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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1921

1,629 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 82

A.a. Bridge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 4

Get off tram at the A.A. Bridge. L. CAVALIER, Optician, is two doors away, citywards. Specially Ground Glasses, Test, and…

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Aeroplane Crashes Lucky Escapes Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 1

While travelling to Nhill on business in a Boulton and Paul aeroplane this morning. H. Jolley, representative of the Insurance office of…

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Constructing the City Roads

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 4

As a practical contribution to the year of results in civic administration which the Mayor had announced as his municipal policy, the City Council last night authorised the engineer to provide in the estimates of expenditure for a substantial measure of road construction…

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Concrete Roads City Extensions New Municipal Programme

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 2

The city engineer, Mr. Shine asked the Newcastle Council last night if it was prepared to consider the reconstruction of city streets during the…

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Hamiton Motor Cycle Club Swansea Social Run

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1921 · page 6

Hamilton Motor Club held a social run to Swansea Beach last Sunday. There was a fair attendance of members and their friends. The following…

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Maitland Roads Patchwork to Continue

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 5

The road between Kurri Kurrl and West Maitland, particularly with in the boundaries of hte municipality is at present in a frightful condition for…

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North-south Railway. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 4

Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, stated to-day that Francis Birtles, the overland cyclist, was traversing the country between Oodnadatta and the Katherine…

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Motor Cars

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 6

Car owners will be interested in an announcement by Perdriau Rubber Company. Ltd., appearing in our advertising columns. The popular Perdriau…

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Motor Speed Hamilton Council Acts

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 1

The inspector of Hamilton municipality (Mr. A. W. Cobbett), at last night's council meeting drew attention to the necessity of placing more…

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Maitland District. Railway and Tramway Officers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 6

At a meeting of the Maitland district branch of the New South Wales Railway and Tramway Officers' Association, presided over by Mr. W. G. Raisbeck,…

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Cycling. a Light Motor Cycle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 3

At the Cycle and Motor Cycle Show recently held in London much attention was attracted by the cycloid, which is very much lighter than the ordinary motor…

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Sydney Motor Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 6

Dalgety and Company, Limited, have just, been appointed sole distributors for Rolls-Royee, Limited, and are exhibiting a magnificent chassis of this make. In…

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Railways in the North

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 4

The Federal Government is about to obtain practical evidence regarding the country in the north of Australia with a view, apparently, to deciding…

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Not Extremists Maitland Railway Men Federation Disowned

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 5

At a meeting of the Maitland district branch of the New South Wales Railway and Tramway officers Association, the following resolution was…

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On the North Coast Ministers on Tour Six Days In Motors SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 January 1921 · page 5

About 30 members of Parliament will take part in a six days' tour arranged by the North Coast Railway League, starting on tuesday next. The…

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After the Pictures Crowds and Trams Motor Driver Prosecuted

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 1

On a charge or having driven a motor car past a stationary tram, Charles Webb, of Hamilton, was proceeded against in the Newcastle Court…

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Head-on Collision Welsh Train Smash Heavy Casualty List LONDON, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 1

Fourteen were killed and many Injured in a head-on collision between a local train from Montgomery and the Coast express, at Abermule, on…

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Railway Collision on a Welsh Line. Twenty Persons Killed. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 5

A passenger train and an express met in a head-on collision at Abermale, on the Cambrian Company's line, in the county of Montgomery, North…

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A.a. Bridge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 6

Get off tram at the A.A. Bridge. L. CAVALIER, Optician, is two doors away, citywards. Specially Ground Glasses, Test, and…

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Me and My Pup Boy's Daring Deed Faced Death on a Bridge

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 5

When his pup ran on to the line in front of a train, an Oakhampton boy, about nine years of age, dived on the the dg and held it down while the…

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