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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
330 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 17
YESTERDAY afternoon, in response to circulars issued by the Mayor (Mr. Stewart Keightley), a very representative meeting of citizens was held at the Newcastle Council Chambers. This had been called in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Government railway policy will provide that the railway shall be extended from Redfern into the city…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is to be hoped that the statements made and the figures quoted at the preliminary meeting of citizens at the Council Chambers on Tuesday last, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The line to Glen Innes is likely to be opened by the middle of August, and a portion of the Illawarra railway by the end of September…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A SHOCKING accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon, on the railway at Eveleigh, near Redfern, which resulted in the immediate death of a man named Charles Williams,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Passengers now travel by rail from Mudgee to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Dibbs, speaking at a banquet at North Shore on Saturday, said the Government would instruct the Engineer in-Chief to at once take…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE first cable tramway in the United Kingdom was opened by the Lord Mayor of London on May 29. When it is remembered that the tram is to run up Highgate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Government have received a cablegram from the Agent-General to the effect that the Privy Council have decided in favour of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WALGETT, Wednesday.—At a meeting of the Narrabri-Walgett Railway League held yesterday, two delegates were appointed to attend the public meetings at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The opening of the railway to Glen Innes is likely to take place at the end of August…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—Pyrmont Bridge will be opened on August 1st free of toll…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SOME curious anomalies are noticeable in those "carefully prepared" tables of rates in use on the railway lines of the colonies, and very often, owing, no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE new section of the extension of the Great Northern Railway to be opened shortly, consists of a length of sixty-four miles from Armidale to Glen Innes, which will then make a total distance of 324…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—A man named Geo. Bailey has been knocked down by, and received serious injuries from, a tram motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Thursday.—News has been received of an apalling railway accident which occurred last night between Manchester and Sheffield to the express train. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ALBURY, Saturday.—Telephonic communications has been established over the railway line, between Albury and Wodonga. Messages can now be exchanged between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE tramway traffic has quite outgrown the limited accommodation of the terminus station at Bridge-street. The sight to be witnessed on this platform on holidays is simply disgraceful, while on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEW YORK, Sunday.—A railway accident involving great carnage occurred today in the state of Ohio. A passenger train left the rails, and fell over an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Friday last, a deputation, introduced by Mr. W. R. CAMPBELL, M.L.A., interviewed the acting—Minister for Works for the purpose of…
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