Our Railway
THE sectional committee, of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, appointed to investigate the matter of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
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North Coast Railway. Public Works Committee
THE sectional committee of the Public Works Committee, consisting of Lieut.-Colonel F. A. Wright (Chairman), Meura. G. Black, J. L. Fogan, T. H. : Hassall, and D. O'Connor, began to take evidence at…
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The sectional committee to inquire into the North Coast railway arrived at Taree yesterday…
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The Mayor of Kempsey (Mr. J. R. Marrack) yesterday received a telegram stating that the sectional committee of the Parliamentary Public Works…
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To the Editor of the Wingham Chronicle. SIR.—As it is now some considerable time since the last meeting re the Wingham bridge affair took place, I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads—mitchell's Island. Public Works Department, Sydney, 10th May, 1898
SIR,—With reference to your letter of the 16th March last, asking that the road between the property of D. Masters, senr., and Win. Shoesmith, Mitchell's Island, may be opened for traffic I have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Official Correspondence. Tinonee-bohnock Road Sydney 31st May, 1898
Date of letter wider reply:—25th ultimo forwarding petition from Messrs. H. G. Loten, M.B. Cabhage Tree Island Wm. Lee Spring Field Charles Cluss Bohnock and other residents of the locality…
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THE Public Works Committee met in the School of Arts, Cundletown, at half-past 10 on Friday morning, to continue their inquiry with reference to the proposed railway from Maitland to Taree, and the…
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Sailors are fond of pointing out that perils by land are far more numerous than perile, by sea, and when a man has gone through the many dangers of a sojourn at or near…
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DEAR SIR,—Might I through your columns draw the attention of the Minister for Works to the inconvenience and trouble the Upper Manning people are put to owing to the…
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SIX tenders were opened to-day for the erection of a bridge over Burrill Creek, the lowest tender being that of Mr. R. H. Worthing, for the sum of £435 12s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridge—Killabakh Creek. Public Works Department, Sydney, 17th June, 1898
GENTLEMEN,—With reference to your petition, dated 7th January last, urging the erection of a bridge over the Killabakh Creek, on the road from Cedar Party Creek to the Taree and Wingham road,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Over Killabakh Creek. Public Works Department, Sydney, 17th June, 1898
Gentlemen,—With reference to your petition, dated 7th January last, urging the erection of a bridge over the Killabakh Creek, on the road from…
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Mr. Oakes completed his contract for the erection of a bridge over Lower Creek, on the New England road, last week. The bridge consists of two…
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During the recent heavy rains, the road down to the Central Kempsey ferry and wharf was in an almost impossible state. The storm water cut…
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DURING the launching of the battleship Albion, at Blackwall, an old wooden bridge, against which people were warned not to go on to, collapsed, and precipitated a largo crowd…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge at Tinonee. to the Editor of the M. R. TIMES
SIR,—Now that it is beyond doubt that we shall not have a railway to the Manning for some years to come. I many be pardoned for asking a small space in your columns to urge the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Morpeth Bridge. Opened by Mr. Young. West Maitland. June 15
THE new iron bridge over the Hunter River at Morpeth was opened for public traffic to-day by the Minister for Works (Mr. J. H. Young), in the presence of about 2000 people. Mr. Young was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bridge at Tinonee. to the Editor of the M. R. TIMES
DEAR SIR,—I was pleased to see the letter from "Pro Bono Publice" in your issue of Saturday—and in support of his representations, I would ask: What are those august bodies doing, namely, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grant for a Road. Public Works Department, Sydney, 22nd June, 1898
Sir,—With reference to a petition from the residents of Moorland, etc., dated the 4th March last, asking for an unconditional grant for the improvement of the road from…
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