Those Tram Motors. to the Editor
SIR,âHaving had my curiosity satisfied re the condemned Sydney tram motors sent here, my advice to the Commissioner is to take the engines out of them and make cars…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1887
303 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 16
Railway Receipts
IN the Assembly, on Thursday, Mr. Fitzgerald, for Mr. Thompson, asked the Colonial Treasurer.— (1.) How much of the amount estimated…
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ON the notice paper for last Thursday night was the following:—Mr. Matheson to move, That there be laid upon the table of this House, a return showing,—"(1.) The amount…
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THE S. M. Herald states:—In connection with this railway calamity it might be stated that certain persons connected with the law are trying their best to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →State of the Roads, Water Supply, Contagious Discases Hospital, &c
The full deputation, which represented Newcastle and adjoining municipalities, then waited upon the Minister for Works. They were…
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A SUPPLEMENT to the Government Gazette contains the information that the tramway will be opened on Wednesday next, 13th inst., which is very satisfactory intelligence indeed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday. Melbourne Tramway Loan
Tenders for the Melbourne Tramway Loan of £200,000, at £4 per cent., were opened to-day. The total subscriptions amounted to £660,000…
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PERHAPS amongst the very unsatisfactory results of the deputations to Ministers on Friday last, the most disappointing of all was that which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Sydney-newcastle Railway. Meeting of Railway Opening Demonstration Committee. GOSFORD
A MEETING of the Railway Opening Demonstration Committee was held on Monday night, and a considerable amount of business was transacted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tram and Its Consequences
WE were quite prophetic, it seems, in our article respecting the opening of the local tramways. The preliminary trial showed an absurd lack of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tramway. The Opening Postponed
ANOTHER trip was made upon the Newcastle-Plattsburg tramway yesterday by a party of citizens, a motor and three carriages having run a certain distance with somewhat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sydney Railway
A VERY startling announcement appears in the Sydney Press with regard to the Homebush-Waratah Railway. According to the Evening News it will…
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ON Wednesday morning Mr. Fletcher, M.L.A., introduced to the Minister of Works a deputation representing the iron trades. The deputation consisted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Peat's Ferry Railway Accident. Finding of the Jury. SYDNEY
The inquest on the Hawkesbury Railway Accident, has been closed. The jury found.— That the accident was caused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tram
ANOTHER preliminary trip of the tram to Wallsend was made yesterday afternoon, the object being seemingly, to test the efficiency of the Y sidings at Lambton and the terminus…
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As far as the present arrangements go, the Newcastle-Plattsburg tramline will be opened for public use to-morrow, the first tram starting at 6.30 a.m from the city terminus…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. the North Shore Railway
Sir Henry Parkes will perform the ceremony of turning the first sod of the North Shore railway. GOOD FIND…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Midland Railway Company of Western Australia
A company is being formed to construct the Midland Railway in Western Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Railway Disaster in Canada. Fourteen Lives Lost
A collision took place between an excursion train and a petroleum train at St. Thomas Canada. The latter exploded. The excursion train caught…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tramway
YESTERDAY afternoon another trial trip of the now tramway, from Newcastle to Plattsburg, was made, the car's being filled with a large number of passengers, among whom…
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