Warkworth Road
Department of Public Works, Roads under Trustees, Sydeny, 6th June, 1883.-Sir, Referring to your letter of the 8th instant, further requesting a special grant of £100…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1883
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Road From Singleton to Jerry's Plains
Department of Public Works, Roads under Trustees, Sydney, 13th June, 1883.-Sir, I am directed to inform you that, in accordance with your recommendation of the 19th…
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Department of Publie Worts, Sydney' 20th June, 1883.-Sir, I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th instant, urging the construction of a…
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On the night of Whit-Monday, May 14, one of the most disastrous railway accidents that has happened in Scotland for some time occurred at Lockerbie Station, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Italian Railways, their Expenses and Receipts
At the end of 1881 there were 5523 mil[?] railroad in operation in Italy, of which 11[?] mil[?] had been opened within that year. Of this [?] 2452 miles belonged to the State. It did not work[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supreme Court. Friday, June 29. Banco Court.—(Before their Honors the Chief Justice and a jury of four.) DWIGHT V. Commissioner of Railways
Mr. Rogers and Mr. Harris, instructed by Mr. M'Culloch, for the plaintiff. Mr. Stephen, Q.C., and Mr. Pilcher, inatructed by the Crown Solicitor, for the defendant…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Waterloo Bridge Strengthened
Although the Thames is never subjected to the imp[?]tuous travel of flood water, such aa we have all seen go past us at the Belmore Bridge over the Hunter, yet it has a danger which we do not suffer…
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A short railway in the northern part of Ireland, the Port Rush Railway, was worked by electric power,—for comparison with the usual plan, a steam tramway system. As reported, in April, the steam…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Great Northern Road. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Please allow me a little space in your valuable columns to express my gratitude to the powers that be for so much of the Great Northern Road, as has been placed in a passable condition,…
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From the evidence given before the joint committee of Parliament on the proposed railway tunnel, under the sea, between England and France, we observs that eight millions sterling was the cost,…
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The Hon. J. P. Abbott, Minister for Mines, has succeeded in inducing the Minister for Works to have a distinguishing number placed upon the guards and porters employed upon…
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Many of our readers will be glad to learn that after more than two years' strenuous exertion the Hon. J. P. Abbott, Minister for Mines, has succeeded in inducing the…
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Sir, [?] [?]…
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The suspension bridge, or Brooklyn bridge as it is called, over the East River at New York before it was formally opened, was kept closed to the public until that time. But…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Project for a Bridge over Glendon Brook
For some time past an agitation has been proceeding, for procuring the erection of a bridge across Glendon Brook, on the road from the Upper Paterson to Singleton. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Irustees,-goorangoola and Carrow Brook. Department of public Works, Roads under trustees. Sydney, 27th June, 1883
SIR,-I am directed to inform you, that in accordance with your recommendation of the 18th instant, the Secretary for Public works has approved of the appointment of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Mercury Saturday, July 14, 1883. Railway Management in Victoria
THE Victorian Government have every reason to be pleased with the manner in which their Railways Management Bill was received by the Assembly. It will have apparently a fair…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mail Extracts. a Railway Exhibition
A national exhibition of railway appliances will be held in Chicago, June 12[?]23, in the Interstate Exposition Buildings, [?] gallery of which is one-third of a mile long…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hawthorne Railway Accident. (By Telegraph to Herald.) Melbourne
The Hawthorne Inquiry Board report has been published. It reviews all the circumstances which led up to the accident, and states that Hunt, the guard of the special…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Permanent Railway Bridge over the Murray. (From the Herald.)
As it is understood that the transit of goods across the Murray by rail will not be provided for until the completion of the permanent iron bridge, the progress of the…
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