Local News. Railway Appointments
It is stated that Mr Harry Hewitt has been appointed station master at Minimbah near Singleton. Mr Hall, who for some time was on the stag at the local railway…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
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Motor Waggons. Extraordinary Speed Obtained
Details are to hand by the last English mail of a match contest between the Jc[?]atzy and Count de Chasseloup-Loubat motor road waggons…
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A BOY named Edward Henry Browne, residing with his mother at St. Peters, was run over by the G. 30 p.m. train from Sydney to Belmore on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Charges . New Goods Rates on the Railways
THE Railway Commissioners are introducing a very important regulation in regard to a new truck rate for general goods, and it is proposed to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway to Khartoum
The railway to Khartoum will be completed in November…
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ON two or three occasions lately attention has been called – in this paper to the-unusually large number of young men passing through this…
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Pending an inquiry into the question, Mr. C. T. Ritchie, President of the Board of Trade, has laid aside the Railway Accidents Prevention Bill recently introduced in the House of commons providing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Tram Accident
A news boy, named John Johnstone, was knocked down by a tram near King-street this morning and received terrible injuries, his left leg being almost cut off from below the knee. He died shortly…
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The following are the lowest road lenders, received at the wollombi Road Office, for the works specified :—Wollombi up [?]ngo Creek, L. Burgess, £11 ; porry's…
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Several tenders were, received by the trustees in charge of the road from Branxton, via Elderslic Bridge, to Singleton-road, for a quantity of approved grave…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Tram Accident. [By Telegraph] Sydney
A SERIOUS tramway accident occurred shortly before 1 o'clock to-day in Elizabelh street, near the corner of King-street, A newsboy named John…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Singleton Letter. the Glendon Bridge
This structure, which in now on the verge of completion, will mean, when opened for traffic, a great deal to the settlers in and about the neighbourhood, so that it is not surprising to hear that the residents contemplate to have a day of jubilation…
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The subjoined letter will be read with interest by those who have occasion to travel over Brokenback Rauge, and espeolaity by the residents of Mount Vincent and the surrounding district. The present state of the road has long been a cause of…
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A company has been formed, the capital secured, and the privileges obtained, to construct a species of aerial cable railroad across the very brink of Niagara…
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A tramway Accident of a very serious character occurred just after half-past twelve o'clock to-day at the stopping place in front of the Zoological Society's grounds, Moore Park. A tram bound to…
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The residents of Jerry's Plains are agitating for a deviation of the road at Maison Diou Hill, and have forwarded a petition praying for this to the Public…
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A TRAMWAY accident of a sensational character occurred on Saturday near Moore Park,Sydney.The tramway traffic through Moore Park was of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local Industry. And the Railway Commissioners. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus
SIR,—A short time ago there appeared in the columns of the Arguss us an article on the preparation of fruit pulp, and pointing cut the possibility of a very…
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A tramway accident of a sensational character occurred on Saturday near Moore Park, Sydney. The tramway traffic through Moore Park was of a…
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