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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

2,977 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 149

Motors for Grace and Pace Good Oil! Winner in the Car Greasing Hints

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 7

Greasing a chassis quickly and thoroughly is more or less an art, best acquired by practice. It is necessary first to become familiar…

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MOTORS for GRACE & Pace Shiny Safety How to Get at the Grime Spotless Engines

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 8

Was one of your New Year resolutions a vow to bring your motor into the "well-Kept" class? A clean car not only looks better, it also seems to…

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Kural Motor Smash

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 5

Mrs. McMurchic, one of the victims of the motor smash at Kurri yesterday, is reported to be progressing satisfactorily in Kurri Hospital…

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The Road to Fairyland

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 8

Do you seek the road to Fairyland? I'll tell, it's easy. quite: Wait till a yellow moon gets up O'er purple [?]ens by night…

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Road Survey Peat's Ridge to Gosford WYONG

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 1

At the meeting of Erina Shire Council, it was reported that the successful tenderer for surveying the route from Peat's Ridge to Gosford…

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Newcastle Motor Traffic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 6

The question of dealing with the city's motor traffic came before Newcastle City Council last night upon a report by the Mayor, who stated that the disposal…

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Motor Notes. Testing the Tuning of the Car. Acquiring the Practised Ear

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 11

It is safe to assert that of all the cars on the road to-day which have seen more than six months' service, quite thirty par cent are not running…

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Railway Gates Privy Council Case LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 1

The Privy Council has reserved judgment in the suit of the N.S.W. Attorney-General and William McGrath versus the New South Wales…

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Requests Refused Carrington Trams

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 6

The Carrington Council has been informed by the Tramway Department that as the present service to Carrington is considerably in excess…

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Motorist Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 3

David Auchen Campbell, of Newcastle, was fined at Kurri this morning for a breach of the Motor Traffic Act, by not driving as near as…

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Motor Cycling Fatality

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 7

Albert Guide was riding with two companions on a motor cycle and sidecar last night, when the machine struck a bank a mile from…

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Train Starts Fire Muswellbrook

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 5

A fire started in a grazing paddock yesterday, through which the railway line passes near Aberdeen. It is supposed to have been caused by a spark…

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Road Mishaps Six in a Few Days Kurri Smashes

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 3

In addition to the head on collision between a Studebaker and a Hudson Super-six near Bickmore's Corner, Kurri, and the overturning of the…

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Summons Division. Railway Prosecutions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 2

Inspector O. N. Rowe proceeded against Edward Maddison, of 27 Watson-street, Islington, on a charge of having trespassed on railway premises. A plea of…

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Accident on Railway Newcastle Porter Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 5

Rushing across the lines at the Newcastle railway station last night to catch a moving train, Reginald Williams slipped on reaching it, and the wheels of a…

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New Lambton Trams "Couple of Months"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 3

The aldermen of New Lambton are looking with confidence to tho electrification of the tram service to that suburb…

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A Roman Road

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 6

"This road marks the completion of a task bequeathed to us more than 1600 years ago by the Romans." Thus declared the Prince of Wales in opening…

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After the Sports Train to Morpeth

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 5

In response to requests from local residents. It has been decided to run a special train from East Maitland to Morpoth after the Maitland motor…

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Cut Throat. Railway Employee's Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 4

James Hagan, aged 35 years, a railway employee, who lived at 10 Cowper-street, Waratah, was found in an outhouse at his home about seven o'clock yesterday…

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Sydney Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 9

Sir,—Your correspondent, signing his letter "I.B.S.," appears to know something about automatic signals. Having worked under them since over the…

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