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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1877

113 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 6

Opening of the Railway to Quirindi. Trip Up the Ine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1877 · page 2

THE church bells were yet ringing in our ears, as with a whistle and snort our engine started from the station, leaving the dirt, dust, and fearful odours of the town behind us, the sparkling waters of the harbour ruffled…

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Railway Extension

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1877 · page 2

WE have already given a full report of the interesting opening of the Northern Railway to Quirindi. It is another step forward on the march of progress. The…

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Road Through Lambton Commonage. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 September 1877 · page 3

SIR,—I would wish to call the attention of those few ratepayers residing near the Lambton pit to the survey of a road that has lately been made by J. Belvone, the Government…

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Latest Telegrams Reduction of Railway Charges. Construction of New Railway Carriages. Another Kanaka Outrage. the Wallsend Telegraph and Post Office. Sydney. Thursday, 9.30. p.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 September 1877 · page 2

A DEPUTATION consisting of Messrs. Neilson, Ross, Fryar, and Rushton, had an interview with the Postmaster-General, presenting a memorial against the…

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Newcastle Railway Station

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 September 1877 · page 2

FOR years past, the Newcastle public, and all who travel by rail, have had just cause to complain of the miserable accommodation afforded at the railway station…

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Using Obscene Language in a Railway Carriage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 September 1877 · page 2

AT the Waratah Police Court, on Wednesday, a young man named William Black, was changed, on the information of Constable Daly, with using obscene…

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Reduction in Railway Charges

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 September 1877 · page 2

OUR Sydney telegrams in Friday's issue will have informed our readers that a reduced rate of charges was about being made for the Government railways. The…

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Labour at War. The Railroad Employers' Strike All over the Country. Trains Stopped. People Killed by Scores, Property Burned, and the Whole Nation Convulsed with Fear. The Tramps, the Labourers, and the Military in Arms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1877 · page 3

OUR latest American files, just to hand, contain lengthy accounts of the great strikes of the railway employees, coal miners, and others all over that country. In consequence of the…

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Minmi Road Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 September 1877 · page 2

WE are informed by our Minmi correspondent that a meeting of the Road Committee was held at Mr. Morgan's Hotel, Minmi, on Wednesday evening, 26th inst.,…

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Victorian Railways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 October 1877 · page 3

A RETURN was presented to the Legislative Assembly (the Australasian of the 22nd inst. states) on Tuesday, by the Minister of Railways showing the…

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Extraordinary Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 October 1877 · page 3

A SHOCKING accident occurred at Crewe station, on the London and North-Western railway on Tuesday morning. Henry Croft and his wife, of Eaton…

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The Road to the Junction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1877 · page 2

This road, which has for some time been out of repair, is at present in a dreadful state so much so as to be dangerous to life and limb…

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Latest Telegrams Heavy Storm in Sydney. Loss of Schooner Julia Reitz. Verdict by Jury in the Hunter-street Tragedy. Mr. Russell Congratulated by Royal Society. The Cootamundra Railway, The Sydney Election. Arrival of the Torres Straits Mail. Further Donations for the Indian Famine. Farnell opposes Robertson at the West Sydney Election. Alleged Cruelty in Randwick Asylum. Discussion on Estimates in the Assembly. The Appropriation Act. Mr. Turner opposing the Fortifications Vote Postponement of Departure of Steamer SYDNEY. Recd. Thursday, 8.30 p.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 October 1877 · page 1

There has been very heavy rain, with thunder and lightning all day. The rain has been as heavy as any recorded. The reported loss of the three-masted…

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Notes and Events. Proposed Railway Extension

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 October 1877 · page 1

THE reply of Mr. Coombes to Mr. Scholey in the Assembly on Wednesday last, with reference to railway extension, will be read by most of your readers. He said…

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Latest Telegrams. Depression in the Wheat Market. Mass Meeting of Working Men in Hyde Park. Polluting the Lauchlan Swamp. Decision in Macartney Divorce Case. Decision in Fisher v. Fisher. Railway Accident in America. The Indian War. News by the Frisco Mail. Armistice after the Battle of Biela. Terrible Conflagration in New York. SYDNEY. Recd, 8 p.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 October 1877 · page 1

THE wheat market is very depressed, owing to late news from America reporting a good harvest. Holders are anxious to sell…

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The Railway Station. the Progress of the Works

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 October 1877 · page 2

WE are glad to note the very satisfactory progress which is being made in connection with the building of the new railway station. The site has been a constant…

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Cable Messages. Latest War News. Hungarian Conspiracy to Invade Roumania. Starting Disclosures. English M.P. Implicated. Turks Fortifying Sophia Road. War Feeling Spreading in Roumania. Russian Position in Bulgaria Critical. Arrival of English Mail at Adelaide LONDON October 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 October 1877 · page 1

A CONSPIRACY has been discovered in Hungary to invade Roumania, destroy railways and bridges, and harass the Russian rear…

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Latest Telegrams. Port Darwin Line Interrupted. Agitation for the Metropolitan Railway. The Abbatoir Question. The Wreck of the Caroline. Opening of the Guild Hall. Street Accident Appropriation Act Passed. SYDNEY. Reed. Wednesday, 7 0 p.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 October 1877 · page 1

THE Port Darwin line is interrupted north of Charlotte Waters. The Metropolitan Railway Extension Committee intend pressing the subject on…

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Latest Telegrams. The Appropriation and Loan Bills Presented to the Governor. Parliament Prorogued. New castle Volunteers doing Drill at the Rifle Matches. The Railway to Cootamundra. Keen Opposition expected at all the Elections. Hand-ball Championship.—Match for £100. National Shipwreck Relief Society. Indian Famine Relief Fund. Monster Meeting at the Masonic Hall. SYDNEY. Thursday. Recd. 7.26 p.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 October 1877 · page 1

THE Appropriation and Loan Bills, were presented to the Governor this morning. The proclamation, proroguing…

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Latest Telegrams. Resignation of Hon. Thomas Garrett. £1750 Collected for Indian Famine Relief. Dissolution of Parliament. Arrival of San Francisco Mail Steamer. Fearful Railway Accident in Russia. Four Hundred Persons Killed. Pedestrianism Extraordinary. SYDNEY. Friday, Read 9.40 a.m

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 October 1877 · page 1

THE HON. THOMAS GARRETT, Minster for Lands, has reigned his office, because Sir John Robertson has refused to agree to the Provisions included in the draft of a…

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