The Wallsend Train
WE understand that a petition is to be got up praying for the alteration of the present hour for running the Wallsend train. Those who travel by this train are aware…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1883
202 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 11
Original Correspondence. Sheds for Railway Men. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—I have noticed with some satisfaction that lately the railway authorities have seen it necessary to put up some rooms or sheds, or whatever they may be called,…
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THE mail train from Armidale, which should have reached Newcastle soon after ten on Saturday night, did not put in an appearance until about half-past…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alarming Tram Accident. Several People Seriously Hurt
AT about 4.30 p.m., on Saturday, a serious accident happened on the tramway line at the junction of Elizabeth and Liverpool streets, Sydney. It seems that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. the Wallsend Railway Timetable. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—Now that the Wallsend and Plattsburg Municipal Councils are constituted for the present year, it is be hoped that they will make such representations to the…
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ON Tuesday evening a public meeting of residents of the borough of Leichhardt was held in the local Council Chambers for the purpose of urging the Government to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Lambton Band at Armidale Railway Opening. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—The editor of the Armidale Chronical has thought fit to insert an article in his paper which is calculated, unless contradicted, to do the Lambton Band an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shocking Railway Accident. a Man Cut in Two by the Train
CONSIDERABLE excitement prevailed in Sydney early on Saturday morning owing to the circulation of a report to the effect that a man had been cut to pieces by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road From Hamilton to the Glebe. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—In glancing over the report of the last meeting of the Hamilton Council in your issue of Saturday last, I notice that Alderman Donald has initiated the subject…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Homebush and Waratah railway line is to be tendered for in four sections—the first from Homegush to the Hawkesbury; them from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Desperate Encounter in a Railway Carriage
A desperate railway, outrage is reported to have taken place Lear Genoa. A young German and his wife, who had been spending their honeymoon at Rome, were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Late Fatal Railway Accident. Coroner's Inquest
YESTERDAY morning Mr. C. C. B. Ranclaud, District Coroner, held an inquest at Griffiths' Albert Victor Hotel, Burwood, on the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Waller Gibson,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Check System on American Railways. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—Living as we are in a progressive and enlightened age, and as Australians, most of us descended from a people who are universally celebrated for their disposition…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. Bullock Island Bridge. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—To meet the urgent necessities of the residents of Bullock Island and Tighes' Hill, as well as those of Wickham and Hamilton, the Government decided to build a bridge…
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THE first section of the intercolonial railway to Victoria, from Adelaide to Aldgate, a distance of 22 miles, was opened by the Governor on Wednesday. A special train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Strike Amongst Scottish Railway Employees
A serious strike has taken place among the Caledonian Railway servants, which has assumed something like colossal dimensions. The disaffection has spread to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →More Railway Accidents in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Another railway accident has occurred, owing to a pointsman turning the Maryboroungh train on to the wrong line, causing it to run into…
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IT appears, from a paper just issued by order of the Legislative Assembly, that the total length of subordinate roads in the colony under trustees is 1957 miles, on which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Contractors and the Alleged Scarcity of Labour
WE have no doubt that many individuals favourable to the expenditure of public money for assisted immigration will look upon the fact of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Holiday
THERE are many ways of taking a holiday, but few would care to imitate Mr. Vanderbilt, the great American railway proprietor, unless they could…
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