Free Passes on the Railway
THE Minister for Works has arranged that men in search of employment may get a free pass up the Great Northern Line on having a recommendation signed…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1881
169 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 9
The Stockton Road
A PARTY, comprising Messrs. James Fletcher, M.L.A., J. Gordon, Road Superintendent, and the members of the Stockton to Raymond Terrace Road Trust,…
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WE notice that the ingenious system of railway station advertising, adopted by Mr. A. J. Cane, of this city, is now in full swing at the Newcastle terminus, as well…
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SIR,—Having read so much about the Glebe roads and streets at the Junction, which I would write a letter to your valuable paper, hoping that the Mayor…
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IN reply to Mr. Burns, in the Assembly on Tuesday, the Minister for Works said that the surveys for the line between the Great Northern Railway and Sydney were now…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A deputation, consisting of Mr. W. Dent, Mayor, and Alderman Robinson, of Lambton; Messrs. Tyler and Abel, Mayor and alderman,…
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MR. N. MELVILLE, M.P. (says the Daily Telegraph, of Saturday), introduced a large deputation from Municipal Councils in the Newcastle district to the Minister…
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A CONFERENCE of representatives from the various Municipal Councils of the district took place at the Hamilton Council Chambers yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock,…
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IN the report of the Conference in reference to the above, the Mayor of Lambton in one paragraph is reported to have said he thought the tramway should be…
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A DEPUTATION consisting of Messrs. A. Stewart, Pigott, W. Foster, Henson, M's.P., Messrs, W. J. Judd (Mayor of St. Peter's), Bowmer (Mayor of West…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A deputation yesterday waited upon the Minister for Works, to urge the desirability of a new trial survey for a railway from Newcastle to…
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Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 4, 1880.—This morning as General Spinner and Miss Rauleson, of Mohawk, N. Y., who arrived only yesterday on a visit to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Proposed District Tramway. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—I see in your valuable paper a report of a meeting which the several municipal councils have held with the intention of petitioning Parliament…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A serious railway accident occurred at Beaufort yesterday. A goods train collided with a passenger train, and seven passengers…
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GRAFTON, Saturday.—At a meeting of the New England railway committee, yesterday afternoon, it was decided to write to the members for Grafton and the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Yesterday the ceremonies connected with the opening of the railway extension to Dubbo township were very successful. Three special trains…
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OWING to the length of the special train which left Sydney for Dubbo on Monday night at 11.25, there were two or three contretemps which caused much…
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A SERIOUS railway mishap occurred on Thursday night, at a point situated four miles north of Muswellbrook, and between that township and A berdoen. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence the Tramway From Newcastle to Plattsburg. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—I am glad to perceive that the great public convenience and unparralelled success of the Sydney [?]ramway has induced the various municipal bodies in…
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A LARGE number of persons left Sydney on Wednesday night for Albury, to assist in opening the extension of the railway to that town from Gerogery…
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