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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
113 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 6
SIR,—It is a common opinion among those outside railway workshops that the men employed in the railway yards enjoy liberties and privileges possessed by no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our railway muddle with Canada still continues, but we are daily expecting to hear something fresh upon the subject. Our local House of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE rules and regulations issued by Mr. MASON for the guidance of the Government railway workmen have been condemned both by the men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The members of the Ministry, several members of Parliament, and others leave Sydney by a special train to-morrow, to open the railway to Orange…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SEVERAL of the Ministers and a large number of persons invited by them, left by special train to-day to be present at the official opening of the Great Western…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There were about five thousand persons present at the opening of the Orange Railway. The banquet to the Ministry was well…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ministry and a large number of Members of Parliament, and other gentlemen invited to accompany them, left Sydney by special train for Orange early this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A few days ago two men were engaged in conversation on the Low Bridge. [?]ne said, "Isn't this a nice bridge. The other replied that it was. Then…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A deputation waited upon the Minister for Works to-day, and urged him to extend the railway into the city. Mr. Hoskins deprecated hasty action in so…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NOW we're moving—on we go! How the engine fire doth glow! Slowly first we pass along, Gliding from the friendly throng,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. DAVIES asked the Secretary for Public Works, in the Assembly, on Wednesday night,—" 1. How many tenders were received for the supply of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting will be held this week, advocating suburban railway extensions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three verdicts, with damages, were given against the Railway Department in the Supreme Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A large meeting was held in the Temperance Hall, this evening, in favour of the railway being taken to Circular Quay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following article will doubtless be of great value to the various municipal bodies in this district. It his been adopted by the Municipal Council of Hamilton,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A lady travelling in a train to Ballarat was taken suddenly ill, and gave birth to a children. Both mother and child were well attended to until the train stopped, and were doing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The accounts of sickness amongst the navvies on the Queensland western railway extension, are most deplorable. Deaths from fever, misery, and destitution, are occurring,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE bridge under the Lambton Company's railway is now completed. The dirt which has been removed from under the line has been used to form the road, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DURING a debate in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday last, in reference to the abolition of tolls, honourable members, thought fit to refer to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—Looking through the valuable columns of the Herald and Advocate of yesterday, I saw a paragraph on good road making, and I crave a small space in one of your future issues…
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