The Road Vote. How the £216,000 Is to Be Spent
DOUBTS having been raised in certain quarters as to whether the vote of £216,000 for roads and bridges is really available,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1895
33 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
A Railway-porter Killed
A train of railway cars passed over a porter named John Hallam at Strathfield station yesterday, literally cutting the unfortunate man in halves…
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HEADED by Ald. O'Halloran and Thompson, a deputation of townspeople waited on Mayor, Dangar on Monday to ask him to call a public…
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Tenders were opened by Mr. Cameron on Friday last for a number of road works. A large number of contractors were present and the new system, under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Roads to New England. To the Editor
SIR, -- I would like to draw the attention of the authorities, through the medium of your paper, to the disgraceful and neglected state of the roads between Kempsey and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New England Road. To the Editor
SIR, -- Any person who has travelled from Kempsey to Armidale can fully sympathise with the writer of the letter signed "Quid Nun[?] appearing in your issue of the 27th…
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WE can only look upon the attempt being made by a few persons to check the intentions of the Government with regard to the Crescent Head road as…
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The total claims lodged against the Government in connection with the railway accident at Redfern station in November last amount to £185,376…
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Thomas Goldsmith, a compositor, was run over by a train at Petersham yesterday, and received fatal injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Macleay Bridge. To the Editor
SIR, -- I should like to ask you, or any of your readers, this question: -- WHY (in large capitals, please) the deputation from the Macleay, consisting of the member for…
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THERE is every reason why the residents of the North Coast should now unite as one man and again petition the Government for the construction…
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Standing in the centre of an open field at Hoxne, near Eye, in Suffolk, is an obelisk erected to the memory of King Edmund, who met his death there at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. the Road to Frederickton. To the Editor
SIR,--Your issue of July 10th announces that the "Verge trustees intend repairing the Kempsey-Frederickton road, injured in the January flood." Kindly permit me space…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wingham Wishes. the Kempsey Bridge. [By Wire.] Wingham
"Am glad to see that you are on our side this election. I have every reason to believe that if the Macleay people return Mr. Vivian as their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railways
ONE of the most encouraging signs of the times is the improving condition of trade, as indicated in tHe Quarterly Report of the Railway Commissioners, just published. It…
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Is it not almost time that the Government did something to prevent laboring men and business men from being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fast Railway Speed
Thursday last's West Coast Express from London to Aberdeen accomplished the journey of 540 miles in 512 minutes--the fastest time for a train…
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The action A'Becketu v. the Railway Commissioners has ended in the jury giving plaintiff a verdict for £900…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fast Railway Speed
THE West Coast Express from London to Aberdeen accomplished the Journey of 540 miles in 512 minutes—the fastest time for a train ever recorded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electric Trams for Sydney
Mr. Eddy, Chief Commissioner for Railways, who arrived from England this week proposes to run electric tramways through George and Pitt…
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