The Illawarra Railway. (Condensed From the Sydney Papers)
THE following is a summary of the debate in the Assembly, which took place on the above on Wednesday night:— Mr. Lackey moved—"That this House approves…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1881
169 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 9
Latest Parliamentary News. the Connecting Railway
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Legislative Assembly sat till 12 o'clock last night, and approved of the plans, etc., for the railway from Homebush to Waratah. Ayes, 57;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Correspondence Wickham and Bullock Island Bridge. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—Permit me space in your journal to a few of the remarks made by some of the Wickham councillors, at a meeting on Monday evening, 21st inst., a report of which appeared…
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LONDON, December 10.—A railway accident, attended with fatal results, occurred to-day on the North London Railway, at Canonbury station, where three trains came…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence Land, Railways, and Finance No. 2. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—In my former letter I endeavoured to show that, although agriculture would promote the interests of the country in a higher degree than pastoral…
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THE following has been kindly forwarded to us for publication:—"Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, 10th December, 1881. Sir,—In…
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ON Saturday evening as Mr. Brown (of the firm Brown and Goodsir) was returning to his house at Lake Macquarie, the wheel of his buggy got into a deep rut, causing the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—George Robinson; guard of the Crown-street tramway, whilst collecting tickets, was knocked off the tram by a passing Randwick tram, and died in…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mrs. Leslie died last evening at the Infirmary, from the effects of the late tramway accident. Later.—At the inquest on the body of the…
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