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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1895

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

Redfern Railway Collision

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 September 1895 · page 4

The case, Mrs. Grainger v. the Railway Commissioners, has been concluded. The jury awarded the bereaved lady £4000 as compensation…

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That Bridge Deputation. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 25 September 1895 · page 5

SIR,--In common with many others, I understood that the question of a site for the Kempsey bridge was to be left entirely in the hands of the Government. It was…

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The Kempsey Bridge

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 16 October 1895 · page 5

A WELL-INFORMED Sydney correspondent, writing under date October 11th, says:--"Part of the new four million loan will probably be spent on…

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A Bridge That Brides Never Cross

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 16 October 1895 · page 2

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 hands of the…

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North Coast Railway

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 16 October 1895 · page 4

At a large public meeting held at Stockton, resolutions were adopted urging the immediate construction of the North Coast Railway…

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The Kempsey Bridge. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 23 October 1895 · page 6

SIR,--I wish to comment on a paragraph with reference to the above subject which appeared in this week's Chronicle. Your contemporary said that a rumor was going…

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The Railway Commissioners

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 23 October 1895 · page 5

The re-appointment of Messrs. Eddy, Fehon and Oliver as Commissioners for the New South Wales railways has been gazetted…

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CORRESPONDENCE. Although always willing to ventilate matter of public interest, we do not hold our selves responsible for the opinions expressed. the Kempsey Bridge. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 November 1895 · page 3

SIR,--Although I have not seen the Chronicle, I imagine from the tone of "Elector's" letter in a recent Argus that your contemporary disputes the correctness…

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Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 13 November 1895 · page 5

While the Scotch express was travelling at a high rate of speed through Huntingdonshire (England), the train was derailed. One passenger, was…

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Correspondence. That Road and That Bridge. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 December 1895 · page 5

SIR,--I think the public can scarcely be alive to the deep and irreparable injury obviously (I trust not purposely) inflicted on our district by Mr. Macklin's letter to the Minister…

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Crescent Head Road

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 December 1895 · page 3

THE following is the full text of Mr. H. P. Macklin's communication to the Works Department, re the Crescent Head Road, referred to by us in the report of the…

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The Kinchela-Jerseyville Road

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 December 1895 · page 3

MR. J. McLAUGHLIN, M.P. has forwarded us the following copy of a communication which he recently sent to the Department of Works,…

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Crescent Head Road. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 18 December 1895 · page 4

Sir,--I see that Mr. Macklin; the chairman of the now celebrated Euroka meeting, is getting soundly abused for representing the wishes of the audience. I for one am…

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