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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1884

330 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 17

Ministerial Visit to Newcastle. Deputation Re the Narrabriwalgett Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 August 1884 · page 2

ON Saturday morning the Hon. G. R. Dibbs, Acting Minister for Works, arrived in Newcastle from Sydney, en route for the opening of the railway extension from…

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THE Glen Innes Railway Opening

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1884 · page 2

ARMIDALE, Monday.—There is a great number of visitors here from Newcastle and various parts of the district for hundreds of miles round. Some go to Glen Innes…

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Resumption of Land From the A.a. Co. for Railway Purposes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1884 · page 2

THE prices asked by the A. A. Co. for the land required by the Government for railway purposes, has created a general feeling of astonishment, not…

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THE Glen Innes Railway Extension. Glen Innes, Monday. the Travellers on Their Way

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 August 1884 · page 2

Subsequent to our arrival last night, Mr Dibbs and party adjourned to Tattersalls Hotel, at 9 a.m. To-day a fully loaded train left for Glen Innes followed by…

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The Glen Innes Railway Extension

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 August 1884 · page 3

AT five minutes before midnight yesterday the Ministerial train from Glen Innes reached Newcastle, with the Han. G. R. Dibbs, many members of Parliament, and…

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Correspondence the Narrabri to Walgett Railway Extenstion. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 August 1884 · page 2

SIR,—Allow me a small space in your valuable journal to make a few observations upon this important question, and that of a counter movement to…

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The Murray Bridge at Albury

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 August 1884 · page 2

ALBURY, Thursday.—The new bridge over the Murray at Albury will be opened for traffic next Wednesday…

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The Hexham Road. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 August 1884 · page 2

SIR,—Knowing that you are always ready and willing to bring before the public, through the columns of your valuable journal, any grievance that may arise in…

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The Government Railway Policy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 August 1884 · page 2

MR. G. R. DIBBS, Acting-Minister for Works, in responding to the toast of "the Ministry at Glen Innes," did what might have been expected, in giving a…

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Marriages in a Railway Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1884 · page 2

AN incident of a pecular character, says The Dundee Advertiser, occurred in connection with a Sunday-school trip from Dundee to Monifieth a week ago. The scholars were…

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TELEGRAMS. Railway Deputations. a Missing Member

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 August 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.—This morning Messrs. A. G. Brown and N. Emanuels waited on the Acting-Minister of Works as a deputation in reference to a railway…

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Proposed Railway to Silverton. Deputation to the Minister

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 August 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Messrs. Cramsie, Gill, A. Ryrie, Loughnan, and E. Day, M.'sL.A., and. Messrs. J. Whitcombe, I. Chambers, A. Lakeman, and A. Smith this…

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The Little River Railway Collision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 August 1884 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Mr. Bradshaw, a sporting reporter, has obtained £1500 damages from the Government for injuries received by him in the Little River…

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Railway from Wagga to Tumbarumba

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 August 1884 · page 3

ON Wednesday a deputation waited on the Minister for Public Works to urge upon him the desirability of constructing a railway line from Wagga Wagga to Tumbarumba. The deputation composed the…

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The Narrabri-Walgett Railway Movement. Meeting of the Executive Committee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 August 1884 · page 4

ON Monday forenoon (says the "Maitland Mercury") the Executive Committee in connection with the movement for obtaining a railway from Narrabri to Walgett, met in the Council Chambers, West…

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Railway Deputations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 August 1884 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—This morning there were several deputations to the Minister of Works, the first being on the subject of the line from Narrandera to Jerilderie being…

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Serious Tramway Accident. Several Persons Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 September 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.—A serious tram accident occurred in Oxford-street to-day by which two persons were rendered insensible, and several others were injured…

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Mudgee Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 September 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—There is great demand for tickets for the opening of the Mudgee railway…

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Narrabri-Walgett Railway. Deputation to the Minister

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 September 1884 · page 2

THE Mayor (Mr. Keightley) yesterday received a telegram from the Maitland committee in connection with the Narrrabri-Walgett Railway League, notifying that…

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The Railway Policy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 September 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Dibbs expects to be in a position to announce the railway policy of the Government early next month…

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