Road to New Entrance Wharf
WE have received from Mr. J. McLaughlin. M.L.A., the following official correspondence for publication:--Willi reference to a petition from…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
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Slips on New England Road
Owing to numerous landslips on the road between Hickeys Creek aDd Bellbrook it is expected that the road will not be fit for vehicular traffic for a few days. It is to be…
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The proposed bridge over the Manning at Killawarra, for which tenders are now being called, will be, says the Times, a timber truss structure…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Bridge Stealers of Russia
A traveller arrives at a river which be calculates on being able to cross. Not a bit of it! The bridge has been solen in the night by the peasants! True it is that these bridges are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Road—Dingo Creek. Department of Public Works, Sydney, 6th July 1899
SIR,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of the petition of the 24th ultimo, presented by you from J. Campbell, J. Cross, and others, Dingo Creek, re repairs to road through Balton's, Broomfield's,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road to Buckton's Bridge. Department of Public Works, Sydney, 12th July, 1899
SIR,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of the letter of the 8th instant, presented by yon from the Kendall Progress Committee, re road to Buckton's Bridge, and to inform yon that a further…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killawarra Bridge. Lowest Tender £7,700. Sydney
The lowest tender opened for the contraction of the bridge over the Manning River, at Killawarra. was that of Mr. E. W. Fitzgerald, £7,700…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road—harrington and Cattai. Department of Public Works, Sydney, 12th July, 1899
SIR,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of the letter of the 30th ultimo, presented by you from W. C. Reading, Harrington, re grant for road into Harrington, and classification of main road to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bridge Stealers of Russia
A traveller arrives at a river which he calculates on being able to cross. Not a bit of it! The bridge has been solen in the night by the peasants! True it is that these bridges are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Improved Road Making
ONE of the largest items of expenditure in municipal councils is the cost of making and maintaining the roads, and efforts are now being made to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Upper Camden Haven. £500 Grant for Road. Public Works Department, Sydney, 15th July. 1899
SIR,—With further reference to a letter dated the 20th April, from Mr. M. Fegan, Kendall, urging the opening of the deviation at Buckton's on the road from Laurieton to Upper Camden Haven, I have the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Anglo-American Syndicate in China. Canton-hankow Railway. London
A POWERFUL Anglo-American syndicate, comprising the Rothschilds, Morgans, Vanderbilts, and Mortons, has been formed, with a capital of 65,000,000 dollars (about £13,000,000), to construct the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Accident
A baggy, fall of women and children, was ran into by a train at Kalgoorlie. Several persons were seriously injured,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kempsey Bridge
During the last fow weeks the work on the second span of the Kempsey bridge baa made good headway. The span is now almost ready to receive the decking and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kempsey Bridge
The Engineer for Bridges, Mr. E. M. De Burgh, of the Public Works Department, officially visited the Kempsey bridge this week and expressed pleasure at the progress…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The American Tram Strike
The strike at Ohio continues. Another tram car has been destroyed by dynamite, an ex-convict has been arrested having 75 lb of dynamite in his possession. He is believed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local News. the Bridge Approach
It will be remembered that when Mr. Barton, M.P., was in Kempsey a short time since, a deputation from the Borough Council waited upon him…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road to Frederickton Recreation Reserve
Mr. E. Barton, M.P., has received the following letter from the Works Department with reference to an application for improvements to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Clenthorne Road. Public Works Department, Sydney, 26th July, 1899
SIR,—With reference to the letter dated 19th ultimo, presented by you from Mr. P. Muscio, Glenthorne, drawing attention to the condition of the road from Taree ferry to Glenthorne wharf, I have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Old Bar Road. Public Works Department, Sydney, 27th July. 1899
SIR,—With reference to the letter dated 19th ultimo, presented by you from the Taree Council, applying for a special grant for expenditure on the road from the Taree-Wallamba Road to Old Bar…
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