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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1923

2,225 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 112

"Oh, My Breath!" Died on the Road Awaba Resident's End

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 5

Information was received by the police, yesterday that Mr. William Field, aged 70 years, whilst driving in a sulky between Awaba and Wangi…

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Railway Secret Revealed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 2

An interesting document, which the Great Western Railway has kept secret for nearly 20 years in to be disclosed In the company's magazine for November…

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The Tramway Services

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 4

The difficulties in regard to public Transportation which are being experienced in Sydney are more or less common to all populous cities, and…

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Sulky and Tram Collision at Boolaroo

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 5

As Mr. and Mrs. Mann, of Carrington, were driving home from Speer's Point on Monday, the sulky was struck by a tram. Both were thrown on…

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Motor Car Burned Steering Gear Fails Crash Into Bridge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 3

A motor car belonging to Mr. Everson, proprietor of the Adamstown Hotel, was totally destroyed by fire on Tuesday…

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Slight Cuts Only Fall From Train Remarkable Escape LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 5

Falling from a Southend train going at 50 miles an hour, a man escaped with slight cuts on the head. He colly walked to a doctor…

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Coalfields Railways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 4

The settled policy of New South Wales is for the State to own the railways. In past years there have arisen circumstances in various parts…

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Motor Car Burnt

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 7

When Mr. W. Habermenn, of Burrumbuttock, and his wife were motoring to Albury, the car caught fire on the Jindera Gap. The car was…

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OVER 800 Tons a Day Railway Coal Mine Cheap Production LITHGOW

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 3

The railway coal mine has now reached an output of between 800 and 900 tons a day, and it is stated that the coal is produced more cheaply…

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End of Conference Paris Rupture Aeroplane Breaks Down LONDON, Thursday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 6

Reuter's correspondent in Paris states that French, Belglan and Italian delegates will continue the conversations to-morrow, after which…

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Train Burnt Full Speed Over Bank Hospital Rescue More Irish Outrages LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 1

A goods train was held up by armed men four miles from Dundulk. The crew was ordered off and the rebels soaked the train…

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Mutual Criticism British and French Plans Poincare Details Sacrifices No Bridge for Reparations Gulfs London

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 6

Reuter's correspondent states that the earlier part of the Conference was devoted to listening to M. Poincare's detailed criticisms of the British plan of reparations payments, and to Mr. Bonar Law's review of the French proposals…

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Motor Ships. German Output

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 5

The output of motor ships in Germany appears to be increasing, and numerous vessels have recently been commissioned, both for Germany and…

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Loan to Germany Railway Men Helped LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 3

The National Union of Railwaymen has granted a loan of £2000 to the German railwaymen to tide them over the difficult times due to the…

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The Australian Gum Tree Speeds the Motor

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 4

According to Captain C. M. Dyer, an inventor with a reputation, it will not bo long before every individual who owns a plot of land on which sum trees grow will be able to gather a handful of leaves and squeeze out enough eucalyptus juice to drive a motor car for a mile or…

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Stolen Motor Tank Two Months' Gaol Sentence Suspended

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 4

Charged with having stolen a prestolite gas tank, valued at £7 10s, the property of Percy Sliver, a young clerk, William John Harris, appeared…

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Collapse of a Bridge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 5

A message from New York reports that the bridge over the Cowlitz River, at Kelso, in the south-western corner of the State of Washington, collapsed, and…

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Road to Nelson's Bay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 11

Sir,—The necessity for a through road from Stockton to Nelson's Bay becomes very evident to the hundreds of travellers who at present, of necessity, are…

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Irish Tribulation Another Train Fire New Land Legislation LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 1

"The Daily Mail's" Dublin correspondent says that the Government is preparing a bill to remedy defects in the Land Act, winch will do much to…

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Railway Coal Tenders. Prices Maintained. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 5

The tenders for the supply of coal for the Railway Department which have been received do not altogether realise the general expectation that there would be…

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