Mail Train Delayed
THE Brisbane mail train was four hours late passing through Muswellbrook Station on Saturday morning. The delay was occasioned through a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
637 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 32
Mishap on the Railway'
The Melbourne express, due in Sydney at 10.40 this morning, was delayed an hour and a half on the Sydney aide, owing to the van containing the mails running hot and necessitating frequent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Singleton Argus Thursday. May 12Th, 1898, Light Railway Construction
THE work of future railway construction in this colony will be carried out on vastly different lines to the policy pursued in the days when the country…
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The Minister of Works has more than once expressed very strong views on the subject of thoroughfares known as main roads, and has pledged himself in emphatic terms not to create…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Arrangements for Queen's Birthday
IN connection with the forthcoming Queen's Birthday holiday the Railway Department advertises that holiday excursion tickets will be issued from all…
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THE mail train due here at 5.40 a.m. on Wednesday was over an hour and a half late. The delay was caused by an obstruction on the line between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wallabra-Collarendabri Railway Proposal
The people of Wallabra and Collarendabri are agitating for the construction of a line of railway which would connect the two places, tap the Queensland border, and not only preserve the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A Lambton Resident Cured Biliousness, Headaches, and Insomnia Bile Beans Again Successful. Young Road, Lambton, Newcastle, March, 14, 1898. To the Bile Bean Manufacturing Company, Sydney
Gentlemen,—For some time past I have been suffering from a variety of ailments—mostly biliousness and head[?] combined with pains in the chest; and between the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railways in China. London, Tuesday Night
The Chinese Government have signed an agreement with a British syndicate, under which a loan is to be granted for the construction of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Delayed
The passenger train due at Murrurundi at 5.54 p.m was over an hour late on Monday evening last. From what we can learn it would appear that upon arrival at Gosford…
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Following is the conclusion of evidence recently given by M r. C. Earp, of Newcastle, about the above proposal, before a Sectional Committee of the Public Works Committee: Seeing that Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Accident on the Railway. Collision Between Two Trains. Tamworth
A serious smash occurred on the railway line at Carrabubula on Saturday night. A goods train from Words Creek was at the station when an empty cattle train from Tamworth came running…
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The Times states that the Russo-Chinese Bank has signed a contract for the construction of a railway from Chingting, in the province of Pechili[?] Taiyuen[?] capital of the province of Shannai…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Station Requirements. Office of the Railway Commissioners, Sydney, 19th May, 1898
Sir,— With reference to your letter of the 9th instant relative to the provision of a lighter crane at Singleton Railway Station, I am directed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Smash. Collision Between two Trains at Tamworth. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
ON Saturday night a serious smash occurred at Currabubula, near Tamworth. It seems that a goods train from Werris Creek was at the station…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Fires. a Windsor Audience Alarmed. Neglectful Tramps. Sydney
There was a panic yesternight at the Cau[?] or England Schoolroom, Windsor, during a cinematographe performance. Whilst the proprietor was working a phonograph, by some unaccountable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lowest Road Tenders
The following is the list of lowest road tenders opened at the Wollombi Roads Office last week:—Warkworth to Putty, Wm. Maloney, .£204.18s; Wiseman's Ferry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway from Maitland to Taree
The Sectional Committee of the Parliamentary Committee of Public Works, who are on a tour over the route of the proposed railway from Maitland to Taree, were in Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway from Maitland to Taree. the Public Works Committee at East Maitland
The Standing Committee on Public Work, who are visiting the centres of population on the route of the proposed railway from Maitland to Taree, held a meeting at East Maitland yesterday in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To-day's News by Were. [Press Telegraph Association.] Sydney. Fatal Tram Accident
An elderly woman, Ellen Noonan, who was run over by a tram yesternight, succumbed to her terrible injuries this morning. An inquest will be held…
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