Our New Zealand Letter Wellington, December 29. Our Railway Problem
The problem of making the railways pay or of preventing a loss on their working is engaging the serious attention of the Minister and his department…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1928
3,252 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 163
Motor Lorry Bolts. Crashes Into Building
Considerable excitement was caused in Watt-street, Newcastle, yesterday, about midday, when a motor lorry, owned by George M'Kendry, of Waratah, crashed,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Extension Uganda Cotton Trade LONDON
The Colonial Office announces that the Torore [?] extension of the Kenya and Uganda Railway will be opened to traffic on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"CALLOUS" Commissioners and A.W.U. Kyogle Railway Work
Groat Indignation exists in A.W.U circles at the action of the Railway Commissioners in putting off a number or men employed on the Job of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News Wallsend. Brookstown Bridge
In celebration of the recent opening of the new concrete and steel bridge linking up Cowper-street with Sandgate-road across the railway and tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MINMI-ROAD "It's Not Worst"
Minmi Progress Association wants Lake Macquarie Shire Council to assist in having the Minmi-road declared a main road…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Building Notes Wallsend's Pride New Concrete Bridge
Wallsend is proud of its new concrete and steel bridge which links up Cowper-street with Sandgate-road. When the old structure was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Complete Control" Shire Council's Proposal Board and Main Roads
Lake Macquarie Shire Council has decided to co-operate with Yanco Shire in a movement for the vestment of entire control of main roads with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Gala Week" Boom for Newcastle Opening New Road
Five thousand publicity agents for Newcastle is what the Betterment Board secretary (Mr. Froude), predicts will be the direct result of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality
While riding on the roof of a carriage of the North Coast mail train, on Saturday morning, George St. Chair Strickland (19), was fatally injured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Noisy Motors Fines at Police Court "A Nuisance"
A sharp reprimand was given to motor cyclists who cause uproar by having noisy "cut outs" on their cycles or who do not have efficient silencers,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Licenses Lake Shire Defaulters
Out of a total of 69 public vehicles running in Lake Macquarie Shire, only 12 made application for now licenses at the council meeting to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality Inquest
The inquest concerning the death of George Strickland, who met his death while riding on the top of a railway carriage at Telarah early on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Disaster
Two aeroplanes, forming part of the escort to the King and Queen of Afghanistan from Naples to Rome, yesterday collided in mid-air and crashed. One of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motorists Marooned Gosford-Newcastle Road
During the recent rain motorists between Gosford and Newcastle were marooned because lengths of the road about to be reconstructed were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Bridge Wanted
That for the safety of the public a reinforced concrete bridge should be created in place of the existing wooden structure over the stormwater…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Smash on Bridge MANILLA
A single-seater Ford, driven by Rowley Roberts, 13, who was accompanied byE. Grover and N. Hall, crashed into an electric light…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motors for Grace and Pace Busy Guides N.R.M.A. Road Services Many Calls
Christmas and New Year holidays saw the N.R.M.A. fully extended. For weeks before the holidays started the touring department was besieged with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wants Relief Tarro Main Road Costs
With a view to the relieving of the Tarro Shire Council of all its liability in connection with the reconstruction and maintenance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Be Careful Traffic on Caves Road Adhere to Rules
Motorists visiting Jenolan Caves are advised by the N.R.M.A. to adhere strictly to the regulation with regard to traffic on the five-mile hill within…
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