Kerrabee-Wollar Road
THE following letter appeared in a recent issue of the Rylstone Advocate:—"Having had occasion lately to drive over that portion of the Kerrabee to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
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Letter to the Editor. Road Mending So-called
Sir,—In travelling over the public roads of the colony one is often puzzled to know by what process of reasoning the method of expending the money for improvements and…
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The Works Department is in despair over the George Street electric tramway. Almost every week for the past six months we have been told that it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Letter Box. [The Editor will at all limes be glad to receive communications upon subjects of local or general interest; but it must be distinctly understood that we do not identify ourselves with the opinions of correspondents.] Civil Servants and the Care of our Public Roads. To the Editor of the Chronicle
SIR,—As a taxpayer, I presume that I have a perfect right to call your attention to the above. In the first place I do as much travelling on our public…
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Last evening negotiations, which have been ponding for some time past, were completed or the sale of hat consistent racehorse Tramp. The new owner is Mr. A. M. Thomas, of Mordiailoc…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cape to Cairo Railway
In a recently-published number of the Windor Magazine appears a sketch of the route to be taken by the railway through South Africa, from Cape Town to Cairo. Throughout the greater part of its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Armoured Train Warfare
The success of armed trains in South African warfare has brought their value into prominence. To use them as scouts has been held by military experts to be rather risky, and that their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Chased by a Tornado
The time was May 30, 1879, between 6 and 7 o'clock p.m. The place was Jackson county, Missouri, on the Missouri Central, between Lee's Summit and Greenwood…
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The Railway Department announce that in addition to the cheap excursion tickets already advertised, and to provide facilities for country residents travelling to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Accident
QUITE a series of accidents have occurred recently on the railway lines between Newcastle, the dyke, and Hamilton. The latest victim is Guard…
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Truly the country has fallen on good times. Not only is the Government going to spend a quarter of million in putting the roads of the interior in good order, but…
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MR. R. G. D. Frrz[?]GERALD, M.P., is in receipt of a communication from the Department of Public Works, acknowledging receipt of his letter with…
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Mr. Thomas Cus[?]on, of the New South Wales Government Railway Department, and now engaged on the line at Murrum [?]ab, and is described as a fine specimen of the Australian worker. "I am," he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Minister of Works at Miller's Forest. the North Coast Railway. Flood Mitigation
The Hon. E. W. O'Sullivan, Minister of Public Works, accompanied by Mr. R. A. Price, M.P., visited Miller's Forest and Raymond Terrace on Saturday. The trip was made up the river from…
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On Friday Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, M.P. for Rylstone, will head a deputation to the Minister for Public Works, in refence to the proposal for a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal War the Lancers Who Return. More Boer Reverses. Colenso Abandoned by the Boers. Railway Line Repairing. Boer Treachery Punished. Mafeking and Kimberley. More Troops for the Cape. London, Nov. 8
The Boers have endeavoured by a ruse to ascertain the effect of their artillery fire at Elands Laagte. An artillery officer, disguised as an ambulance driver, during the truce on Thursday brought some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transvaal War British Effective Artillery Fire. Boers Reinforcing. the Railway Restored. a Favourable Change in the Situation. London, Nov. 9
A large Boer commando has captured aud burned Bremersdorpt, the capital of Zululand. A. Boer force has also occupied Ingwaonma, in Zululand. The investment of Ladismith by the Boers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Narrabri to Walgett Railway. Wee Waa
Mr. M. Usher, of the Railway Department, arrived to-day en route to Walgett for the purpose of collecting information for the Railway Commissioners respecting the proposed railway from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General News. Closing of Road
Attention is drea[?]ted by advertisement in our business columns, to a notification in the Government Gazette of the 1st instant, with respect to the proposed closing of an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tricked the Tramp
Once in a while a practical joke, in which there is considerable fun and no harm, is perpetrated. Such a one came under notice in Philadelphia…
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