Record Aeroplane Flight
At Mineola, Long Island, Edward Stingson and Lloyd Berteaud broke the world's record non-stop aeroplane flight, staying in the air 26 hours 19 minutes 50 seconds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1922
2,155 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 108
Morpeth Train Post-card Poem Creates Controversy
I have read a poem by Ebenezer Nutmeg in your issue of Tuesday last under the heading of "The Morpeth Train." No doubt the poem is written…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Missed the Train Last Ferry "Joke' North Sydney Scene SYDNEY
There was a remarkable scene on the last ferry boat to leave Circular Quay for North Shore at 12.25 a.m. yesterday. Instead of calling at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Industrial Matters. Railway Employees. Smoke Concert and Presentation
The Hamilton branch of the New South Wales Locomotive Engine-drivers, Firemen, and Cleaners' Association held a smoke concert in the mechanics'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Fatality. Leading Porter's Death
John Peters, aged 35 years, a leading porter at the Newcastle railway station, and who lived in Downey-street, Smedmore, was fatally injured on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Tragedy Wheel Collapses Mother and Daughter Killed MELBOURNE
The collapsing of the off back wheel of a motor, followed by the overturning of the car down an embankment on the main Healesville and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Tragedy Porter Run Over Death in Hospital
John Peters, a railway porter, 35 years of age, was run over by a train at Honeysuckle point on Saturday night, and died later in Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bumped a Stone Motor-cycle Smash Record-breakers in Trouble ALBURY
Messrs. J. Wilson and Hough left Melbourne at 2.30 a.m. on Sunday in an Excelsior motor cycle mid side car, in an attempt to break the record…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£50,000 Prize New Aeroplane Chance For Inventors LONDON
The "Standard" says that the Air Ministry is offering a prize of £50,000 for a practical design of Helicopter aeroplane, open to inventors in all…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →World's Fastest Train 80 Miles an Hour
It was (writes Cecil J. Allen, in the "Daily Mail") a notable engineering achievement on the part of Brunel that carried the Great Western…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The South Coast. a Motor Trip
Leaving Bowral on Boxing morning, a little alter seven o'clock, a party of seven, in a fast-travelling motor car, started for the south coast. The air, though a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Marine Motor Drivers
The varied award for marine motor-drivers and coxwains for New South Wales takes effect from next week. Employees on motor boats principally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm Motors Bring Settler to Town Why Boys Leave Home
The Mikado had the right idea when he devised punishments to fit the crimes. It should be paraphrased, according to Mr. Charles Jacobs, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Notes Motor "Babies" London's Great Show Wonders In Miniature LONDON, November 8
The Motoring Show, squeezed into the Olympia and the White City, and overflowing into adjacent shops and dwellings, is the greatest show ever…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Employees Question of Superannuation SYDNEY
Mr. R. Carish, one of the employees representatives on the Railway Superannuation Board at the last meeting of that body submitted the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broadmeadow Junction Where Eight Roads Converge Congestion and Danger
In no other part of the district— perhaps not in the whole of the State— will be found no fewer than eight roads or streets all running to and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Delayed Train Passengers' Discomfort Six Hours From Sydney
Newcastle passengers on the train timed to leave Sydney at 6.10 on Monday night, had an unpleasant experience. The train, which was ritted with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jump From Train Melbourne Sensation Surprising Sequel Melbourne
An Amazing story concerning a passenger who had either Jumped fallen from the electric train was reported to the police last night, when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle to Wallsend Railway Re-opening New Home Settlement
With the possibility of 73 acres of newly purchased land being sub-divided to tho west of Waratah, and sold as home sites, and the fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Roads and Posterity
Councillor Monro, president-elect of Sutherland Shire, is fathering a £25,000 loan scheme to carry out a number of permanent public works,…
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