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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
115 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 6
SIR,—There are not a few who believe that if they could once enter the Government they would be made men as long as they lived. That this idea is prevalent is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FICIALS.—Mr. Lackey in reply to Mr. M'Elhone, in the Assembly on Tuesday, said that the Engineer-in-Chief for Railways had furnished him to-day with the following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An extra ordinary accident is reported as having occurred at Ardennes, near Namar, to the express train from Cologre to Paris. After…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →STRANGE as it may seem to persons acquainted with this locality, all communication with Newcastle and the intermediate places, by way of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A cabman, named John O'Shannssy, was driving along Lydiard-street, Ballarat, on Saturday morning, when he met with the road engine belonging to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A LETTER addressed "To the Miners of Newcastle," signed JOHN LOVEDAY" of Bulli, appears in the Illawarra Mercury of May 19. As the writer of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Travellers along this road during the late rains had an excellent opportunity of seeing how well we are cared for in the matter of roads, and what pains are taken to preserve…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tenders are invited till the 13th June, from persons willing to contract for erecting the Station buildings at Warrah, on the extension of the Great Northern railway, from Murrurundi…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As the majority of your readers in the mining townships are doubtless aware the formation of the new road from Hamilton to New Lambton has been completed for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON the 11th inst. the Rev. Dr. LANG delivered a lecture in Sydney, in the course of which he endeavoured to show that a railway from Sydney to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Monday afternoon a deputation headed by the Rev. Dr. Lang, waited upon the Colonial Secretary at his office to impress upon the Government the importance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN our issue of Tuesday, we, in our telegraphic despatches, gave the result of an interview, a deputation headed by the Rev. Dr. Lang had with Ministers. We therefore now only give the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE last not of the interested clique of speculators and land sharks who are advocating the Illawarra Railway Scheme, so as to fill their own already…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MEETING of the local committee, charged with the duty of petitioning the Government against the proposed railway from Sydney to Illawarra, was held in the Court house on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A DEPUTATION waited upon the Colonial Secretary, at his office, on Monday afternoon, to urge the expediency and importance of connecting Sydney and Illawarra by rain. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A largely attended meeting relative to railway extension was held on Wednesday night, presided over by the Mayor. The following are the principal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE reasons advanced by Mr. LACKEY on behalf of the Government why the Illawarra Railway should be constructed contain the most lame and impotent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN continuation of our remarks upon the absurd enunciations of the Minister for Works, in his advocacy of the construction of the Illawarra Railway, we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The receipts on the Victorian Railways for the week ending 25th May, amounted to £18,040 19s 3d. The amount received for the corresponding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The debate on this question is now proceeding It was commenced by Mr. Warden, who advocated the proposal in a very short, feeble…
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