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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1882

148 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 8

The Proposed Railway Extension From Narrabri to Walgett

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 November 1882 · page 2

THE deputation, representing the Walgett Progress Committee, introduced to the Minister for Works by Mr. BRUNKER, M.L.A., on Friday last,…

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The Wodonga Railway Contract

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 November 1882 · page 4

THE contractors for the construction of the line from Wodonga to the Murray have had a good deal of difficulty to contend with in the flooded…

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Grafton to Glen Innes Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 November 1882 · page 3

WE learn with pleasure, from an answer given in the House a few days ago that the Ministry seem inclined to connect Grafton with the New…

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Original Correspondence. Wickham Public Meeting and the Bridge Question. To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 November 1882 · page 8

SIR,—Your late report of the public meeting at Wickham, re the bridge question, was so defective and unfair that I cannot allow it to pass without a few corrections…

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Original Correspondence. Mr. Hungerford and Railway Extension

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 November 1882 · page 3

SIR,—Mr. Thomas Hungerford, in his speech at Muswellbrook, on Monday, 25th Sept. last, when speaking to the second resolution—that the petition for…

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Serious Railway Collision at Bathurst

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 November 1882 · page 2

BATHURST, Saturday.—At half-past 3 o'clock this morning a serious collision, and one purely attributable to gross neglect on the part of some of the railway officials,…

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The Bathurst Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1882 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—The Bathurst railway collision is more serious than was at first announced. The inquiry into the cause commences to-day. Little is known…

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The Width of Streets and Wickham Bridge. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 November 1882 · page 2

SIR,—Your correspondent, "Justice," in the issue of Saturday last, in speaking of the Act of Parliament, about the width of new streets, made a mistake, and…

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TELEGRAMS. Railway Employees' Wages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 November 1882 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Government has adjusted the wages of the railway employees, which are now assimilated to those paid by private firms, and all…

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Wages of Railway Employes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 November 1882 · page 3

THE following letter has been sent to Mr. Fletcher, M.P.:— Department of Public Works, Railway Branch,…

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The Election and the Railway Employees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 November 1882 · page 5

IN reply to Mr. Fletcher's request, the Commissioner for Railways wired him yesterday as follows:— Half-holiday will be allowed the Government…

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TELEGRAMS. Dismissal of Railway Mechanics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1882 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—A number of railway mechanics at Goulburn have been discharged, owing to the fact that no money had been voted for their wages…

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Terrible Railway Collision in Melbourne. One Person Killed and Seventy Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1882 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—A terrible railway collision has occurred in Melbourne. One person was killed and seventy others injured…

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Melbourne Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 December 1882 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—No more of the injured in the railway accident have died. Several are still in a critical condition, but some of those most badly injured are…

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The Late Railway Accident Near Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 December 1882 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—An inquest was commenced to-day on the body of William Couzens Thomas, who died from the result of injuries sustained in…

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Select Poetry. the Little Bridge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 December 1882 · page 3

They parted on the little bridge Which spans the running water— The bright-eyed youth with fluent tongue, And she—the yeoman's daughter…

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Railway Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 December 1882 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Another railway catastrophe was narrowly averted on the line from Ballarat to Castlemaine yesterday evening. When the train, which…

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Victorian Railway Mismanagement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 December 1882 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday.—A somewhat startling statement was made by Mr. Woods in the Assembly yesterday evening. He read the statement of the…

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The Hawthorn Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 December 1882 · page 2

THE excitement that is now pervading the elections in this colony, is almost equalled in Victoria by the late fatal accident on the railway, near…

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A Railway Train Saved From Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 December 1882 · page 4

ABOUT five miles this side of Carisbrook, or half way between that place and Moolort, the train from Ballarat to Castlemaine was stopped on Tuesday…

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