LOCAL & GENERAL. Robbery at Cottage Bridge
YESTERDAY morning a barefaced robbery was reported to Constable Key, whilst on duty at Cottage Bridge, near Wickham. Whilst the occupants of Mr. Woodcock's…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1880
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Amos Brothers' v. the Commissioner for Railways
In the case brought by Amos Brothers, to compel the Commissioner for Railways to produce certain official documents which plaintiff required to carry on his suit…
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Thirteen thousand people travelled on the tramway, on Easter Monday. Had the rolling stock been equal to the demand, ten thousand more passengers…
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YESTERDAY (March 29th), was the 23rd anniversary of the opening of the Great Northern Railway Line. On this occasion the first train run from Honeysuckle…
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BEFORE we publish again the deputation appointed at the recent public meeting will have waited on the Minister for Works, and will have employed…
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MR. H. CHAPMAN has kindly forwarded the following for publication:—183, Pitt-street, Sydney, March 23, 1880. Dear Sir,—The Greta Improvement…
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SINCE a late governmental grant of £150 to the Wickham Borough Council, for improvements to the Maitland road, a long needed improvement has been…
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Mr. BOWMAN, M.L.A., introduced a very influential deputation of gentlemen from the Northern districts to the Secretary for Works, on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident at Adelaide. ADELAIDE
There was great excitement at Adelaide this afternoon on receipt of the news of a railway accidents, which happily proved less serious than was expected. The…
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A fatal accident has occurred on the railway line at Riverston. James Butler, aged between sixty and seventy, and residing at Webb's Creek, Hawkesbury, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence Road Contracts. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—Kindly allow me to sat, with reference to your Tighe's Hill and Waratah correspondents' assertions about the contract between Tighe's…
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An accident occurred at Parramatta today. Guard Aitken, of the Western mail train, whilst trying to gain the brake van, struck the verandah posts, and fell…
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The following conversation was recently overheard at Tynemouth Railway Station:—Woman, presenting herself at the booking office…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence. the Sydney Connecting Railway. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—Where are our public men? have we any? Was there ever any public spirit in Newcastle? If so, it must now be dead. I can scarcely take up a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Re the Singleton Argus, and Northern Junction Railway. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—It was only yesterday that my attention was directed to an article in your daily journal of the 1st inst., copied from the Singleton Argus of the previous…
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THE Hon. Secretary of the Railway Committee has handed to us (Singleton Argus) the following telegram, received by him yesterday from Mr. W…
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IN our issue of Monday last we republished from the Singleton Argus the following item in connection with the above:—…
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IT will be seen by advertisement, that a preliminary meeting, to take steps towards calling a meeting in connection with the proposed connection of the metropolis…
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AT the Wickham Council Meeting on Wednesday night a motion was carrie[?] that application be made to the Government to grant a passenger platform on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railroad Bridge Burned. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 20,1880
A SPECLAL despatch to the Enquirer from Chattanooga, Tenn., says:—"Today a bridge on the line of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad, on…
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