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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1888

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Penny Sections on the Tramway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1888 · page 6

THE following letter has been received by Mr. Creer, M.L.A.:— "Department of Railways, "Sydney, 28th February, 1888…

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Correspondence Adamstown Road. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 5

SIR,—Please grant me a small space in your valuable columns to call attention to the disgracefully dilapidated state of the above road. The road from the bridge to the 'bus-stand a…

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The Eight-Hour System on the Railways. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 5

AT the request of Mr. Fletcher and Mr. Schey, the Commissioner for Railways has instructed Mr. Kirkcaldie, Assistant Traffic Manager, to…

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Correspondence Railway Mismanagement. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 March 1888 · page 5

SIR,—Permit me to enter my strongest protest against the conduct of the railway officials on the line from Maitland. On Friday night, I, with a companies, left…

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N.s.w. Railway Ambulance Corps

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 March 1888 · page 5

DR. C. W. MORGAN delivered his second lecture of the present series to the Great Northern Railway employees on Friday evening last at the Bolton-street public school…

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Hamilton Railway Station

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1888 · page 5

LAST evening an open-air meeting, convened by the Mayor of Hamilton in response to a requisition from the residents of that municipality, was held in front of the Sydney…

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New York, Monday. the Great Railway Strike in the United States

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1888 · page 5

The enginemen on the railway as far as N6w York resolved to support those on "strike" on the Quincey and Chicago lines, and event to stop…

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The New Railway Time-table

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1888 · page 5

THE new time-table takes effect on Monday next. The morning train from Sydney starts at 9.35, and arrives at Newcastle at 3.30 p.m. The mail train starts from Sydney at 4.45…

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The New Railway Time-table

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1888 · page 8

THE new time-table takes effect to-day (Monday.) The morning train from Sydney starts at 9.35, and arrives at Newcastle at 3.30 p.m. The mail train starts from Sydney at 4.45…

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Shocking Tramway Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1888 · page 5

ANOTHER fatal accident on the tramline unfortunately occurred on Saturday night' when Mrs. Downie, with of Mr. Matthew Downie, so well known in Newcastle, was…

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The Recent Tram Fatality. Inquest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1888 · page 3

AN inquest was held yesterday at the Castlemaine Hotel, Wickham, on the body of Catherine Downie, who was killed on Saturday night through being…

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Wednesday, March 14. Hudson Brothers' Wickham Railway Works

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1888 · page 4

OUR readers will be gratified to hear that there is every prospect of the above works being again in full operation in a very short time, the…

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Meeting of Railway Employees

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1888 · page 5

A LARGELY-ATTENDED meeting of the railway employees of the locomotive department was held at the rear of the works yesterday afternoon to consider recent appointments in the…

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Tram Dangers Minimised. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 March 1888 · page 6

Sir,—In connection with the late tram fatality, you put the question "What is to be done to prevent the public being cut to pieces?" But has…

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N.s.w. Railway Ambulance Corps

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1888 · page 6

DR. C. W. MORGAN delivered his fourth lecture of the present series to the employees of the G. N. Railway on Friday evening last in the…

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Frightful Railway Accident in America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1888 · page 5

News from America states that a terrible railway accident occurred on Saturday at Blackshear. Near the town there is a trestle bridge, and as…

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Roads in Northumberland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 March 1888 · page 7

MR. JOSEPH CREER, M.L.A, has received the following note from the Lands Department respecting the opening of a road in the county of…

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Correspondence Railway Ambulance Class. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1888 · page 3

SIR,—I noticed a short paragraph in, your paper of the 21st inst., in reference to Doctor Morgan's ambulance class, which would lead the outside…

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Stockton and Raymond Terrace Road. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1888 · page 3

SIR,—Being a constant traveller upon this road, I, among others, am surprised at the length of time a portion of it has been in the hands of the contractors. Re the blinding…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Saturday. Died in a Train

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 April 1888 · page 5

On the arrival of the train from Broken Hill yesterday a young man, who has been suffering from heart disease, was found to have expired in…

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