Maitland Amateur Picnic Races. Railway Inconveniences
During the last twelve months the Maitland Amateur Picnic Race Club has held meetings at Rutherford, and the popularity of the gatherings has become established…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1889
846 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 43
Railway Management. Quarterly Report. SYDNEY, Wednesday Night
THE quarterly report of the Railway Commissioners was laid upon the table of the House to-night. It purports to disclose a highly satisfactory state of affairs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canadian Railway Accident
LONDON, Tuesday.—Fuller intelligence relative to the railway disaster in Canada, states that the wrecked train was carrying 150 excursionists who were proceeding to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railways and Tramways. Quarterly Report
THE quarterly report of Railway Commissioners, ending March, 1889, was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday. The Commissioners says:—In…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram Fare Anomalies. to the Editor
SIR,—Permit me to call attention to the scandalous way the Lambton public are been treated in the matter of our trams. The commissioners, with a view to economy, have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District News. Plattsburg. Tramway Extension to Summerhill
A MEETING of the residents of Summerhill was held at Mr. Pringle's Hotel on Wednesday evening. Alderman Thomas Mitchell being in the chair…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A commission of leading Russian engineers has approved of General Parker's scheme for the construction of a railway across Siberia…
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LONDON, Friday.—It is rumoured that the Indian Government intends to extend the railway lately finished to the Afghan frontier to Candahar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Railway Accident. Subsidence of an Embankment. a Scene of Wild Confusion. Six Persons Injured. SYDNEY, Monday Night
A VERY serious railway accident occurred at a quarter to 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon about seven miles from Narandera, on the Jerilderie Extension. The No. 1 down…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Commissioners. Visit to Newcastle
THE Commissioners for Railways will arrive in Newcastle about midday on Monday, the 20th instant, and will remain here during that and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CABLEGRAMS. Turkish Railways
LONDON, Monday.—It is reported that Baron Hirsch has sold all his Turkish railways to the Austrian States Railways. [If the report mentioned in the above cablegram…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hawkesbury Bridge. Counting the Cost Thereof
As it has been repeatedly stated that the Engineer-in-Chief's estimate for constructing a railway bridge over the river Hawkesbury at the site adopted was £750,000, the…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Russia will at once extend her railway from Samarkand to Tashkend. [The present terminus of the Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Railway Accident at Wickham. A Young Lad Mutilated
IMMEDIATELY after the 6.30 train from Singleton passed the up one at the railway crossing, Wickham, last evening, the gate-keeper was surprised to see an object on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland. the Road Trust
Alderman Matthew Murphy has been elected a councillor of the Maitland-road Trust, vice Councillor William Keating, deceased. Mr. Murphy having a great amount…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. a Railway Accident
When the 8.40 p.m. train from Frankston to Mornington Junction arrived at the junction on Wednesday night the guard and porter shunted some trucks on to a side line…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland. Railway Commissionerships
The Government have received from the Agent-General over a hundred applications for the Railway Commissionerships advertised in the English papers, also about thirty…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wickham Railway Fatality. Inquest and Verdict
AT Cornish's Hotel, Wickham, yesterday, Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P., district coroner, held an inquest on the body of a boy named John Mulhearn, who was found dead on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Drain. To Be Attended To. SYDNEY, Thursday Night
THE Hamilton deputation, when in Sydney to-day, took the opportunity of waiting on Mr. M'Millan, and asked him to take some action with respect to the railway drain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tasmania. the Main Line Railway Case
In the case of the Main Line Railway Company against the Government, the case for the plaintiffs was concluded on Thursday. A number of persons were examined as to the…
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