Railway Celebration
THE annual dinner of the employes of the locomotive department, G. N. Raliway, in celebration of the twenty-second anniversary of the opening of the first section of the line…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1879
83 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 5
Railway Promotion
MR. John Colghan, who for a number of years occupied the position of head porter at the Elgin-street Railway Station, West Maitland, says the (M. Mercury) has been chosen…
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YESTERDAY being the first anniversary in connection with the above admirably-conducted academy, an exhibition of the proofs of progress which the pupils had made during…
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IN our list of exhibits at the anniversary of the above Academy, the excellent wool-work picture of " the Huguenots" end the elegant patchwork quilt are erroneously reported as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LOCAL & GENERAL Stockton and Raymond Terrace Road
MR. BAKER, in reply to Mr. Jacob in the Assembly on Thursday night, said further action with regard to the Stockton and Raymond Terrace Road would be taken at the…
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WE have received from time to time repeated complaints from owners of vehicles and others, of the disgraceful state of the Lake Road (Darby-street)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murrurundi and the Railway Work, shops
THE Times of Saturday reports that a preliminary meeting was convened at the Royal Hotel, on Tuesday night last "to decide upon the best course to adopt to represent…
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THE Railroad Commissioners of Massachusetts have been hearing a complaint made by the Corporation of Boston, that the citizens are annoyed by the sharp railroad…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Projected Tramway
PARLIAMENTARY sanction having been given, by Act of Parliament, to the tramway proposed to be constructed by the Government, all that the authorities have now to do is to…
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Mr. BURNS, on Tuesday next, will ask the Secretary for Public Works: Have all the surveys for the projected line of railway from the Great Northern to Sydney been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Free Railway Passes to the Clergy
WE inserted a letter written by a "Country Parson," asking that free passes by railway should be granted to the clergy during the six months of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lighting Railway Carriages
SOME fuss is being created in Sydney about lighting railway carriages with gas. Our attention has been directed to the fact that the mail train which arrives in Newcastle on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Fatal Accident on the G. N. W. Railway
WITH reference to the late fatal accident on the G. N. W. Railway, at the Gap near the Werris Creek junction, our Tamworth correspondent under date writes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads of the District
A CONFERENCE of representatives from the various municipal councils of the district was to have been held yesterday afternoon at the Council Chambers, Watt-street, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Roads in the District
IT is with considerable satisfaction that we understand a Municipal Conference is to be held to-morrow in Newcastle to consider the advisability…
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A CONFERENCE of the representatives from the suburban Municipal Councils was held at the Council Chambers, Watt-street, Newcastle, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of…
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A DEPUTATION consisting of Mr. Murray (Mayor of Hamilton) Mr. Watson (Mayor of Waratah), Mr. Dent (Mayor of Lambton), Mr. Neilson (Mayor of Wallsend), Mr…
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THE following, says the Murrurundi Times is the reply received from Mr. J. McElhone, M.P., with reference to the movement for the establishment of…
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MR. LACKEY said, in answer to Mr. Taylor on Tuesday night, that inquiry would be made as to whether the men employed in the Railway Traffic Department had received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Main Road Question
SOME few days since a deputation from the various Municipal Councils of this city and district interviewed the Minister for Works in reference to the main…
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