Fell Under Train Honeysuckle Tragedy Porter's Death
John Peters, a porter, died in the Newcastle hospital last Sunday morning, after having his leg torn off at the Honeysuckle station the night…
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 2 of 108
Railway Rates on Stock. Commissioners Explain
Replying to-day to some controversy in the press in regard to the freight charged on stock travelling from Flemington to the country for re-stocking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Vehicle Lights
On several occasions recently the question of glaring lights on motor vehicles has been brought up at meetings of the Newcastle City Council and other…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Railways
A message from Berlin states that the German Government has introduced a bill to hand over the State railways to an independent administration, which will fix…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Concessions
Country race clubs, states an Albury message, having been severely affected by the reduction of railway concessions formerly granted in regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What Tramways Cost £24,720 a Mile SYDNEY
Replying to the query of Mr. Gosling, M.L.A., as to the actual cost of tramway construction at the present time the Railway Commissioners give…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electric Railway Boom
Remarkable activity is being shown by British railways in connection with the conversion of lines, especially in the neighborhood of London,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Saved by Gale Aeroplane Thrill Engine Fails Over Channel LONDON
Mr. Gaits, an official of Australia House, was returning to London from Paris in an aeroplane, and had half crossed the Channel when one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Screening Motor Lights
Sir,—When I came to Newcastle some three or four months ago, I was rather surprised to see that Newcastle had not discovered some way of dealing with such…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest
An inquest was held by Mr. G. T. Edwards, deputy coroner, at the Newcastle Court House yesterday, into the death of John Peters, 35, a leading…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LATE J. M. ROWE Railwaymen's Sympathy
Carrington power house employees expressed sympathy yesterday concerning the tragic death of Mr. John M. Rowe, on Stockton beach. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Capsize of Motor 'Bus
During the recent heavy weather a motor 'bus plying between Newcastle and Sweansea, while going downhill, skidded and capsized. Fortunately…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Popular Railway Man
Mr. James ("Jimmy") Bowditch, senior, who is retiring from the railways after long service, will be tendered a complimentary social at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram and Lorry Redfern Collision Two Horses Killed SYDNEY
Four people were injured, two horses killed, and a tram and lorry damaged us the result of a collision in Botany-road, Redfern, yesterday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Wait for Trams" Misleading Posts
Great interest was taken in the discussion at the Carrington council when Alderman Wilson moved that the tramway authorities be asked to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Toronto Roads
Sir,—I note with dismay as an urban area ratepsyer another case of spending the rates of the ratepayers for the benefit of two private landowners. A few weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Concrete Road
Concrete roads have become quite familiar in many parts of the world, especially where highways capable of carrying very heavy traffic are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Driven Tyre Pump for Cars
All car-owners who have blown up a tyre by foot-power will agree that a pump that can be easily driven off the engine in a boon end a blessing. Recently a very…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →New Railway Rates Book. Merchandise and Live Stock. Sydney
The new rates book, which should be found" of considerable use to business people, primary producers, and others, who [?] the goods transport services of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£58,000 INADEQUATE Tram Electrification
That this council desires to express its opinion that the proposed amount of £58,000 recently passed by the Government on its Estimates…
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