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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1881

169 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 9

The Railway to Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1881 · page 3

WITH regard to the estimate for the construction of a railway to connect the Great Northern Railway with the Great Southern Railway (95 miles), some…

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Illawarra Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1881 · page 2

A DEPUTATION from Canterbury, introduced by Mr. Henson, M.L.A., waited on the Minister for Works on Friday morning, to place before him certain resolutions…

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(From the Sydney Papers.) The Railway Policy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1881 · page 2

GRAFTON, Tuesday.—Press telegram have just boon received here stating thas the Government intend rending by to-night's steamer, Messrs. Hogg, Walker,…

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Latest Parliamentary News. the Railway to Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1881 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In the Assembly last night, the debate on the estimate for the railway to Sydney from the Northern Line was continued till 2 in the morning,…

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The Railway Proposals. the Great Northern Junction with Sydney. [Condensed From the Sydney Papers]

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1881 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly, on Tuesday, March 22nd, the House having gone into Committee of Supply, Mr. M'Elhone suggested that the rail…

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Cost of Railways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1881 · page 3

MR. LACKEY, in answer to Mr. H. C. Danger, on Tuesday night, in the Assembly, who asked—"1. What is the total amount of money…

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Newcastle Railway Station

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1881 · page 5

DURING the past week steps have been taken towards completing the new platforms recently made at the Newcastle railway station. The rough cinder paths…

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[From the Sydney Papers.] The Illawarra Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 March 1881 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Friday.—The most important era in the history of this town and district has arrived by the passing of the vote for the railway, to the…

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Attempt to Wreck a Tramcar

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 April 1881 · page 3

THE Dunedin Herald of Wednesday, March 23, says:—A dastardly attempt was made on Tuesday afternoon to throw the Peninsula and Ocean Beach…

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Railway Sidings and Station Masters' Houses

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 April 1881 · page 2

IN the debate upon the estimate for this service, on Wednesday night, Mr. Douglas thought too much money was expanded in the creation of station masters'…

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The Proposed Railway to Sydney. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1881 · page 3

SIR,—I have heard some unfavourable comments made in reference to one of the members for the city (Mr. Fletcher), advocating a forked line from Cooranbong,…

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Rule of the Road at Sea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 April 1881 · page 2

The Governments of the following countries have now accepted the English revised regulations for preventing collisions at sea:—Coachin, Kattyawar, Khelat, Kutch, Muscat,…

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Terrible Suffering on the Mount Poole Road

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 April 1881 · page 2

THE following is a copy of a telegram received by the Under-Secretary for Mines, from Mr. Warden Thompson , of Mount Poole:—'Wilecannia, 1st April, 1881…

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Another Way of Getting a Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 April 1881 · page 2

A TELEGRAM in Monday's E. News, dated Grafton, Monday, says:—"It is suggested in this morning's Argus that a meeting be convened of business men, for the…

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Tramway Motors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 April 1881 · page 2

MR. LACKEY, in answer to a question by Mr. Garrard, in the Legislative Assembly, on Tuesday, as to how many tramway motors had been ordered from America…

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Correspondence Railway to Sydney. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 April 1881 · page 8

SIR,—In perusing the proceedings of the adjourned meeting of the Borough Council of Newcastle, as reported in to-day's issue of your valuable paper, I was…

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The G.N. Railway Enginemen's Banquet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 April 1881 · page 2

THE enginemen employed on the G.N. Railway held their fourth annual banquet on Saturday evening last, in Galley's Oxford Hotel, when about 80 members of…

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The Road to the Junction. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1881 · page 3

SIR,—Having lately had occasion to visit the Junction, I was not a little surprised it being compelled to travel from Honoysuckle Point—my starting…

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OH ! That Road Again. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 April 1881 · page 2

Dear Sir,—Before we have any more rain, permit me through the medium of your columns to draw the attention of some one—either your…

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Effrontery in an Erie Railway Guard

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 April 1881 · page 2

THE effrontery in an Eric railway guard, whose interview with Manager Fisk is thus related in an American paper:—…

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