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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1926

3,224 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 162

Railway Commission Alterations Likely Bill Next Session Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 7

Alterations in the control and administration of the railways and tramways are likely to be made before the end of this year. Mr. Lang, the Premier, has the…

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Maitland District Railway Fatality Arthur Peel's Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 8

Mr. G. Brown, the coroner, held an inquiry at the Kurri Kurri Courthouse yesterday into the death of Arthur Peel, aged 20 years, an assistant on-setter,…

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Safety of the Roads

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 14

A greater faith in the action of individuals than of governments was confessed by Lieutenant-colonel Ashley, the British Minister for Transport, in a speech…

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Aeroplane Damaged Smash at Cootamundra COOTAMUNDRA

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 5

Flight-Licutenant Sutherland, accompanied by Mechanic Campbell, who left Point Cook at 9.30 o'clock yesterday morning in D H 9 A for the…

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Road Grants Control

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 3

Federal Ministers are imbued with an idea that when the Commonwealth Government grants millions for the construction and upkeep of main roads it…

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Train Derailed Mountain Mishap SPRINGWOOD

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 5

Twelve trucks and a brake-van were derailed at Sprinswood at about 11.30 a.m. yesterday. A goods train for Eskbank was…

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Callous Motorists

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 3

The motor laws operating in Victoria particularly in Melbourne, are very drastic, and offenders are quite rightly punished heavily for infractions of the traffic…

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Railway Works Estate, No. 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 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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Summons Division. Motor Traffic Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 13

Thomas Stephenson, of Corlette-street, Cook's Hill, pleaded guilty to a charge of having driven the motor omnibus Gloaming No. 2 without the…

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Motor Vehicles Increase

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 11

Two years ago the highest registered number seen on a Queensland motor car was in the vicinity of 20,000; to-day the 46,000 mark has been topped. As the big…

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Coastal Railway Linking Up at Border CASINO

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 7

When the new line is built from Kyogle to South Brisbane, Casino will to the most important town between Grafton and Brisbane. Casino…

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Injured By Tram

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 5

Harry Lindgreen, 9, living at 35 Union-street, Tighe's Hill, was knocked off his bicycle by a tram to-day and received contusions to his…

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Cheap Fares Railway Excursions

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 5

The Railway Department announces that the first series of excursions for 1926. applying to all parts of the State, will be run between February…

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Motor Tax Refund Disabled Diggers Benefit SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 5

The Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League has been advised by the Government that returned soldiers, whose measure of disability is 75 per…

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Greta Unemployed Road Work Provided

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 2

The Main Roads Board has made an additional grant to Patrick Plains Shire for regrading the main northern road at Deadman's Hill, above…

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Newcastle Steel Works Output for Sydney Bridge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 4

The manufacture by the Broken Hill Proprietary Company of steel to be used in the construction of Sydney-Harbour Bridge will commence to-day at the…

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South Maitland Railways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 6

The conference held on Friday, at Newcastle between representatives of the South Maitland Railway, Limited, and Firemen and Enginedrivers Association, has…

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Maitland District Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 6

"William Regan, aged 52 years, employed at Hebburn No. 2 colliery, was run down by a train near the Weston railway station early on Saturday morning, and was…

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Important Tramway Extension

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 7

Sir,—An important tramway extension which could be made now is that from the Adamstown terminus to a point about three-quarters of a mile on route to…

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Afghans Worried Foreign Devils' Railways Approach Disliked Calcutta

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 1

Afghanistan is apparently getting nervous regarding the approach of railway extensions to the country…

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