Deputations.—The Tramway Question
SYDNEY, Friday.—Deputations representing the municipalities of Newcastle, Wickham, Hamilton, Lambton, Wallsend, and Plattsburg, introduced by Mr. Fletcher,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1882
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The I[?]lawarra Railway
THE new line starts at Macdonaldtown, and a station will either have to be erected at the junction, or the Eveleigh platform used for this purpose. The next station…
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Mr. Melville presented a petition from residents of Minmi and districts, requesting a grant of £250 for road from East Maitland through Minmi. The Minister promised a…
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The plans and money for the Back Crook Bridge, at Minim, having keen approved of, tenders will be called for been almost immediasely…
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SYDNEY, Friday.— A deputation, consist of Messrs. J.P. Abbott, J. Fullford, J, F. Burns, WV. Campbell, and N. Melville, M's.L.A., waited upon the Minister for…
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THE traffic bridge which caused so much contention between the Progress Committee of the Island and Wickham Council, has now been decided upon, and will be erected…
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A CROWDED meeting was held at the School of Arts, Murrurundi, re the establishment of a branch railway workshop there. Resolutions in favour of the idea were passed,…
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LONDON, May 1.—The electric railway connecting Berlin and the suburbs has been opened for traffic. It is expected to be a great success…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Newtown railway station has been burglariously entered, and £35 taken. Macdonaldtown station was also entered, but only a few…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A tramway conductor, named Pierce, newly appointed, slipped off the footboard in Elizabeth-street, to-day. Both his legs were crushed, and he…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The Mudgee railway, from Wallerawang to Capartee, a distance of 21 miles, was opened to-day…
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ON Saturday last Mr. W. M. Manly, Government Engineer and Railway Surveyor, made a preliminary inspection of the route of the proposed tramway between…
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A SECOND inspection of the route for the proposed line of tramway, from Newcastle to Wallsend, was made yesterday by Mr. Manly, the Government Engineer, who has…
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MR. MANLY, the Government Engineer in the Existing Lines department, yesterday made a further examination of the proposed route for the tramway between…
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THE Napier correspondent of the N.Z. Herald states that a native man belonging to Te Aute was killed on the railway line by falling between the carriages. He was…
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LONDON, May 31.—A collision has occurred between two trains at Wieblingen, in the Grand Duchy of Baden. A number of the railway carriages were completely…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A girl, not yet identified, jumped from the Botany tramcar, whilst in motion, and received concussion of the brain. She was taken to the…
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SIR,—I have been informed that the terminus of the projected tramway is to be out of town. Now if we are to have a tramway at public expense, let it be a public benefit…
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LONDON, June 4.—The station of the Grand Trunk Railway Company at Quebec has been totally destroyed by fire…
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In the railway Police brought forward by the Government last session, there was an item to connect the Northern Railway, at Waratah, with Homebush…
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