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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
202 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 11
FOR some time past negotiations have been going on among the employees of the Great Northern railway, with a view to forming an association under the above heading. The object of the promoters appear…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—I would like to ask who is to blame in the Railway Department for the great injustice which is continually done old hands by strangers being repeatedly placed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Friday last (says the S. M. Herald) a deputation of workmen at Eveleigh waited upon the Minister for Works, and drew his attention to the fact that their pay was only 7s per day, and that, through…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FOR a long time past the employes on the Great Northern Railway have complained, and apparently with cause, of departmental injustice and neglect of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A man named Thomas Bourke was crossing Oxford-street yesterday, when he was knocked down by a passing tram motor, and seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A horrible accident occurred on the Homebush to Waratah railway works, yesterday. Some navvies were engaged blasting a rock near Ryde,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Monday last, an accident of a somewhat serious nature took place in the Railway Yard, Blane-street. It appears that an employee by name Alfred Brown, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A large deputation consisting of many members of Parliament, and a number of merchants waited on the Colonial Secretary to-day,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—Benjamin Cocks was fined £5 at the Police Court to-day, for a breach of the railway by-laws, by detaining a train five minutes, through not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following letter, respecting the above, has been received by Mr. Fletcher, M.P.:— "Department of Public Works. "Office of Commissioner and Engineer for Roads…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Mayor of Wickham, Alderman Hubbard, and the Council Clerk yesterday had an interview with Mr. Hickson, resident engineer for Harbours and Rivers in Newcastle on the subject of-vehicular bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Thomas Bourke, who was knocked down by a tram motor in Oxford-street, died in the hospital yesterday. Later. The inquest on the body of Thos. Bourke,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Fletcher, M.L.A., has received a communication from Mr. Goodchap, Commissioner for Railways, notifying that all flying gangs on the railway line will receive 7s. 6d. per day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Monday.—The work of surveying the railway line into the city is being proceeded with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A TELEGRAM in the S. M Herald from Armidale says:—"Mr. Hogg, the surveyor sent to examine the proposed railway routes from Uralla and Mother of Ducks to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A PUBLIC MEETING was held at the Protestant Hall last evening, to discuss the question of a tramway between Newcastle and the mining townships. There were about 50 persons present, the small attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—Henry Austin has obtained a verdict of £32 against Mr. Goodchap, Commissioner for Railways, for damage done to a cart and harness by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE public meeting held on Wednesday night, at the Protestant Hall, to consider the course of the tramway from Newcastle to the mining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—In the estimation of the inhabitants of the mining townships it is doubtful whether Messrs. Fletcher and Creer ever appeared to greater advantage than when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Saturday.—At midnight yesterday, Robert Austen, aged 10, a clerk, was a passenger by the tram going to the Glebe. On arrival at Redfern, and before the tram…
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