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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1886

356 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 18

Railway Employees' Union: Deputation to the Commisioner. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1886 · page 5

A DEPUTATION, consisting of Messrs. Hoyle, Schey, White, Johnson, Cameron and Mittall, waited upon the Commissioner for Railways to-day with reference…

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The Railway Employees' Union

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1886 · page 4

THE fact of a deputation from the railway employees waiting upon the Commissioner for Railways, requesting him to withdraw his prohibition of…

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Railway Employees' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1886 · page 5

Last evening a very largely attended meeting of the railway employees was held at the new Masonic Hall, when the result of the interview with Mr…

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Railway Banquet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1886 · page 5

At the annual banquet of the Victorian Railway Employees' Association, the Chief Commissioner spoke strongly in favour of such associations…

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Bungendore-Hoskingtown Road

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1886 · page 5

A deputation waited on the Minister for Mines this morning to urge the opening of a road from Bungendore to Hoskingtown, a distance of 16 miles. It…

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The Maitland-road Muddle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1886 · page 4

SOME few days back, in response to several complaints, we drew attention to the unnecessary stoppage of traffic on the Maitland-road near Waratah…

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Railway Murder in Italy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1886 · page 2

A HORRIBLE railway murder, similar in its details to that of M. Barreme, with the exception that the victim was not a person occupying any…

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The Ziz-zag Railway Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1886 · page 5

In the report of the board on the railway accident at the Ziz-zag the engine-driver is blamed. All claims are settled far £250. The damage to rolling stock is…

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Homebush-waratah Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1886 · page 5

In answer to questions with reference to the Homebush-Waratah Railway, the Minister for Works said it probably would be opened this year, and the amount expended…

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Country Roads in Northumberland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 5

A deputation, consisting of the Hons. J. Fletcher, G. A. Lloyd, and J. Creer, M.L.A.'s, Mr. Scholey (Mayor, Waratah), Mr. Chas. Upfold, representative of the…

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Railway Employees' Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1886 · page 5

The provisional committee of the Railway Employees' Association disclaims any connection with the question which Mr. Thompson, M.L.A., has given notice…

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Railway Official to Explain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 April 1886 · page 5

Mr. Ballard, chief engineer of the Central and Northern Railway, has been officially called upon to give an explanation of his evidence in the case M'Sharry…

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The Main Roads of the District

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1886 · page 4

IT is a long time since a deputation of a more important character waited upon the Ministry than that which interviewed Mr. LYNE on Friday last,…

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Depression in England. Decrease in Railway Receipts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1886 · page 2

IT was stated by the chairman of the North-Western Railway Company, at the half-yearly meeting recently held, that not only had the number of first…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. Kew-Hawthorne Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1886 · page 8

The tender of Noonan Bros., at £18,913, has been accepted for the construction of a railway from Kew to Hawthorne, about a mile…

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Railway Employees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1886 · page 8

A deputation, with reference to the proposes amalgamated society, will wait on the Minister for Works on Friday…

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The Tenterfield-Border Railway. TENTERFIELD

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1886 · page 5

An interesting and important ceremony took place here shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon, in the presence of a goodly number of the residents of the town and…

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Railway Deputation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 5

A deputation introduced by Mr. Kidd, M.L.A., waited this morning on the Minister for Works with reference to greater railway accommodation to and…

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Railway Employees' Association. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1886 · page 5

The deputation appointed at a meeting, and which a few days ago interviewed the Commissioner for Railways, who declined to reconsider his minute, now…

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The Railway Association of Employees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1886 · page 5

Mr. White, on behalf of the proposed Railway Employees' Association, accompanied by Messrs. Schey and Hoyle, waited upon the Minister for Works this…

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