Accident to a Coal Train
ABOUT 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon an accident occurred at the New Lambton coal train, by which a temporary obstruction to the general traffic was occasioned. It appears that the train…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1878
188 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 10
Anniversary of the Opening of the Great Northern Railway
THE enginemen employed on the Great Northern Railway have decided to celebrate the twenty-third anniversary of the opening of the same by a grand dinner, which is to be held in the…
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ON Tuesday morning the Echo reports a deputation interviewing the Minister for Works respecting the route of the Great Northern Railway. Mr. Dillon, M.P., said that a public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TELEGRAMS. Overland Telegraph Line Interrupted. Great Railway Meeting at Mus-wellbrook. Rain General Through the Colony More Immigrants. The Cable Conference. The Crisis in Victoria Ended. Resignation of the University Chancellorship. Committal for Bigamy Floods and Loss of Life. Fearful Excesses in Queensland. Parliamentary. SYDNEY
THE overland telegraph line is again interrupted north of the Peake. The cause of the interruption is believed to be the carrying away of the wire by an unusually…
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A PUBLIC meeting (says the M. Mercury) was held at Muswellbrook, on Tuesday, at noon, for the purpose of making final arrangements for presenting the petition in favour of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Watkins' Offer to Newcastle Miners. Northern Railway Extension
IN order to gain some definite and reliable information respecting the genuineness of Mr. Watkins' offer to employ 500 miners from the Newcastle district on his railway…
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THE glaring injustice of attempting to construct a line of railway in a part of this colony already favoured by abundance of ocean transit, while thousands…
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IT is a public misfortune that there should be submitted to Parliament proposals for the construction of railways which cannot be defended as works of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Banquet at the Protestant Hall
THE banquet at the Protestant Hall on Saturday evening last, to celebrate the twenty-first anniversary of the opening of the line to Maitland, was a very great success. The banquet, which…
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YESTERDAY afternoon a conference was held in the Newcastle Borough Council Chambers, by representatives of the various municipalities, to consider the question of constructing and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TELEGRAMS. The Forthcoming Exhibition. Garrotting on [?]yde Park. Price of Coal Supplied to Government from Ferndale Colliery. Stockton and Raymond Terrace Road. The Volunteer Question. Singleton Refreshment Room. Electoral Bill. SYDNEY. Reed. Wednesday, 3 30. p.m
THE number of electors in the colony is 170,317, giving 1738 votes to each member in the proposed new Electoral Bill. At the Metropolitan Quarter Sessions,…
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Shortly after her arrival here which was toward the close of 1876, she formed the acquaintance of a gentleman of this city who is married and…
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WE notice that the construction of this road is progressing, but slowly. At the present rat, of progress, it will be finished by the time the summer season is over. Mr. D. Jones is the…
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YESTERDAY the down train from Maitland, which should have arrived at half-past six p.m., was detained at Honeysuckle Point Station for half-an-hour in consequence of two of the wheels…
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A SHOCKING accident occurred shortly after six o'clock on Tuesday evening at Burwood station. It appears (the S. M. Herald says) that as the Western train to Sydney came in sight a man…
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THE deputation appointed in accordance with the resolution of the municipal representatives who met in conference the other day to consider the subject of the construction and maintenance…
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THE Evening News says: A deputation, representing Newcastle and the mining townships, and consisting of Mr. Thomas Hungerford M.P.; Mr…
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THERE appears to be a disposition on the part of the Minister for Works to grant the request of the deputation relative to the subject of main roads if…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Miners and the Railway Works. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—As one who likes to see justice done to all, and especially to those who are unable property to defend themselves, I think the "miners" who were recently…
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THE through mail train, last night, due at 10.45 p.m., did not arrive till 11.35 p.m., bringing a large number of passengers returning to Sydney, as well as going down to the Exhibition. The…
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