The Connecting Railway
A PUBLIC meeting of citizens, convened by advertisement, was held at the Borough Council Chambers yesterday, for the purpose of making preliminary arrangements…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1880
215 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 11
The Armidale Railway
THE advisability of the deviation of the Great Northern Railway through the town of Armidale formed the subject of a somewhat lively debate in the Legislative…
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SIR,—I am rejoiced to learn that the people of Newcastle have at length determined to held a meeting for the purpose of eliciting opinions as to the best route the authorities should…
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ONE of the largest and most enthusiastic public meetings held in Newcastle for years, took place in the Court House last evening, for the purpose of considering the proposal of the…
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THE following has been kindly handed to us for publication:— Department of Public Works. Sydney, 24th April, 1880…
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A mechanical contrivance, American in the simplicity and ingenuity of its construciont is now to be seen in Adelaide, says the SOUTH AUSTRALIAN…
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ON the 29th of April we published the draft of a petition (adopted at a public meeting of the citizens, held at the Court House, Newcastle, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Annual Educational Exhibition. Misses Cooper's Establishment, Lake Road
ON Tuesday last the annual exhibition of the work done by the pupils attending the Misses Cooper's school, Railway-street, Newcastle, was commenced, and…
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A DEPUTATION, consisting of Mr. Ninian Melville, M.L.A., Mr. H. Bennett, M.L.A., Mr. Davis, and Mr. Yates, waited on the Hon. Minister for…
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SHORTLY before 7 p.m. on Saturday a sad accident occurred near the Newcastle Railway-station, resulting in the loss of an arm to a porter, or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cheap Railway Fares for the Working Classes
IT must for a long time have been apparent to the most casual observer that one of the great drawbacks to health in the Australian colonies has…
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ON Saturday a deputation from the Trades and Labour Council, consisting of W. E. Cole (president), D. Jones (vice-president), and J. Hayes (president…
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MR. BAKER said in the Assembly on Tuesday, in answer to Mr. Melville, that no application had been received for a road from Wallsend to the new cemetery, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Surveys for the Great Northern Railway
MR. LACKEY informed Mr. Burns on Tuesday night that the following surveys had been completed, with deviations on each route, for the line between the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Death on the Railway Line
YESTERDAY morning one of the most painful fatal accidents that has been chronicled for years past, occurred on the Great Northern Line, some six or seven miles…
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A SHOCKING railroad fatality occurred on March 17th at Annville, on the Lebanon Valley branch of the Reading Railroad, about twenty miles east of…
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A strike has occurred among the men on Walker and Swan's contract on the Nairne railway. Between 400 and 500 turned out. The men complain of having…
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As the Newcastle up-mail train arrived at Branxton on Saturday night, a thrilling scene was witnessed by the passengers on the platform. It seems that constable…
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WE understand that Mr. J. B. Suttor, the Government Tramway Surveyor, has been seen in Newcastle and Hamilton during the last day or two…
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THE Minister of Railways for Victoria, issued a circular to the railway employees, intimating that complaints that they have run up scores for drink…
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