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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1925

2,977 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 149

Railway Army Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 7

Twenty thousand railwaymen, represented at a meeting at Charter, passed a resolution demanding that the railway companies should withdraw the army…

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The Tramways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 10

Sir.—I would like to draw attention to a great inconvenience-many persons are suffering through the traffic management of the trams running through…

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Snake in Bonnet Traveller's Suprise Motor Incident Wingham

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 5

F. W. Collison, a commercial traveller, had a peculiar experience on Tuesday morning while motoring from Krambach to Wingham. He had…

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Workmen Buried City Railway Collapse Narrow Escapes Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 5

With a roar of falling masonry, a stone wall collapsed at the Bathurst-street intersection of the city railway works at about 10.15 a.m. to-day…

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Necessary Road Repairs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 6

For some time the condition of the roads leading from Millfield via Paxton and Ellalong to Mount Vincent has been under the consideration of the…

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Angry Council Hannell-Street Bridge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 5

Mr. W. P. J. Skelton, M.L.A., informed the Wickham Council last night that the Under-Secretary of the Public Works Department states that the…

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Railway Disaster. Collision at Redfern. Passenger Train Crashed Into. Seventeen Persons Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 5

A serious railway smash occurred just outside the Central Railway Station to-night, when two trains, one crowded with passengers, and the other almost…

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Harold Richards's Ordeal Over an Hour Pinned Under Train Wreckage Giant Jacks to Lift Car Glass and Woodwork Scattered Among Tangled Iron SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 1

I be ordeal of Harold Richards, pinned among the debris for over an hour, was the worst phase of the train smash at Sydney Railway Station last night. Railway officials explained this morning that the delay was unavoidable. Everybody on the scene did his best to get Richards out, but he was [?] so fiercely by…

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Long Bay Rifle Range Tramway Connection Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 5

The closing of Randwick Rifle Range necessitated all metropolitan clubs using the Long Bay range, which is also now used for match meetings, in which…

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Motor License Fees Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 5

As a result of representations made by Mr. M. Cromarty. M.P., to Sir Arthur Cocks, the Treasurer, and Mr. C. W. Oakes, the Chief Secretary, respecting…

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Railway Disasters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 5

The railway collision at Westphalen, reported yesterday, was due to the driver of the express failing to see the danger signal through fog. The casualty list…

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Railway Platform Tickets

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 8

Sir,—Having occasion yesterday to see a lady and three very small children off by the north coast train leaving West Maitland, I was charged twopence…

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Motor Notes. Wheels and Their Respective Advantages. Characteristics of Principal Types Discussed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 9

Whilst circumstances such as the Great War have produced weird contraptions which called themselves wheels, wherein springs and other shock…

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Railway Industry Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 5

The minutes of the meeting of the executive of the Railway Industry Union have been distributed through official sources to the members in the northern…

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No Motor Exhibits Trouble at Wembley Foreign Influence London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 1

A difficult situation has arisen in connection with the refusal of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders' in respect to the Wembley…

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New Motor Ship Aorangai's Smart Trip

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 1

KINGSTON. Jamaica. Wednesday. The Union Company's new motor ship, Aorangl arrived at Kingston to-day, completing the first stage of her…

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Another Try Wickham Railway Land

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 3

The estate agent for railways has informed Wickham Council that the application to lease additional railway land at Wickham could not be…

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No Reduction Newcastle Railway Land

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 6

The Valuer-General's Department has informed the Newcastle City Council that a fresh valuation has been made of the railway land used…

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Crowded Trams "Not So Serious" Departmental View

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 January 1925 · page 4

The Tramway department informed Wickham Council last night that inquiry had shown that the electric cars on Maitland-road to Mayfield…

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Hannell-street Bridge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 4

Wickham Municipal Council has decided to make another effort to bring about the construction of the bridge to carry tra[?]…

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