Purely Local Road Grant Refused
Some time ago the Lake Macquarie Shire Council asked the local Government Department for a grant for the construction of Brook's…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1925
2,977 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 149
Railway Commissioners Sydney
The recently appointed Commissioners, Messrs. James Fraser (Chief) and O. Brain and A. Forster (Assistants) made a call on Mr. Ball, the Minister…
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During the past year no fewer than 572 motor vehicles were stolen and illegally used in Sydney and its suburbs. This information was given…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AFTER 35 YEARS Tram Man Retires
A presentation of a pair of bi-focal glasses was made at the tramway workshops, Gordon-avenue, yesterday afternoon to Mr. George Lewis, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Turkey Makes a Railway
The first railway in Turkey ever laid by Turkish capital, Turkish engineers, and Turkish labour, has just been opened by Kemal Pasha, President of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Severe Tests New Motor Liner 'Aorangi's Trials London
After a stormy passage from Glasgow, the Union Company's new 20,000-ton motor liner Aorangl, purring like a motor ear, berthed at Southampton with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclist Killed
Jack Henrys, aged 22, died at the Perth Hospital yesterday from injuries received in a motor cycle collision. It appears that Henrys'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Spit Bridge
Port Jackson, using the term in the broadest sense, consists of two Harbours, one "Sydney," the other "Middle." Why "Middle" can hardly be said,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Main Roads Board Sydney
Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, the Minister for Local Government, had an interview to-day with the chairman of the Public Service Board in regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor and Tram Hunter-street Collision
A. collision between a steam tram and a motor car, resulting in damage to the latter, occurred near the junction of Hunter-street West and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Traffic Railway and Trams
Railway traffic still continues heavy. Though statistics are not yet available it is considered that the figures for this week will exceed those for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Industrial Matters Railway Grievances Regulation Strike Possible Sydney
There is a possibility of an irritation strike being instituted throughout the railway service at an early date. The State Council of the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hamilton Motor Collision Two Persons Injured
As a result of a collision between two motor cars that occurred yesterday afternoon, at the intersection of Tudor and Beaumont streets, Mrs. A. E. Allen, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Busy Railways Singleton Revenue SINGLETON
From December 18 to 31, 2303 tickets were issued at Singleton railway station, the receipts being £818 13s 3d. The figures for the same period in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Fatality Car Bumps Into Tree LITHGOW
A fatal motor accident occurred yesterday on the Glen Alice-road, near Kandos. A party was motoring to Glen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Control Area Commissioners SYDNEY
The new Railway Commissioners, Messrs. James Fraser, O. W. Brain, and A. D. J. Foster, discussed matters yesterday affecting the control of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alarming Train Smash Level Crossing Collision Motorist Killed
With over 200 people on board, a Sydney-bound passenger train crashed into a motor car at the level crossing a few yards on the northern side of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shire Finances Worn-out Roads
Port Stephens Shire Council has to face next year's road-making with a reduction in the endowment. The shire is a very large one, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Undiminished Flood Train Derailed LONDON
the British floods are undiminished. The driver and fireman of a goods train were killed in a landslide. The engine toppled into the mud at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Crash Train and Car Clergyman Killed Disaster At Tuggerah WYONG
The Singleton, train, which left Newcastle at 1.23 p.m: and running through to Gosford as its first stop, passing through Wyong a little before…
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