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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1875

127 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 7

Resumption of Traffic upon the Wallsend Company's Private Railway Line

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 12 October 1875 · page 3

The following is the memorial drawn up by Mr. W. A. Burnage, Honorary Secretary to the Newcastle Committee, for signature and presentation to the Minister for Works:—…

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Cheap Railway Fares

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 13 October 1875 · page 2

The Geelong News of the Week says that the new goods tarif on the Victorian railway is beginning to tell it favour of a cheaper rate of carriage, the receipts for the past week being £20,056 0s 3d, as compared with…

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Wallsend Railway Committee

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 13 October 1875 · page 3

A meeting of this committee was held on Monday evening. Present: Messrs, Turner, Gardner, Reay, Absalom, Mitchel, Owen, and Barnes. It was unanimously resolved, that the Mayor (Mr. J. Fletcher), and…

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Bullock Island Railway

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 13 October 1875 · page 3

The rapid progress made in this work since its commencement is creditable in the highest degree to the department. It is expected that the line will be completed from the G. N. Railway to Throsby's creek by…

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Desperate Leap from a Railway Train

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 16 October 1875 · page 2

The following particulars of the attempted suicide of Captain Stevens, of the ship Auckland, are from the Edinburgh Cour[?]:—On the 31st July, a passenger by the…

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Wallsend Passenger and Goods Train

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 16 October 1875 · page 2

THE following reply from the Railway Department to the memorial lately forwarded by the Wallsend Railway Committee to the Minister for Works has been received by the…

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[?]send and Newcastle Railway

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 16 October 1875 · page 4

[?]eeting of the general committee of the was hold last evening at the Criterion Mr. J. J. Kittson in the chair. Newcastle lists of signatures to the…

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Proposed Railway from Lake Macquarie to Sydney

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 16 October 1875 · page 2

WE have it on the most reliable authority that surveyors are now making trial surveys with the view of ascertaining the best route for a railway between Sydney and Lake…

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Railway Enterprise

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 16 October 1875 · page 2

ON Thursday last a deputation from the Wallsend Railway Committee waited upon the Borough Council to solicit their sympathy and support in trying to get railway…

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Tolls on the Public Roads

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 19 October 1875 · page 3

The Argyle and Georginnna Reads Association for procuring the abolition of tolls upon the public roads of the colony have forwarded the following petition to us, requesting us to…

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Wallsend Passenger and Goods Train

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 19 October 1875 · page 3

The following reply from the Railway Department to the memorial lately forwarded by the Wallsend Railway Committee to the Minister for Works, has been received by the…

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Newcastle and Wallsend Railway

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 23 October 1875 · page 5

[?] following has been kindly handed to us [?] publication by the Secretary to the New[?] committee:—[?] Newcastle branch of the Newcastle and…

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Projected Railways

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 23 October 1875 · page 2

THE contemplated construction of two important lines of railway is now before the public, viz., the Illawarra or Southern line, and the line from Sydney to Lake Macquarie, and…

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The Berrima Branch Railway

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 23 October 1875 · page 7

A meeting of the Berrima Branch Railway Company was held at the Court House there on Tuesday evening the chair being occupied by F. R. Wilshire, Esq. It was resolved after discussion—1st, "that the Secretary…

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Wallsend Railway Traffic Deputation to Sydney. Tuesday, Recd. 3 p.m

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 27 October 1875 · page 2

The Deputation from the Newcastle district, respecting the resumption of traffic on the Wallsend Railway, waited upon the Directors of the company, at the Exchange,…

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Passenger Traffic on the Wallsend Railway

The Newcastle Chronicle · Saturday 30 October 1875 · page 3

On Wednesday morning a deputation, consisting of Mr. G. A. Lloyd, M.L.A.; Mr. C. J. Stevens, M.L.A.; Mr. John Davies, M.L.A.; Mr. W. C. Browne, M.L.A.; Messrs…

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Resumption of Traffic on the Wallsend Railway

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 30 October 1875 · page 2

THE resumption of traffic on this line and the promise made by the Minister for Works that the construction of a new line of Railway through the mining townships, to Wallsend,…

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Wallsend Railway

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 30 October 1875 · page 7

In our supplement will be found a full report of the interview of the deputations from this district, with the directors of the Wallsend Company and the Minister for works, on the matter of the resumption…

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Wallsend Railway Committee

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 3 November 1875 · page 2

A MEETING of this committee was held on Saturday evening, in the Municipal Chambers. Present: Messrs Turner, Gardner, Reay, Rushton, Mitchel, Owen, and Laing. The…

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Newcastle and Wallsend Railway

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 4 November 1875 · page 3

The Newcastle Committee met on Tuesday evening at the Criterion Hotel. Present Messrs. Kittson, Hill, J. Cowan, E. O'Gallapher, J. Creer, the Secretary (Mr. W. A…

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