Accident on the Railway Line
As the 4.30 train from Kiama was about a quarter of a mile from Wellongong on Monday afternoon the last carriage ran off the line through…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1890
458 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 23
An Alternative to the Railway over the Zigzag
The following letter has appeared in the Herald:— Sir,—In your issue of the 6th ultimo Mr. W. E. Abbott suggests an alternative railway to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dubbo to Newcastle Railway Connection. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Perhaps the strongest reason which can be urged for making a united and persistent effort to get a railway connection from the Hunter to Dubbo is that there is a reasonable good chance of success…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australian Railways. Sir Henry Nearly Drowned. Chief Commissioner Hooted
SPLENDID rains have fallen in the northern areas of South Australin. They penetrated a defective railway carriage in which Sir Henry Parkes was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Easter Holiday Tramway Traffic. a Substantial Increase
The Telegraph says: "A comparative statement of the Eastor holiday traffic on the tramways has been prepared by the department, and as will be seen by…
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Mr. W. E. Abbott, M.P., telegraphed us as follows last evening:—Have obtained promise from the Minister of Works that tenders will be called for Aberdeen Bridge within a fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hawkesbury Bridge. (Herald of Tuesday)
Statements of a somewhat startling nature have gained currency in the city with regard to the Hawkesbury railway bridge. In effect it has been asserted that some of the piers have moved to the…
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Mr. W. E. Abbott, M.L A. for the Upper Hunter, has again been doing good service for some of his constituents. The following letter to Mr. Abbott from the Public Worka Department will be read…
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THE following, so far satisfactory, has been handed to us for publication by Mr. W. E. Abbott, M.L.A.:—Department of Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aberdeen-Rouchel Road
THE following letter, with regard to the above matter, has been handed to us for publication by Mr. R. G. D. Fitz-Gerald, M.L.A.:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Bridge and Co's. Report
Sheepskins.—We brought forwa[?]d our usual Thursday's catalogue of green and station skins to a full muster of buyers. Notwithstanding the decline in scoured wools reported from London,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Opening of the Forth Bridge
The greatest triumph of pontifical science yet achieved was inaugurated by the Prince of Wales on Tuesday, March 4, when he opened the Forth Bridge. It is not strange…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aberdeen Bridge. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—In this morning's Mercury you announce the receipt of a telegram from Mr. W. E. Abbott, M.L.A., stating that he had obtained a promise from the Minister for Works that tenders would be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accident on the Railway at Quirindi. (Murrurundi Times.)
On Saturday evening last, shortly after the mail train left the local platform, the cries of a mau were heard from the street, and a little while later it was ascertained that a man named…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Commissioner and the Journalist. (Echo.)
At the Water Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. Addison, S.M., the case Edward Miller Gard Eddy v. Solomon Joseph, proprietor and editor of the Tamworth News, was called on. Mr. M'Lachlan,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extension o? Tramways in Newcastle District
Mr. Bruce Smith, the Secretary of Public ' Works, had under consideration on Wednesday, (says the Herald) the whole proposals for tramway extension from the city of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Curious Railway Accidents
As the 985 train from Sydney was approsehing Patersham on Wednesday night the passengers were astonished to find the whole train suddenly strewn by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Miller's Forest to Tarro. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Kindly allow me sufficient space in your valuable columns to give vent to a grievance which the travelling public have been subjected to under the trustee system of expending public money…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Official Correspondence. The Hon. A.J. Gould has kindly handed us the following letter for publication :— Road Repairs. Department of Public Works, Sydney, 17th April, 1890
SIR,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of a letter, presested by you from Mr W. W. Robinson, Singleton, on the subject of slate of road from tho Common…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Easter Holiday Railway Traffic
THE Railway Commissioners have caused to be prepared a comparative statement of the number of passengers travelling on the railways and the revenue received during the…
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