A Block on the Railway Line
Just as we are going to press, we learn that all traffic between Newcastle and Maitland is temporarily blocked by a washaway at Thornton, where a quarter of mile of line has been washed away…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1895
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Accommodation for Tramps
SIR,—With reference to Mr. E. Dixon's letter re the above, published by you on Monday, the 21st inst., I fully endorse his remarks, and regret that we have not more generous-minded gentlemen like…
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GENERAL Satisfaction will be felt, we are sure, at the determination of Mr. Eddy to remain at the head of the Railway Commission. He is not in the least to be blamed for desiring…
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We have received the following official documents from Mr. H. H. Brown, M.P. for Durham, and publish them for general information:—Public Works Department,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRITISH & Foreign News. the following extracts are from files to December 9th:- A Train Hold up
Another desperate outrage was committed on the night of Dec. 6th, in Texas, on the Pacifie Railway. The through express had reached a spot…
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GENERAL satisfaction will be felt, we are sure, at the determination of Mr. Eddy to remain at the head of the Railway Commission. He is not in the least to be blamed for desiring…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →American Tramway Riots. Troops Called out
THE roits in New York and Broklyan insquent upon the strike of treamby conductors are incrasing in savily. A further force of 7000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in the Hunter. Alarm in Maitland. Stoppage of Railway Traffic. Washaways at Tarro. Landslip at Awaba Accidents and Fatalities. [By Our Own Reporter.]
NEXT in magnitude to the Rood of March, 1893, that which is only really subsiding as these words are being written holds the record…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Visit of a Railway Engineer to Maitland. the Railway Embankments
At the request of Mr. J. Gillies, M.P. for West Maitland, and the members of the Borough Council, Mr. J. Fraser, assistant to the Engineer-in-Chief for Railways, visited West Maitland this morning…
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ON Friday next, the 1st February some slight alterations in the present railway time-table come into force, which if not remembered, may cause…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Falbrook Causeway. Telegram received from Mr Spencer, Road Superintendent. Muswellbrook
Yours [?] Falbrook causeway. I will attend to it. Instructions issued to-day for its immediate repair…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to the Editor. Railway Washaway and Floods in Louth Park
SIR,-The recent Washaway on the railway between here And East Maitland is my excuse, or rather our excuse, for addressing you on the subject. The suggestion we would offer is-That…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Works at Grass Tree. Govt. Railways of N. S. Wales, Secretary's Office, Sydney, 23rd Jan., 1895
Sir,—I am in receipt of your letter of yesterday, requesting that local labor be employed on works at Grass Tree, and I am directed to inform you…
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The annual Sunday school picnic in connection with the above church took place on Anniversary Day. The children assembled a little after ten o'clock, when a short but impressive service…
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THE floods in the North have been followed by applications to the Minister for Works for assistance to repair the damage done to the roads…
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Sir George Russell, Bart., M.P., has been reelected chairman of the South-Eastern Railway Company. Mr. Abbott, a shareholder, withdrew the motion for the appointment of Mr. Eddy as…
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ELSEWHERE will be noted the terms of a resolution passed on Wednesday by the Morpeth Borough Council, in favour of approaching the Railway Commissioners with a request…
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In connection with the decision of. Mr. Eddy to accept the offer of the Government to renew his term of office, as Chief Railway Commissioner for a term of seven years, it may be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Deputations to the Chief Secretary. the Roads in the District
The Warden and Secretary of the Maitland District Council interviewed Mr. Brunker at his office, High-street, West Maitland, on Saturday morning to represent the condition of the several…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Deputations to the Chief Secretary. the Roads in the District
The Warden and Secretary of the Maitland District Council interviewed Mr. Brunker at his office, High-street, West Maitland, on Saturday morning to represent the condition of the several…
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