Serious Accident at Dapto. Explosion on a Railway Engine
A serious accident occurred on the Smelting Company's railway line on Thursday morning. The engine, attached to a tender and truck, was proceeding…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1896
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Proposed Bridge Across Tom Thumb Lagoon
We are informed by Mr. Wearn, secretary to the movement, that arrangements have been completed for an influential deputation to wait upon the Hon. J. H…
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THE steam plug of the engine which runs from the Smelting Company's works to the Dapto Railway station view out on Thurs. day morning as the engine was nearing…
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As reported in these columns at the time, Mr. W. M Kenzie asked the Railway Commissioners, on the occasion of their recent visit to Wollongong,…
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On Thursday last a deputation, consisting of Messrs. J. A. Beatson. W. J. Wiseman, L. L. Earl, T. Wearn, W. Weeks, sloan, M. O'Brien, M. Robertson, E. S. Nicolle,…
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MESSRS. J. A. Beatson (Mayor of Wollongong), W. J. Wiseman, M. O'Brian, L. L. Eari, E. S. Nicolle, T. M'Guffie, M. Robertson, J. Sloane, H. A. Craven, F…
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THE following, taken from the Illawarra " Mercury," will prove of interest to a number of our readers —Mr. W. M'Kenzie asked the Railway Commissioners, on…
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A couple of errors crept into our report of the deputation that waited on the Minister for Works last Thursday in connection with the proposal to construct…
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On Thursday a deputation comprising several members of Parliament, his Worship the Mayor of Sydney, and the mayors of the suburban councils, waited…
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At the Police Court, Wollongong, on Thursday (before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M.) Patrick Clinton was charged with having assaulted Wilson Hanley in a railway…
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While abhorring cruelty on general principles, still one can hardly help wishing that some kind-hearted philanthropist would take a double-barrelled shot-gun and…
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Mr. Booth, representing the Railway Commissioners, visited Barry on Wednesday for the purpose of arranging for the special train service at the…
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The case of. W Hanley, publican, Helensburgh, versus Patrick Clinton, gaol warder, Wollongong, was continued on Thursday before Mr. Nisbet, P.M., Mr. Bull…
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Mr. King, of the Public Works Department, yesterday morning commenced investigations in connection with the proposal to have a bridge…
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SIR,—I was so struck with the feasibility of the suggestion re the early-train movement made by a correspondent in the Mercury that I decided to write a…
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SIR,—In the agitation that is being ventilated to have an earlier morning train, might I point out that if the morning mail were so timed to leave Nowra as the…
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SIR,—Again there is a considerable, stir about the construction of this road, both in the Shellharbor municipality and Robertson district, and although…
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On Wednesday last Mr. Chanter, M.P., moved the adjournment of the Home to consider "the action of the Government in not accepting the lowest tender for the…
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If the Government succeeds in carrying its proposal to carry the railway into Sydney, it will not be without encountering. severe and strenuous opposition,…
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A DEPUTATION, accompanied by Mr. Morton and Mr. Alex. Campbell, Ms P., waited on the Minister for Works on Friday to draw his attention to the condition of a…
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