Votes for Roads and Bridges
A deputation including Messrs. Wheeler, Morgan, Millen, Affleck, Phillips, Miller, MacDonald, F. G. Brown, R. Jones, Ball, Gillies, Millard, Moore, Lonsdale, and W. H. B. Piddington, Ms.L.A…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1896
389 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 20
A Tram Accident
A labourer named Nicholas punch was knocked down and severely injured by a tram on the globe road this morning, and when admitted to the hospital he was found to be suffering from concussion…
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"Remembering the great love of his highness, Tusitala, and his loving care when we were in prison and sore distressed, we have prepared him an enduring present, this road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mishap to a Mail Train. Delayed for Ten Hours. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A MISHAT occurred to the Northern mail train at Doughboy Hollow, near Narrabri, this morning. The locomotive attached to a goods train left…
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The Divisional Engineer for the Northern Railway system (Mr C. E. Nicholas), with his professional staff, reached Singleton by train from Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Singleton Argus Wednesday, October 21St, 1896. Light Railways
ON Saturday last the new railway from Jerilderie to Berrigan, in the Riverina district, was Formally opened by the Minister for Works (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Knocked Down by a Tram. Received Concussion of the Brain. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A LABORER named Nicholas Punch received severe injuries this morning, having been knocked down by a tram in Glebe-road. He was removed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Proposed Moree to Inverell Railway
The Sectional Committee of the Works Committee has reported against the proposed Moree to Inverell railway by three votes to two. It expressed the opinion that Inverell was entitled to…
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A shocking fatal accident occurred on the Illawarra railway line this morning. It appears four permanent waymen named Dwyer, Butfield, Gallagher, and Thomas Brown were working on the…
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Sour-faced Woman: "You get right out of here or I'll call my husband." Tramp: "Y'r husband ain't at home." Sour-faced Woman: "How do you know…
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An American syndicate has advanced a sum of 30,000,000 [?] (approximately £5,000,000) for the construction of a line of railway from Hankow due north to Pekin, the capital, a distance of 700…
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IN the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night the Minister for Works asked the Minister to affirm the desirableness of bringing in a bill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death of Mr Goodchap. Ex-Commissioner for Railways
MR CHAS. AUGUSTUS GOODCHAP, M.L.C., died on Tuesday evening at the residence of Mr Arthur Willis, Pezilla, Pott's Point. Though the…
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At St. Louis, United States, two trains came into collision end wore wreeked. Nine persons were killed on the spot, and twenty others were badly injured…
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Through the courtesy of the Mayor of West Maitland (Mr. H. Crothers) we are enabled to announce to our readers that at last the Railway Commissioners have hearkened to the appeal of the…
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A serious railway collision occurred at St. Louis, United States, to-day. Two trains came into collision, and were wrecked. Nine persons were…
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Before the Parliamentary Committee on Public Works this afternoon the proposed line of railway from Condobolin to Broken Hill was…
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Through the courtesy of the Mayor of West Maitland (Mr. H. Crothers) we are enabled to announce to our readers that at last the Railway Commissioner have hearkened to the appeal of the…
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The Hon. A. J. Gould, M.L.A., is in receipt of a com unication from the Under-Secretary for Works, stating that a letter from Mr G. L. Lethbridge, of…
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Vincient Baldwin, a Walthamstow mechanic, has been the victim of a series of unfortunate circumstances. Going home the other night to…
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