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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
4 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers
SIR—Knowing your proverbial impartiality on all subjects that concern the public wool I was surprised to see a paragraph in your paper of the 4th in praise of the excellent arrangements on the Great Northern Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Goulburn mail, in which I booked for Queanbeyan, has just arrived at Berrima; its progress having been impeded by the sad condition of the roads. I never saw much a wretched thoroughfare in my life; the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The line between Maitland and Lochinvar—a length of nearly seven miles—was commenced about fourteen months since, just before Messrs. Pelo and Co.'s Contracts were taken, and has been made by a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The damage done by the floods to the Great Southern Railway, has been very serious in its character, and has extended to nearly every part of the line. Early on Saturday morning, a telegram was received…
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