In the Tram
BRISBANE, Saturday.—A company has been formed here for the cultivation and manufacture of tobacco…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1885
299 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 15
A Railway Accident Averted
ON Friday night about 10 o'clock a man who was in an advanced state of inebriety would have been mangled by the train but for timely assistance. The man's…
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AN article on this topic in the Dubbo Dispatch, wherein the writer urges the Dubbo people to renew their movement of last year, concludes thus:—"If Mr. Wright's…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The tender has been accepted of Messrs. C. and E. Miller for the construction of a railway from Dimboola to the South Australia border…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A meeting of railway employees resolved to form a Volunteer Railway Corps. The Government is to be asked to furnish arms, accoutrements…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Tenders have been received for a railway bridge over the Hawkesbury. The tenders have been referred to a committee of engineers for…
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AN enthusiastic and largely attended meeting took place at Walgett on Monday evening, for the purpose of taking into consideration the advisability of strengthening the hands…
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THE time for the receipt of tenders for the iron bridge work for the Hergott Springs railway expired on Monday, with the result that no tender was forthcoming. It appears…
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IT is no secret (says the Daily Telegraph) that the object of the visit of Mr. Richard Speight, chairman of the Victorian Railway Board, was to come to an amicable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence. the Narrabri Walget Railway. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—As I take more than ordinary interest in the proposal for the railway to connect Walget and Narrabri, I am glad to see that you have in your columns of the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Government have decided to reduce the tram fares to the original charges…
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IT is stated that about half the four thousand workmen whose services will be dispensed with at Lake Superior in a week or two by the Canadian Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Correspondence. Greta Railway Station. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—Being a daily reader of your valuable and widely-circulated paper, will you kindly allow me space to say a few words re the items of the Greta…
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THE length of railway between Burrum and Bundaberg, for the construction of which tenders are now called, is 36 miles 32 chains. Plans can be seen…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—In the case of Gibbs v. Commissioner of Railways, in which the plaintiff recently obtained £3505 damages for an injury received in…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A deputation from Wodonga urged Mr. Speight to reconsider his proposed abolition of a dual train stoppage on the border. Mr. Speight…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The plans and tenders for the Hawkesbury Railway Bridge, on the Waratah and Homebush line, has been referred to Sir John. Barlow, lately…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Upwards of 700 railway employes have sent in their names, and expressed their willingness to join the proposed Volunteer Railway Crops, and have…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Colonel Smith, M.L.A., introduced a deputation to the Minister of Railways from the Engine Drivers Society, relative to appointments on…
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WHY it is considered expedient to lock the carriage doors on some of our lines of railway and not on others? Whether it is desirable to look up…
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