Railway Ambulance Lectures
THE fourth lecture of the course of instruction prescribed by the railway department for qualification for the examinations for entrance to the railway ambulance corps was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1887
303 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 16
Railway Extension Northwards. Bombay
A battalion of the Surrey Regiment is under orders to proceed to the Khoja Amran range of mountains with the view of an early extension of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railways Built in the United States in 1886
THE Railway Age has compiled statistic in regard to the railway building in the United States during the past year that show that in 1886 more miles…
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THROUGH the courtesy of the Mayor of Plattsburg I have been favoured with the following official communication, received from Mr. J. Creer, M.L.A.:—…
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MESSRS. J. C. ELLIS AND JAS. FLETCHER, members for the city, and Messrs. Melville and Creer, interviewed Mr. Bennett, Commissioner for Roads, yesterday morning with…
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ONE of the most frightful railway disasters that has taken place in America occurred at the bridge over the White River, Vermont, at 2…
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THE Novosti says:—"The inauguration of the Tchardjui station on the Transcaspian Railway is an event which has not received the attention…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Deputations. Sydney, Thursday. Homebush-waratah Railway
At 11 o'clock this morning Messrs. Fletcher, Walker, Creer, Stevenson, Brunker, Colls, Bowes, O'Sullivan, and Frank Farnell, Ms. L.A., waited upon the Minister for Works…
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DR. MORGAN gave his fifth and concluding lecture of the present series to the railway employees last evening in the Christ Church Public School. There was a good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Banquet to Mr. Tramers Jones
AFTER alluding to the highly successful banquet to Mr. Travers Jones, member for Tumut, at that town on Saturday last, the Gundagai Times says:—"An amusing…
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Sir,—For some considerable time past Little Young-street has been in a very bad state, especially in wet weather, and in order to effect a…
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Special trains will, as usual, be run during the Easter holidays from Newcastle and intermediate stations to Wallsend, and to Maitland and Singleton, particulars of which…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The third annual banquet of the Victorian Railway Service Mutual Association was held on Saturday evening, when about 120 members and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Homebush-waratah Railway. Opening of the Section from Hornsby to Peat's Ferry
THIS event is fraught with no little interest to our city, seeing that it is the forging of one important link in the chain of iron that will soon bind Sydney to Newcastle. Our…
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THE Sydney Morning Herald has an article of nearly two columns in length on the Railway Bill, after perusing which readers are about as wise as before. This is not so much…
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AN initiatory meeting of several of the residents of the city took place on Saturday forenoon in the office of Mr. F. Ash, merchant, for the purpose of…
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SEVERAL days ago a train on the Texas and Pacific Railroad was robbed by eight armed and masked men. The facts are said to be these:—As the…
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THROUGH the courtesy of Mr. Robbins, stationmaster, we have been placed in early possession of the railway time-table, which will come into effect on 1st May, and as on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Reduction of the Railway Staff
A SCHEME is now awaiting the approval of the Cabinet by which it is expected that some £30,000 per annum will be saved to the revenue in the expenditure on the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Correspondence. the Road From Belmont to Lake Macquarie Heads. to the Editor
SIR,—Knowing you to be an advocate for the improvement of the district, and safety and comfort of its people, I take the liberty of drawing your attention to the deplorable and…
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