The Railway Commissioners and the Land System
On inquiry at the Railway Commissioners' office on Friday, as to whether they had anything to say in reply to the minute by Mr. Copeland, the Herald's correspondent…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1893
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State of Myall Creek Road. Public Works Department, Sydney, 24th August, 1893
Sir,—With reference to your letter of the 27th ultimo, enclosing a communication from Mr J.T. Arthur, of Myall Creek, drawing attention to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Official Correspondence. Mr A. J. GOULD, M.P., has kindly handed us the following letter for publication :— Bridge over Glennie's Creek. Department of Public Works, Sydney, 25th August, 1893
SIR,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th inst., [?] erection of a bridge over Glennie's Creek at Camberwell, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, August 31, 1893. the Railways and Crown Lands
MR. COPELAND has disturbed the composure of the Railway Commissioners by demanding that in future they shall pay for the Crown lands required for railway purposes. But it…
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IT will he remembered that Gowriestreet has been somewhat prominently before the public from the inception of the incorporation of South…
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Below are the hours at which the through trains between Sydney and Brisbane and between Sydney Newcastle, Maitland, and northern and northwestern towns are timed to run until further…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →East Greta Coal Co.'s New Railway Line
Some twelve months ago a contract was let by the directors of the East Greta Coal Mining Company for the construction of a railway line two and a half miles in length. The new line forms a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Periodical Railway Tickets
NEW railway bylaws have been passed, and will come into operation from the Ist proximo. In connection with periodical tickets on the railways,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Time Table
Below are the hours at which the through trains between Sydney and Brisbane and between Sydney Newcastle, Maitland, and northern and north-western towns are timed to run until further…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road repairs. Public Works Department, Sydney, :30th August 1893
Sir,—With reference to the communication, dated the 1st ultimo, forwarded by you from Messrs. A. L. Stacy, S. M. Blaxland, J. H[?]ssott and…
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Early on the following morning Mr. Augustus Stedman "took a run up to town." And late in the evening, Mr. Guy Earlscourt was driven down from the Priory to catch the last express. The…
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It was the summer of 1888, known as the wet season. It rained continually from the 1st of April till July, and on every third or fourth day the drizzle changed to a heavy shower. Roads were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Railway Freights. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I notice that the Commissioners for Railways have published a memorandum to account for the high freights in New South Wales. Incidentally they mention that about half the railways of America pay no dividends. They might have…
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AT about 1220 on Thursday morning an accident occurred on the Great Northern railway, at the Hornsby Junction, by which considerable damage was done. A…
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THIS structure, over which many a duel was fought in these columns by champions of the rival sites, is now un fiat accompli. The structure was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sydney-Brisbane Mall Train. (Queenslander, Sept. 16.)
The statement that the Postmaster-General of New South Wales has under consideration the propriety of altering the running of the mail train between Brisbane and Sydney is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bridge over Glennie's Creak at Camberwell. Public Works Department, Sydney, l5th Sept., 1893
Sir,—With reference to your letter of the 21th ultimo, in which you ask when it is intended to invite tenders fur the erection of a bridge over…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Emperor of Austria. Attempt on His Life. By Wrecking a Train. [By Cable.] London
AN attempt has been made in Hungary to wreck a train by which the Emperor Francis Joseph was travelling. The attempt was frustrated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence. the Railway Commissioners Estimate. (To the Editor of the Scone Advocate.)
SIR,—There is now going the rounds of the Press an estimate by the Railway Commissioners which seems to show that 10,000 acres of land brought under…
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According to an article by Mr. H. G. Prout, editor of the Railroad Gazette, in the North American Review (Brentano's), the train entitled to this distinction is engaged in the…
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