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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
82 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 5
We have, on several occasions, drawn the attention of the Government and railway authorities to the increasing trade done at this station in the way of goods, and the large number of loaded waggons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another of those dreadful accidents which, alas! are becoming fearfully frequent in this neighbourhood, occurred yesterday afternoon, at half-past five o'clock, on the Great Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WOOL.—The catalogues offered this week were not very large ; prices ruled about as follows: scoured, 15d to 20d ; handwashed, 12d to 16 1/2d; flecce, 16d to 20d; greasy, 8 1/2d to 10d…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In consequence of the heavy rain that has fallen during the last few days our streets have again been placed in a most disgarceful and impassable state, and it is almost impossible to travel over them. In…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The operation of grubbing the stumps is still being pushed on, although the wet weather has interfered considerably with the progress of affair. Mr. Alnwick (the Council Clerk) superintends the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We are pleased to notice the rapid progress Mr. J. Y. Neilson, the Company's Manager is marking with this work. The timber has all been cut down, and the workmen are now busily engaged in clearing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AMONG other matters, the subject of railway extension and railway travelling demands more than ordinary attention. The extension of expensive lines, on the old…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By advt elsewhere it will be seen that a meeting of [?] the evil of defective…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We are requested to state that the public meeting relative to increased railway station accomodati—for Wallsend, has been indefinitely postponed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There are two pits situated at or near Pengam on the Glamorganshire side of the Rhymaey River, in a rather picturesque spot known as Cwmyrallt; one pit is the property of Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The excavations and embankments between the terminus and the river are well on towards completion; the bridge over the Page is already receiving attention; the work between that and the tunnel is far…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Thursday evening last when the five o'clock passenger train from Newcastle to Wallsend had reached a place called Blue Gum Flat, about a mile from Wallsend, the engine driver (Mr. John Howell)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Wednesday morning last another of these melancholy occurrances which were so frequent some short time back, was discovered to have happened on the railway line, near the No. 5…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Maitland Circuit court on Tuesday last, the plaintiff in this care brought an action of £100 damages, for injuries sustained and loss occasione through the negligence of the defendant and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One of the most fearful disasters that has happened on any railway in the kingdom for many years, occurred on the Great Eastern line, on Thursday night, at a spot situated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A PUBLIC MEETING was held at Gellatly's Greta Inn, on Friday evening, November 13, for the purpose of agitating the railway question. The weather being warm and room small,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Thursday, the 22nd ultimo, Governor Weld turned the first sod of the first public railway undertaken in this colony—a line commencing at Geraldton, the pore of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jas Hannell, Esq., M.P., has kindly favoured us with the following letter on the above subject:—"Department of Public Works, Roads under Trustees, Sydney, November 26, 1874.—Sir,—In…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →How little he thought iu the morning, When he rose with the early light, That his hours on earth were numbered— That he would be dead e'er night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following is a copy of a letter to Mr. Thomas Alnwick in reference to the construction of a bridge:—"Newcastle, 28th Nov., 1874.—Dear Sir,—I had an interview with Mr. Sutherland on Wednesday last…
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