Railway Lines to Inverell
IN the Legislative Assembly, on Tuesday, Mr Walker, for Mr Dowel, asked the Secretary for Public Worker,(1.) What is the estimated distance and cost of construction of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1888
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The Quirindi-yarraman Road. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Having read Mr. Rourke's letter in your issue of the 26th, in which he asks for more light on the subject of the Quirindi and Yarraman road, I request that you will kindly allow me a small…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Railway Hay Depot
The Scientific American, of April 21, describes and illustrates a large hay depot, erected in New York for the New York Central Railway. After enquiry made, the hoisting machinery was ordered…
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Comparing this table with that which it replaces we find a multitude of small alterations, the disappearance of some trains and the addition of others. Persons who intend to travel will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The North Coast Railway. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I quite agree with your Dungog correspondent when he says it is hard to determine whether to laugh or to weep over this tempest in a teapot, &c.; but I am sure the expression refers to,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The North Coast Railway. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—As the first to call public attention in the columns of the Maitland Mercury to the just claims of the extensive and populous district of country between Maitland and the Manning River, I feel…
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THE discovery has just been made of the modus operandi by which for months or years past, the Tramway Department has been swindled out of an immense proportion of…
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The Government, Sir Henry Parkes stated in the Assembly last night, would do their almost to trace the frauds by tram-conductors home, and they are…
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A telegram has been received at Perth intimating that all arrangements for the construction of the railway to Eucha have been completed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident in Victoria
A COLLISIGN between two trains occurred at the Marong Railway station on Saturday night, but owing to the promptness of one of the drivers a serious calamity was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Frauds by Tram Conductors. (From the Herald.)
The Railway Department has, it is understood, made an invocation into a system of fraud which has arisen in connection with the collection of ti[?]ets on certain trams. The inquiry was b[?]…
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Comparing this table with that which it replaces we fiad a multitude of small alterations, the d[?] a[?]ance of some trains and the addition [?] [?] Pe[?] who intend to travel will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The North Coast Railway. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I notice in Saturday's issue of the 14th inst., a note signed "Agricola," and headed as above. I myself fancy that poor "Agricola" got out the wrong side of the bed the night before he…
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Comparing this table with that which it replaces we find a multitude of small alterations, the disappearance of some trains and the addition [?] others. Persons who intend to travel will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tramway Frauds
Is it any wonder the Superintendent of Tramways can never come out with a credit balance-sheet, when such crafty men are employed in the service as a few of the tram…
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At a meeting of the members of the Tramway Employees Association to day reference was made to the recent disclosures respecting the alleged frauds…
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We publish, for public information, the following official letter, which has been addressed to Mr. J. W. Bowes, M.L.A.:- Department of Public Works,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Inverell Railway and the Decentralisation League. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—There is now an opportunity for the Decentralisation League to vindicate its right to the name under which it exists. The Sydney Government has proposed a railway to connect…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Amended Railway Time Table
Comparing this table with that which it replaces we find a multitude of small alterations, the disappearance of some trains and the addition o[?] others. Persons who intend to travel will…
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The expenditure on the city and suburban tramways for 1887 was £201,466, and the nett earnings £19,657, giving a return on the capital…
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