Railway and Tramway
A large number of extra train's and trams were put on yesterday and were extensively patronised. The railway arrangements were carried out to perfection under the guardian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1888
282 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 15
Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday evening. Villainous Attempt to Wreck a Train
A DASTARDLY attempt was made to wreck an excursion train yesterday afternoon. A rail was placed on one line, and a fish plate on the other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Changes in the Railway Department
THERE is something extraordinary, if not inexplicable and even indefensible, about the changes that are taking place in the traffic department of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WASHINGTON, Wednesday. the American Railway Strike
The strike among the operatives on railways terminating at Chicago, who refused to touch cars on Quincey line, has been settled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suggested Improvements in Working the Tramway
A DEPUTATION, consisting of the Mayor, Aldermen Williams and Lloyd, met Mr. F. Neild (acting traffic manager) and Mr. H. Edwards, of the Tram Department, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah Tramway Deputation
On the return of the Minister for Works from Carrington, a deputation consisting of Mr. J. Scholey, J.P. (Mayor of Waratah), Mr. A. Shedden, senr. (Mayor of Wickham),…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Ambulance Corps
DR. C. W. MORGAN delivered his fifth lecture of the present series to the workmen of the Great Northern Railway, on Friday evening last, at the Bolton-street Public…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Non-paying Railways
UNDER the above heading the following appears in the Sydney Telegraph:—Sir, During the holidays I spent some time at Peat's Ferry and had an opportunity of both…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Management
THE following letter published in S. M. Herald is so much to the point that we reproduce it, although the facts contained are unfortunately too well…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest Railway Scheme
THIS is the day of great ideas, and the latest one is from the country of gigantic railway undertakings, America. It is reported that railway men in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Overland (?) Railway
THE Tenterfield Star hits the right nail on the head when it says:—"The construction of the Great Northern Railway was mainly supposed to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russian Jews on the Road
The antipathy which has always been shown to the Jews in Russia has resulted in about 2000 of that race being expelled from Odessa, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Engine-drivers and the Railway Commissioners
THE Melbourne correspondent of the S. M. Herald writes:—The committee of the Locomotive Engine-drivers' Association have sent a reply to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence Railway Guards. to the Editor
SIR,—Having read in your issue of the 24th inst. a letter written by one who calls himself "Justice," and headed, I think, "A Reform Asked For," I now think I can add a few…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Northern Railway
To anyone who has had business or occasion to await the arrival of the "night mail south" at the early morn, or when morn has scarcely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Guards. to the Editor
SIR,—Under the above heading appears in your Saturday's issue a letter adding "a few more words" to what appears to be a grievance that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.s.w. Railway Ambulance Corps
DR. C. W. MORGAN delivered the sixth lecture of the present series to the employees of the Great Northern Railway, at the Bolton-street Public School, last Friday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, May 1St. Sydney, Wednesday. the Railway Bill
ABOUT midnight the House went into Committee to consider the Council's amendments to the above bill. Sir HENRY PARKES said that the differences…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Chief Commissionership of Railways. to the Editor
SIR,—Before Mr. Speight was appointed Chairman of Commissioners, Victorian Railways, it is a well-known fact that the appointment was offered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Railway Labourer's Complaint. to the Editor
SIR,—I beg to draw the attention of the public to the way in which the new hands taken on to complete the platelaying at the new railway approaches…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →