Railway Communication between the Pacific and Atlantic
NEW YORK, December 30.—A further extension of the Southern Pacific railway from New Orleans has been opened. The line now reaches Colorado, and the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1882
148 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 8
Incivility on the Part of Railway Servants. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate
SIR,—The railway servants employed on the Great Northern Railway are, as a rule, passably civil and obliging in their behaviour towards the travelling public, but it will not, sir, I presume,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Insulting Passengers on the Railway (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—The Commissioner for Railways has very properly called double attention to the 14th by-law, which inflicts a penalty of £5 upon any person getting in or out of a railway carriage while…
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NOT every public man who has been a working man, who has risen by his on energy to a higher social position in life, and who has been preferred by his follows…
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A LEADER on this subject is unavoidably held over…
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ONE of the most interesting features in connection with the holiday celebrations lately was the extraordinary amount of traffic upon the Sydney and suburban…
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A New time-table has just been issued, to come into operation on Monday next, 9th instant, by reason of the further extension of a distance of 12 miles from Tamworth to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TELEGRAMS. Opening of the Great Northern Railway to Moonbi
TAMWORTH, Monday.—The opening of the railway to this township took place to-day. The mail train, in charge of guard Edwards, arrived at 4.40 p.m., when…
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LONDON, January 14.—A terrible railway collision has occurred between Albany and New York. Twelve members of the Legislature (who had been attending…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →M. Joubert's Railway Scheme
PERTH, Wednesday.—M. Joubert, in a letter to the Government, says that, acting conjointly with capitalists of the eastern colonies, he wished to submit a scheme…
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THE prospects of relief to Australian wives and mothers from the servant worry (says the Echo) apparently grow darker and darker. Immigrants used to bring a little…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—Mr. Lackey, Secretary for Works, will meet Mr. Bent, the Minister for the Victorian Railways, at Wodonga, on Monday, to inspect the…
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A PARTY of railway surveyors is now camped opposite Mr. Henry 'Hicks' residence between Towrodgi Bridge and Bellambi under Mr. Surveyor Edwards,…
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WE notice that the extensive weigh bridge, erected under the A.A. Company's Bridge, Hunter-street, by Messrs. Walker and Wilde, is at length completed and open for…
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THE following has been kindly handed to us for publication:—"Department of Public Works, Railway Branch, Sydney, February 11th, 1882. Sir,—With reference to your…
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Crops in fields along the road often appear much better than those in the back fields. This is not always due to batter cultivation-Limestone dust from roads is a fine…
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FROM a letter to our Wallsend correspondent from Mr. Thos. Hungerford, M.L.A., we learn that the Commissioner for Roads has informed the latter gentleman that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Employees and Fortnightly Payment of Wages. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—In Friday's issue appears a letter from the Commissioner for Railways to Mr. Fletcher, our senior member, promising, mising, in reply to deputations and…
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THE energy which characterized the operations of Messrs. Amos Bros., in constructing that part of the G. N. R. line lying between Tamworth West and Moonby is being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Late Joliment Railway Accident
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At Melbourne, the first trial in connection with the late Jolimont Railway accident has been finished. Mrs. Bliss, who claimed £5000, was awarded…
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