Proposed Railway from Singleton to Sydney
IN another column will be found a report from the Sydney papers of the reception by the Minister for Works of a deputation, which on Tuesday last…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1878
188 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 10
Railway Communication between Sydney and the North
ON Tuesday, a deputation from the Northern Districts, consisting of Mr. W. C. Browne, M.P. Mr. A. Bowman, M.P., Mr. J. M'Elhone, M.P. Mr. W. J. Dangar, Mr. J. E. Davys, Mr. A. J…
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THE lion. John Sutherland (Minister for Works), and the Hon Joseph Leary (Minister for Justice and Education) accompanied by a large party from…
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A RESIDENT in the vicinity of Darby-street draws our attention to the fact of a troop of rowdies (whose proper locale is the Junction) making the Lake Road the scene of their blackguardism…
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IN Friday's Gazette tenders are called for resheathing Pitnacree Bridge. Tenders are to be in by 30th instant, and specification and form of tender may be seen at the head office in Sydney,…
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BY the Tamworth News v[?]notice that great preparations are being made Dr a grand demonstration to take place in August next, on the occasion of the opening of the Gr[?] Northern Railway to…
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A MEETING of the residents of Stockton and vicinity was held last night in the large room of Mr. Reay's General Washington Hotel. The meeting, which was the largest ever held in…
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THE correspondent of the S.M. Herald writs:—"I have just returned from the scene o[?] the collision. It appears that the mineral trail was the usual pick-up which starts every morning…
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As he Minmi coal-train was coming in from the mi[?] yesterday evening, one of the waggons went off the line at the Wal send junction, completely blocking the traffic, and damaging the…
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YESTERDAY afternoon a man named William Howe, employed on the railway as porter, had his foot crushed whilst assisting to shunt some coal waggons at the wharf. He was standing on the…
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AT last steps are about to be taken in this city to prevent the carrying out of the proposal, lately put forward with a flourish of trumpets at Singleton, for a railway between that town and the…
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A PUBLIC meeting, w[?]h reference to a direct line from Sydney to one or other of the towns in the north was held at Gunnedah last Friday evening, the 19 h inst,…
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REFERRING to the young Lord Russell, a writer in the Weekly Despatch says—"The late Earl Russell's grandson, and successor to the title is likely,…
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THE trial surveys (says the Singleton Argue) of the proposed line of railway from Singleton to connect the Great Northern Railway with the metropolis are being pushed vigorously ahead…
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A CORRESPONDENT writes to the S. M. Herald in reference to a route for a railway from Newcastle to Sydney via Brisbane Water. He thinks that if the line wore taken over the Lane…
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A DEPUTATION, consisting of Messrs. Joseph Eckford and Thomas Hungerford, M.L.A.s: Mr. Thompson, of Stockton, and Mr. Pepper, of Fullerton Cove, waited upon the Minister for…
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ON Thursday morning a deputation, consisting of Mr. A. Bowman, M L.A.; Mr. Moses, M.L.A.; Mr. O'Con or, M.L.A., and Mr. W. Walker, Mayor of Winder, waited upon the…
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A CO[?]DING to the S. M. Herald, of yesterday, teed to of opening the line to Waggs has not yet been fixed, but if has [?] to believe that the line will be opened on the 5th…
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YESTERDAY afternoon a porter named Robert Randall met with a dreadful accident by being crushed between the buffers of two trucks. It appears he was engaged in shunting some…
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AN unusually large and unanimous meeting was held on Wednesday night at Bourke, to protest against the observations made by the Minister for Works on July 31, that he…
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