Kendall Road
We have been kindly handed the following letter for publication. by the Mayor of Wingham (Mr. W. Fotheringham):— Public Works Department…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
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The Kempsey Bridge. To the Editor
SIR,--In your issue of the 18th inst., I notice a letter over the nom de plume of "Elector" on the above subject. I have no intention of being drawn into a childish…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →North Coast Railway. the Commissioners' Report
IN moving that the first section of the proposed North Coast Railway, from Maitland to Taree, be referred to the Public Works Committee, for their consideration, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accident Sydney
AN engine and two carriages of a train on the Kaukapakapa line, New Zealand, were derailed, owing it is supposed to rails expanding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Clarke and the Kempsey Bridge. To the Editor
SIR,--As Mr. Clarke, in your last issue, impugns my veracity, in justice to that gentleman and myself, I claim a little space in reply. First of all I distinctly stated I…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cablegrams. Railway Accident
The East Coast Scotch express was derailed to-day after having been in collision with a coal waggon near Burban (?)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stopping the Queen's Train
"So elaborate and perfect are the arrangements for her Majesty's safety and comfort when traveling over British railways that an interruption on the way is of very rare…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Mr. John Bridge
The mortal remains of the late Mr. Jno. Bridge arrived in Sydney this week from Scotland. A requiem mass was held in St. Mary's…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Road to the Cells Diggings
THERE appears to be a certainty of the proper development of the Cell's Goldfield, under the approaching condition of the expenditure of capital there. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Clarke and the Kempsey Bridge. To the Editor
SIR,--I crave a little more space to reply to a communication from Mr. E. J. Williams, of Port Macquarie, which appeared in this week's issue of your local contemporary…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Our Railway
MR. YOUNG informed the people of the Manning district, in a late speech, that a sectional committee of the Parliamentary Standing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coming Railway Race
Next tourist season will see the railway racing to Scotland resumed, and preparations by Borne of the companies are already being made. The Caledonian have been first in the field, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Tenders
The following were the lowest tenders received for road contracts on Thursday last:--No. 47, Warneton-road, P. J. Smyth, £89 3s 9d, nine…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Clarke and the Kempsey Bridge. To the Editor
SIR,--Mr. E. J. Williams, in this week's issue of your contemporary, uses some nice choice epithets when alluding to me. He has evidently lost his temper, and forgotten…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Train Seized for a Debt
For the second time the Orleans Railway Company has had one of its trains seized by a bailiff. A few days ago M. Arnaudet, a landed proprietor in the Department of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Tramp Who Found a Fortune. Strange History of £10,000
A year ago last November a penniless tramp was making his way to San Francisco on the brake beams of a freight train. He was put off the train, and camped beside the track…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sketcher. a Railway Incident
Many years ago--in 1849--it was my lot to be a spectator of a remarkable and singularly weird scene. On that occasion, two hundred and fifty people were saved from a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Public Meeting at Wingham. Cells Diggings, North Coast Railway, and Killawarra Bridge
A PUBLIC meeting, called by the Mayor (Mr. Wm. Fotheringham), in answer to a requisition, was held in the School of Arts, Wingham, last Saturday. There was a good and representative attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scenes in a Burning Train
An eye-witness describes in a Russian journal the fire the other day on the Siberian railway as follows:—We had started on the night from the last station on the River Ob for Bolotayi…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Contracts
Following we give a list of the lowest tenders received for road contracts on Thursday last:--No. 57, Warneton and Aldavilla road, J…
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