Road From Minmi and West Wallsend
FROM the following communication it will be seen that the Government realises the importance of the new district between Minmi and West Wallsend, and the wants of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1888
282 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 15
The Government and Railway Schemes
IT is understood (says the Telegraph) that at the last Cabinet meeting the Government had under consideration several proposals for the construction…
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The strike has been resumed among the employes of the Reading and Philadelphia Railway Company owing to the employment of non-union men,…
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The railway arrangements yesterday were tested severely, and successfully stood the trial, thanks to the superintendence of Mr. John Higgs, traffic manager, Mr. F. R…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Strike in America
The Knights of Labour at Reading, in the United States, have ordered the strike amongst the railway employees on the Reading and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to a Railway Gate Keeper
AN accident, causing serious injury, occurred yesterday morning to an old man named Robert King, employed to look after the Market-street railway gates. As he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sydney-brisbane Railway
THE arrangements for the through mail train from Sydney to Brisbane, the fact of the intended alteration having been first made public in our…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Proposed Railway Junction
THE announcement that the railway changing station was to be removed from Hamilton to Waratah has produced considerable sensation in…
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As advertised in Wednesday's issue, the public meeting, convened by Mr. P. Bennett, Mayor of Wickham, was held last night in the hall of the Islington Mechanics' Institute…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Frightful Railway Accident in America. Passengers Crushed, Burned, and Frozen to Death
A frightful railway accident occurred in America yesterday, through a goods train colliding with a passenger train near Wyoming,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Amorous Railway Signalman. "Ten Shillings for a Kiss."
AT the West Riding Court, Doncaster, Alfred Westoby, signalman, Donaby, was charged with assaulting Lizzie Hewitt, wife of a shunter, living at…
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THE Brisbane train arrived at Waratah at 2.20 this morning, being about an hour behind its time. The mails were brought in to Newcastle at ten minutes to 3, and letters for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. More Railways and More Loans
The Colonial Treasurer, Minister for Works, and Engineer-in-Chief had a lengthy conference as to the ways and means of a scheme of railway…
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FROM advertisement it will be observed that the Mayor of Newcastle, at the request of several prominent citizens, has convened, a public meeting to be held to-morrow night at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand. Auckland, Thursday. Terrible Gale. a Train Blown Over an Embankment
Gales of exceptional severity have been experienced at Wellington. A train, travelling along the Wellington-Masterton line, was blown over an…
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LAST evening, as Mr. H. O. Brown, thirty-two years of age, residing in Lackey-street, Summer Hill, surveyor, was travelling to Summer Hill by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Manufacture of Railway Locomotives. Deputations to the Minister for Works. SYDNEY
Two distinct deputations waited upon the Minister for Works in connection with the contract for locomotives—one from Redfern, accompanied by Messrs. Schey, Day, and…
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AT the meeting on Friday night at the Mechanics' Institute, Wickham, an endenavour was made to hold a second meeting, Mr. W. A. Wooderson designating that meeting a…
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Great efforts are being made by the Railway Department and by the steamship companies to provide for the immense traffic now proceeding to Sydney. The respective…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sydney-newcastle Railway
A SPECIAL correspondent of the S. M. Herald, who took a run up to the Queensland border, writes as follows of the train arrangements for Newcastle:—At Hamilton,…
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