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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1889

33 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 2

A Bridge Over the Macleay To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 30 October 1889 · page 3

SIR,--A thought has occurred to me in connection with this important work which may possibly be helpful in doing away with much of the apathy, not to say objection…

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Railway Foreman Wanted. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 30 October 1889 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners are advertising for a foreman in the carriage and waggon shops of the locomotive branch at a salary of £375…

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Railway Foreman Wanted. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 30 October 1889 · page 4

The Rail ay Commissioners are advertising for a foreman in the carriage and waggon shops of the locomotive branch at a salary of £375…

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Belmore River Bridge. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Saturday 2 November 1889 · page 5

SIR.--Your contributors, Messrs. W. Thurgood, W. Egan, H. McCafferty, P. Bannon, M. Ryan, F. Notley, G. Notley and James Reilly have been very slow in referring to my…

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The First Cantilever Bridge

Macleay Argus · Saturday 9 November 1889 · page 3

The most unique bridge in Japan is the monkey bridge that one sees in the Kofukaido before reaching the town of Kofu, writes a St. Louis Globe correspondent. It spans a…

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Belmore River Bridge. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Saturday 9 November 1889 · page 5

SIR, -- I learn that some of the residents of Belmore River have had a public meeting to protest against the proposed bridge at the Ferry, and that some at least think the…

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Government Railways. London

Macleay Argus · Saturday 9 November 1889 · page 2

The last number of Engineering has an article describing New South Wales railways to be in a state of decrepitude owing to the policy of starvation that…

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General News. First Electric Railway in Australia

Macleay Argus · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 2

The first electrical tramway in Australia was opened on the 14th Oct. between Box Hill and Doncaster. The total distance traversed is 2¼ miles,…

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Robbing a Railway Train. [By Cable] London

Macleay Argus · Saturday 30 November 1889 · page 4

Reports from America state that fifteen masked robbers boarded a railway train in the Indian territory of the United States. After robbing the…

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Parliamentary. Railway Commissioners Report. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Macleay Argus · Saturday 30 November 1889 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners report issued yesterday states that during last year, reductions were made in the staff without impairing the efficiency,…

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North Shore Railway. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 20 December 1889 · page 5

The Public Works Committee again decided by a majority of 7 to 5 votes not to re-open the inquiry into the extension of the North Shore Railway…

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Another Railway Accident. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 December 1889 · page 5

A railway accident occurred at Sandringham Station yesterday by an error in shunting. The engine came into collision with a standing train…

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Railway Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 27 December 1889 · page 2

The second division of the mail train from Sydney ran off the rails near Goulburn yesterday, through a faulty rail. Fortunately no one was…

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