On the Screen Newcastle Day by Day 'Buses versus Trams
Unfortunate experiences with tramways and the excellence of motor 'bus services have raised a question as to whether the needs of a community…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1920
1,344 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 68
Cyclist Hurt Motor on Wrong Side Driver Fined
Edgar Bailey proceeded against Joseph Yates in the Newcastle Court, before Mr. Le Brun Brown, S.M., this morning, charging him with having…
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Joseph Yates, motor driver, of Murrurundi, was proceeded against by, Edward Walter Bailey, of Hamilton, for falling to keep as near the left-hand side of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Irish Railway Strike
The employees on the Midland, Great Western, and Dublin and South-western railways in Ireland have ceased work. It is expected that the Punchestown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Railway Strike
A Chicago telegram says that because Congress legislated so as to males strikes illegal, a thousand of the Railway Brotherhood membership ceased work,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. Railway Revenue
The total revenue in the coaching department at the West Maitland railway station for the month ending March 31st, 1920, was £3951 1s 2½d, which is an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Scott-st. Quagmire Tram Line Gutter
The City Council workmen accomplished a smart job just before the rain that fell this week in spreading and rolling new Metal on the south…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Large Passenger Aeroplane
A machine that attracted much attention at the Paris Aviation Show was the large Bleriot biplane, designed to carry 28 passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cross Roads of the Pacific
The Prince of Wales reaches Honolulu to-day. Honolulu is distinguished for its tropical scenery, its ukulele, its Waikiki Beach, and the fact that Japan believes that it ought to be Japanese instead of American. It is distinguished also by a less known, but far more important, fact…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ipswich Railway Workers. Brisbane
A stop-work meeting of the Ipswich railway workshop employees was held to-day to protest against the managers of the railway refusing to meet the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strictly Official Use Government Motors SYDNEY
Cabinet is calling for a full report upon the Government-owned motor, cars and vehicles. It is understood that the Ministers are agreed that in…
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The bill-climbing contest, open to all private cars, is to take place on Friday, April 23, in connection with the appeal on behalf of the soldiers' memorial. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Railway Strike
It is reported from Washington that President Wilson, at a specially summoned meeting of the Cabinet, appointed a board to endeavour to settle the railway strike…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Thief Arrested. Melbourne
Mrs. Bridgeland, of South Melbourne, reported to the police last night that her motor car, which she had left in Flinders-street, had been stolen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thieves Foiled Motor That Was Locked
An attempt was made yesterday afternoon to relieve Mr. Mitchell, of D. Mitchell and Co., of a new Dodge motor. The car was left standing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramway Collision. Four Passengers Injured. Sydney
A tram collision occurred about half-past seven o'clock to-night, at the corner of Liverpool and Elizabeth streets, city. A railway tram was waiting near the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railways. Matters to Be Investigated
There is to be a careful review by the State Cabinet of the whole working of the railway system. The treason for this, as explained by Mr. John Storey, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Diggers Honored by Comrades
No fewer than 71 out of about 250 men employed in the permanent way department of the Government workshops at Honeysuckle Point left for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →While the Going's Good "Outlaw" Strikers Resume U.S. Railway Dispute Vancouver
A message from New York states that the "outlaw" railwaymen's strike seems to be breaking up. Thousands of men are returning to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Our Trams Electricity in the Air
Ald. Light had a motion on the business paper of the Newcastle Council last night that Mr. Estell be urged to expesite the electrification of the…
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