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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

3,224 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 162

Motor Cyclist Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 5

Jack Sullivan (18), living at Clarencetown, and employed at Clarencetown sawmill, sustained an incised wound, an inch and a half long, over…

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Trust the Engineer New Lambton Road Work Council Policy

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 10

While Alderman Auckett's colleagues in New Lambton council last night did not agree to his proposals in respect to better road-making, they…

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Chinese Eastern Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 5

A Shanghai message from Pekin states that, according to Russian reports, the agreement between Chang Tso Lin and the Soviet was signed in Mudken on Sunday…

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Railway Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 5

A meeting of the Newcastle sub-branch of the Australian Railways Union was held at the Trades Hall last night. There was a large attendance, every…

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Industrial Matters Railway Matters Conference with Minister Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1926 · page 5

A conference between Mr. Flannery, the Minister for Works and Railways, Mr. Morris, secretary for Railways, and Mr. D. Murray, M.P., in connection with…

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Road Blocked

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 8

Users of the main road to Lake Macquarie from Union-street, Adamstown, complain of the continuous block in Charlestown-road, which has…

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New Tourist Road Warner's Bay to Belmont

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 5

Lake Macquarie Shire Council has advised Newcastle Chamber of Commerce that steps are being taken to open the road from Warner's Bay to…

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Maitland District Motor Fatality Coroner's Inquiry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 8

Mr. M. H. Cleeve, coroner, held an inquiry at the West Maitland Courthouse yesterday afternoon into the motor car fatality which occurred on the…

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'Bus Driver Fined Danger to a Tram

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 5

James Holland, a motor bus driver, was fined £3, with 24s costs, or one month's imprisonment, by Mr. Shropshire, S.M., at Newcastle Police Court…

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Passed a Tram

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 7

Stephen Blanch drove a char-a-bane past a stationary tram in Scottstreet. Newcastle, on December 29. At Newcastle Police Court to-day he was…

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Tram's Mad Career Brisbane-street Crash Pole Broken Brisbane

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 5

Leaving the rails at Logan-road, last night, a large Brisbane tram, which was being returned to the depot, raced across the road straight for a grocery…

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Railway Goods Yard Deputation to Commissioner

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 5

It was decided by the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce to join with the Chamber of Manufactures, the Merchants' Association, and the…

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Motorist Fined Defaced Number Plate

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 5

Albert Leslie Manning was fined £5, with 8s costs, or two months' imprisonment, by Mr. Shropshire, S.M., at Newcastle Polio Court to-day, for…

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"Awful Noise" Speeding Motor Cyclists Two Men Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 5

John Stephen McLean, traveller, of 127 Bruce-street. Cook's Hill, and Hubert Garvan, boilermaker, of Dumaresq-street, Cook's Hill, were…

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Bridge Controversy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 11

The controversy over extra cross-river communication is still raging strongly. Very evident it is that some of the controversialists are not altogether…

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Getting Ready British Golfers to Train LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 1

The Evening Standard understands that St. Andrews Golf Club committee will shortly select 20 possible candidates for the Walker Cup…

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Ambulance Motor Cycle Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 6

The sum of £150 will be provided as prize money, at the Ambulance Motor Cycle Benefit Carnival on the Newcastle Speedway on February 25. The…

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Summons Division. Motor Traffic Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 3

Hopkin John Bevan, of Thomas-street, Glebe, pleaded guilty to a charge of having driven a motor car in Hunter-street, Newcastle, without the prescribed…

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Railway Works Estate, No. 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 6

The Railway Works Estate, No. 2, Cardiff, comprising 53 elevated building blocks, will be submitted for sale by auction by Messrs. Creer and Berkeley, in…

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City Railway Air Picks in Tunnels Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 5

A deputation, consisting of the president and vice-president of the Railway workers' industry branch of the A.W.U., and five miners employed on city…

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