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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
188 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 10
SIR,—With reference to your leader in this day's issue on the "neutral ground" on the Wallsend Main Road, I beg to state that the Hamilton Council have succeeded in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LAST evening a very large and influential meeting was held in the Court House, Newcastle, castle, in accordance with public requisition, to protest against the expenditure of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is self-evident that the opposition of Messrs. H J. BROWN and BOWTELL to the resolutions and memorial adopted at the public meeting of the citizens on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A NEW Goods Classification Sheet came in force on Friday last, 13th inst., which affects the rate of charges hitherto made for carriage of goods in some instances. The mileage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE great event of connecting the cities of Christchurch and Dunedin by railway was consummated to-day, September 6th. The train left Christchurch at six o'clock, so…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AH, that's the intention! Put where is it coming? Ah, "that's the question!" I notice in your issue of Tuesday, that the city folk held a meeting on Monday evening,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE have received a letter from a correspondent complaining, and we think justly, of certain engine cleaners who have been a long time in the service being superseded in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE above report, forwarded to the MINISTER FOR WORKS in June last, contains a vast amount of useful information in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A LARGELY-ATTENDED meeting of the inhabitants of the Borough of Victoria, North Shore (says the E. News), last Thursday evening, to take into consideration the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE tenth section of the report refers to the "ton" mileage, the calculations by the "train" mileage having been found too indefinite to indicate the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Saturday afternoon, the residents of Ryde held a public meeting in the Ryde Council Chambers, to advocate their claims in the matter on the proposed railway from some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE 12th Section treats of a subject of the deepest interest to this port, viz. the coal traffic of N. S. Wales. It commences with the remark that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MEETING was held at Mr. M. Woodbury's Wyong Creek, on Saturday last (21st. Sept.) for the purpose of considering the movement for connecting the Great Northern Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE thirteenth section of the report relates to Passenger Fares and Goods Rates. On the 1st November 1876, the fares for distances beyond Goulburn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Brisbane Water correspondent of the S. M. Herald, writing under date September 24th, says:—An officer from the Railway department arrived from at Gosford on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FOR some weeks past (says the Murrurand Times) it has been rumoured that the railway workshops are shortly to be removed from Newcastle to Murrurundi. This change is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE see that a meeting is advertised to take place at the School of Arts, North Shore, on October 11th, for the purpose of forming a league to induce the Government to construct…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. F. GARDNER, the Secretary to the General Committee appointed to carry out the arrangements made at a public meeting, held at the Court-house lately in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LAST evening the deputation appointed by the public meeting held on the 17th ultimo, proceeded to Sydney to present the memorial against constructing branch railways until…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. COPELAND'S bill to provide for licensing Minister of Justice to issue yearly licenses on payment of the sum of £10 to the keepers of refreshment rooms approved by the…
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