The Proposed Railway Extension From Narrabri to Walgett
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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Railways, roads & transport, 1882
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The Wodonga Railway Contract
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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. Wickham Public Meeting and the Bridge Question. To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate
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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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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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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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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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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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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THE following letter has been sent to Mr. Fletcher, M.P.:— Department of Public Works, Railway Branch,…
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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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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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SYDNEY, Monday.—A terrible railway collision has occurred in Melbourne. One person was killed and seventy others injured…
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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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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—An inquest was commenced to-day on the body of William Couzens Thomas, who died from the result of injuries sustained in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Select Poetry. the Little Bridge
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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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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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 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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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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