use of the smoking compartments of the Newcastle trams, are put to much inconvenience during…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hesitates, and Is Lost. Man Run Over by Train
SYDNEY, Tuesday. An elderly man, whose identity has not yet been established, was run over by a train at Rockdale this morning and killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Who is to Pay? Wages of Pin Bosses Railway Department Refusal
A peculiar position has arisen out of the decision of the Railway Commissioners to in future pass on to the stevedoring and shipping companies…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crushed Under Tram Fatality in Hunter Street West
Whilst attempting to board a moving tram last evening at the Daroy Street stopping place in Hunter Street West, Newcastle, Thomas Island, 30…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorists and Travellers. Mr. Goninan Entertained
Mr. A. Goninan was accorded a welcome home by the members of the Automobile Association and the Commercial Travellers' Association at the rooms,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Fatality Wharf Labourer's Death
Thomas Bland, aged 39 years, a wharf labourer, who lived in Globe-road, Adamstown, met his death in a shockingly sudden manner last evening…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Robbed in the Train. Clergyman Victimised
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Rev. A. M'Cullum, of Melbourne, who is on a visit to Sydney, has reported to the police that he was robbed of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cycling and Motoring
The two Western Australian motorists, Messrs. J. L. Burton and T. Smith, who are making an attempt on F. Birtles' Fremantle to Sydney (via…
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