The Walgett Railway
SAYS the Walgett correspondent of the S. D. Telegraph:—"The rumours of the proposed railway policy of tacking Walgett on to the Western line from Mudgee, instead…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1884
330 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 17
The Walgett Railway
THE cat out of the bag at last! Mr. Dibbs, yesterday night, shewed his hand—" Mudgee to Walgett via Cconamble, distance 211 miles ; cost £1,379,000." The end, truly,…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A woman named Mary G. Booth fell from a bridge on Smith's Creek while she was intoxicated, and was killed…
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WHEN that vague and high-sounding phrase, "the greatest good of the greatest number," was constantly on the lips of Ministers a short time ago,…
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THE Dubbo Dispatch in an article on the Government Railway policy, as regards the rival routes to Walgett, says: "If it be true, and we not think it is—for it is almost…
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IN the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday. Mr. Dibbs, to settling forth the railway policy, said in the course of his remarks:—The next line is one which involves an expenditure, if greed to…
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YESTERDAY the employees in the locomotive branch of the Railway Department held their annual picnic at Singleton, which turned out a great success. Special trains left during the morning for the scene…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Patrick Dunn, a platelayer, was out to pieces by a train on the Geelong line yesterday, near his house, at Leigh Road…
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A LARGE meeting was held on Friday night at Dubbo at the Masonic Hall, presided over by the Mayor, to express indignation at the proposal of the Ministry to extend the present Mudgee line to Walgett,…
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SIR,—In Wednesday's issue there appears a leading article, headed "Apathetic Newcastle." There can be no doubt the article referred to was intended to administer a rebuke to the public of Newcastle,…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—John Cluny, a cabman, was killed by a passing train at the Newtown railway crossing yesterday…
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CALCUTTA, Thursday.—A railway accident occurred to-day on the Eastern Bengal Railway, resulting in great loss of life Two trains travelling in opposite directions, near Aurangatta station,…
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A MEETING of the committee of the Northern Railway League was held at the Newcastle Council Chambers yesterday afternoon. There were present:— Mr. Keightley, Mayor of Newcastle (in the…
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SIR,—If ever a time arose when the people of the Northern districts should speak out, that time has arrived with the announcement of the Government railway policy. Removed from the metropolis and…
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BRISBANE, Saturday.—A serious railway collision took place yesterday evening between the 5.30 up train from Brisbane and a material train from Mitchell. One…
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WEST MAITLAND, Saturday Night.—A large and enthusiastic meeting was held here this evening, in the School of Arts, for the purpose of protesting against the Government proposal to connect Walgett…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—To obviate in some measure the inconvenience occasioned through the landslip on the Mudgee railway, the Government have made…
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A PUBLIC meeting, convened by the Mayor of Hamilton, will be held in the Hamilton Council Chambers this evening, to take into consideration the railway policy of the…
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AT the recent meeting of the Northern Railway League in Newcastle it was decided to hold indignation meetings throughout the district to protest…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Mrs. Marks, wife of a railway clerk at Melbourne, was crossing the line at Kensington yesterday, when she was knocked down by a…
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