Road Wanted
Gentlemen,—With reference to your petition, asking that a special grant may be provided for the purpose of clearing and forming…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
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Bridge Over the Tweed Rivera
The Minister for Works, Mr. J. H. Young, last week accepted a tender for a bridge across the Tweed River at Murwillumbah. The contractors…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Official Correspondence. ROAD—JERICHO & Big Swamp. Public Works Department, Sydney, 12th Nov. 1898
GENTLEMEN,—With reference to your petition, asking that a special grant may be provided for the purpose of clearing and forming the road leading from the Krambach and Kew Road, via…
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WE have been courteously supplied, by the Minister for Works, with the following information concerning the proposed bridge over the Manning at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridges over the Manning. Proposed Bridge at Killawarra
THE following is a copy of the report from the Assistant Engineer for Bridges—Mr. E. M. De Bingle—on the proposed bridges over the Manning:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road at Moorland. Department of Lands, Sydney, 16th Nov., 1898
SIR,—I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of a letter from Mr. J. Stinson, Moorland, and petition from Messrs. S. E. Everingham, C. Maddalena, and others,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mishap at the Bridge
On Saturday last a rather alarming mishap occurred at the bridge works. A number of cylinders weighing several tons were being slung prior to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Tinonee Bridge. to the Editor of the M. R. TIMES
SIR,—Your issue of the 23rd instant contains a report upon the above, coupled, for some occult reason, with the report upon the Killawarra bridge, which it says is "a rival scheme" What in the name of all…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Drama
Scene 1.—Train stopping at big Junction. Ticket Collector (examining passenger's ticket): 'This won't do. sir. You'll have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train on Fire
The Western mail train caught fire near Bourke last night. For a time there was danger of total destruction. Two trucks, with contents, were…
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Work is progressing apace in connection with the Kempsey Bridge. The sinking of the first tier of cylinders in the stream is now…
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THERE is considerable feeling evinced at the proposals for bridges at Tinonee and Killwarra being brought into conflict by the officials of the Public Works Department…
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THE people of Tinonee are determined not to let the matter of a bridge over the Manning at Tinonee rest. They are absolutely within their rights in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton-glen Innes Railway
The agitation for the Grafton-Glen Innes railway has been revived. In both places the cost is said to be under half a million…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Road Work
The tender is accepted for the road Wingham via Ashlea to Kelvin Grove, of C. Henderson (Taree), at £218…
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The work of the select committee on Mr. Kenwood's Bridge and Tramway Bill was brought to a close on Thursday,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Luxurious Train
The new Siberian train which was recently sent to St Petersburg for the approval of M. Khilkow, Minister of Ways and Communications, returned to Moscow lately, after…
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THE following is a copy of the petition now in circulation for signature for the construction of a bridge over the Manning River at Tinonee:— To the Hon. Minister for Works of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lansdowne Road. Sydney, 9th December 1898
Date of letter under reply —5th September last, petition from Messrs. E. Minett, E. J. Wynter, J. Clinch, and other residents of Upper…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Kempsey Bridge
THE Sydney Mail of the 12th instant has two splendid illustrations of the bridge now in course of construction over the Macleay River at Kempsey, and thus refers to the work:—When completed this…
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