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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
82 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 5
SIR—Having intended to make a few remarks on the above question at the late public meeting, held at Lambton, but owing to the disgraceful way the meeting terminated, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →By an advertisement in another column it will be seen that a public meeting on the above question is to take place this (Wednesday) evening at the Lambton railway crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Since Thursday morning we have had an agreeable change for the better in the state of the weather. Last Sunday was one of the wettest and roughest days we remember having experienced for many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →YESTERDAY (Friday) a conference of mayors, aldermen, and others of the various municipalities interested in the above question, was held in the Council Chambers,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We are glad to learns that the contractor for the making of this road has commenced to clear away the timber at Flat Creek, preparatory to the erection of a bridge. This is a step in the right direction,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A conference of the Mayor's and Aldermen of tho various Municipalities in the mining districts, was held yesterday afternoon at the Council Chambers, Waratah. The lateness of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN open-air meeting took place at the Lambton Railway Crossing on Wednesday evening last. The attendance was not so large as was expected owing to the weather,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Friday afternoon last, a meeting of the Mayors and Aldermen of the various Municipalities, in the colliery townships, was held in the Council Chamber's, Waratah, to consider…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday (Tuesday) a fine dog was run over by the Wallsend trail near Mr. Young's slgughter yard, and later in the day a large black snake that appears to have ventured from the bush on to the line near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Its all very good, Said Rev. Spicer Wood; But your eyes are full of dust. Could you only see as others see,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir—This subject has been made so much a matter of public discussion, that I feel that your columns present the most convenient channel through which to convey—with your…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir—I see, in the Miners' Advocate, the Lambton correspondent boastingly asserts the canvassers obtained 300 signatures at Wallsend to the petition for the New Lambton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir—In your issue of Saturday appears a letter, signed "R. A.A. Morchend, Manager S. A. Mining Company," offering suggestions for a speedy settlement of the controversy on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir—With reference to Mr. Harper's very courteous letter, in your paper of the 19th instant, I ask leave to correct a passage in my letter of the 14th. Instead of stating that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Tuesday evening, 19th May, a committee meeting was held in the Council Chambers, Lambton, for the purpose of getting a passenger train to run to Lambton on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sydney correspondent of the Maitland Mercury says:—With regard to the petition from the employee on the G. N. Railway respecting irregularity in receiving their wages, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Monday morning last, a deputation, consisting of Messrs. Croudace, Hardy, and Dent, waited on the Hon. the Minister for Lands, having been introduced to that gentleman by James…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By an advertisement elsewhere it will be seen that a special train will run to and from Newcastle and the Waratah tunnels (or "Betty Bunn's Crossing") this (Saturday) afternoon. To leave the Crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agitators for the upper main road between Hamilton and Wallsend will be pleased to hear that a notice appeared in the Gazette of Friday proclaiming this as the main road to be made…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Friday evening last, a porter, employed at the Honeysuckle, Point Station, of the Great Northern Railway, lost his life through being run over by the Wallsend coal train…
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