Road to the Lansdowne Department of Public Worts, Sydney, Nov. 2nd, 1899
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 4
SIR,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of petition of tho 25th ultimo, presented by you from resident of Motto, Lower Manning, etc., respecting road leading from the Kew-Kratnbach Road to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£43 Grant for Kelvin Grove Road. Public Works Department, Sydney, 3rd Nov., 1899
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 4
SIR, — With reference to your letter of the 7th September last, enclosing a petition signed by Messrs. F. Joyce, S. J. Brown, senr., W. Mooney and others, asking that the road from Wingham via Ashlea to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest War. The Transvaal. Joubert Inactive Owing to Severity of His Losses. British Artillery Creating Inferno. Boer Troopers Shot for Cowardice. Reinforcements From Pretoria. Short of Ammunition. Enlisting at Capetown. No Prussians Need Apply. Position at Ladysmith. the Enemy Invading Cape Colony. Railway Communication Stopped. Later News
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 6
A train proceeding from De Aar has been stopped at Karan Kuil, about [?]nidway between Kimberley and De Aar…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Contracts
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 16 November 1899 · page 4
The following were the lowest tenders for works on local roads opened last Monday at the Kempsey Roads Office:—20, Kempsey district bridge repairs, Thos. Hennessy…
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The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 7
SIR.—The question of a road to the Comboyne seems to be agitating the minds of many people lately, and with your kind permission I would like…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road to the Comboyne. Department of Public Works, Sydney. 13th Nov., 1899
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 5
SIR,—With reference to the letter from the Mayor of Taree, dated October 9th, presented by you, urging the extension of the Koppin Yarratt road via Cicolini's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →George Street Trams. Sydney
Macleay Argus · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 9
The Minister for Works expects the electric trams to start running in George-street by the 1st December…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Road Contracts
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 November 1899 · page 3
THE following were the lowest tenders opened at noon on Monday last, at the Court House, Taree, for the contracts named:— 9/99-0—Moorland to Upper Stewart's River, D…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest War. The Transvaal. Ladysmith. Hard Pressed, Shelled Night and Day. Relief Anxiously Awaited. Battle Probable at Estcourt. Boers Massing There to Intercept British Relief Column. Methuen Marching on Kimberley. More About Churchill's Gallantry. He Refused to Escape and Leave the Men. 3000 Boers Repulsed by British Cavalry Near Estcourt. an Armored Train Captures Boer Ammunition. British Prisoners at Pretoria Suffering From Scurvy. Fighting South of Lady-smith. Crushing Defeat of the Enemy. the British at Estcourt. Boer Attempts to Cut the Railway: Reconnoitring Movement Near Colenso. a British Force Ambushed. Bravery by a War Correspondent. an Armoured Train Derailed. Hundred Men Missing
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 22 November 1899 · page 2
An armoured train with a half company of the Dublin Fusiliers, a half company of the Durban Light Infantry, and 10 sailors passed Chievely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bicycle Road Race
Macleay Argus · Saturday 25 November 1899 · page 8
The following are the handicaps for the three miles road race, from the fool of Frederickton hill to Kempsey, to be run this Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Met Oh the Train
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 25 November 1899 · page 2
A quiet-looking young man who had been for some time reading a magazine on a Western railroad train laid it aside, and was about to make himself comfortable for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways in New Caledonia
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 25 November 1899 · page 6
The French Government is disposed 10 guarantee a loan of 10,000,000 francs for the construction of a railway from Noumea to Bourail, in New…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor 'Buses in London
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 25 November 1899 · page 6
THE motor omnibus has commenced its journeys between Kennington Park and Victoria. A beginning was made with a well-built, white-painted vehicle, capable of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cycling Road Race
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 30 November 1899 · page 4
A very interesting handicap bicycle road race took place last Saturday from the three mile post on the Frederickton road to Central Kempsey Post Office. Mr. Craig, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Met on the Train
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 30 November 1899 · page 2
A quiet-looking young man who had been for some time reading a magazine on a Western railroad train laid it aside, and was about to make himself comfortable for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bicycle Road Race
Macleay Argus · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 8
A good deal of public interest was evinced in the bicycle race on Saturday last. There were 12 starters and a large crowd witnessed the finish…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road—via Dargaville's Crossing. Public Works Department, Sydney, 14th November, 1899
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 6
SIR,—With reference to your letter of the 11th. September last, enclosing a communication from the Wallamba River Progress Committee, asking that a special grant be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road—Oxley Island Ferry. Grant of £85. Department of Public Works, Sydney, 22nd November, 1899
The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 6
Date of letter under reply :—Petition signed by Messrs. W. N. Lee, R. E. Weiley G. Schmitzer and others. Subject:—Respecting the condition of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sleepers for Railways
The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 4
The Minister for Works has approved of 1s 10½d being the price to be paid for round-back ironbark sleepers for the new railway works in the Young…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Contracts
The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 7 December 1899 · page 4
The following were the lowest tenders for works on local roads opened last Monday at Kempsey roads office:— No 27, East Kempsey Spencers Creek, R. Avery, £250 7s 6d;…
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