Railway Matters. The Sydney-Brisbane Train
THE New South Wales Commissioners for Railways state that the information received from Brisbane on Monday to the effect that an agreement had been arrived at between the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1889
846 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 43
N.S.W. Railway Reforms. Further Sweeping Retrenchment. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night
THE Commissioners for Railways have lately been considering the staff of the Engineer-in-Chief for Existing Lines with a view to retrenchment, and have to-day decided, as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ministerial Elections. Public Works Act. Control of the Railways. The Elections
SYDNEY, Tuesday night:—Some difference of opinion exists in the Protectionist camp with regard to the coming re-election of Ministers, which has brought to light the…
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The new Government will reverse the policy of their predecessors, and place the Ministerial control of the Government railways under the Minister for Finance, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. the Transcontinental Railway
The Railway Commissioners have arranged for a detailed survey to be made at the Transcontinental railway from Angle Pole, northwards, for a distance of 250 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Reform. More Retrenchment. The Stores Department. SYDNEY, Thursday Night. Abolition of Branch Stores
THE Railway Commissioners have been devoting some time lately looking into the organization of the Stores Department, and they state that by having branch stores at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Western Australia. Midland Railway
Most encouraging news was received at Perth by Tuesday's mail with regard to the Midland Railway. A strong board, comprising among them many well-known…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Zealand. Railway Revenue
The total gross receipts of the New Zealand railways from April 1, 1888, to January 5, 1889—that is to say, for nine months and five days—amounted to £745,068, and the…
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The Railway Department have decided to reduce the rates for the carriage of Queensland sugars on all the railway lines of the colony…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria. Melbourne, Friday Night. Railway Employees
A large deputation from the Victorian Railway Employees Association waited upon the Chief Commissioner of Railways to-day, and asked for a number of concessions, most…
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It appears that the Commissioners are about to adopt a special system for the much-abused Mudgee railway line, in the belief that as its traffic can be vastly improved as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday Night. the Railway Commissioners
Messrs. Eddy, Oliver, and Fehon, the Commissioners for Railways, are about to inspect a portion of the northern line, for the purpose of inquiring into the working and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tasmania. Narrow Escape of a Train
A mail train had a narrow escape from being wrecked last night on the Risdon Bridge, a few miles from Hobart. About a quarter-past 7 driver Glendinow saw an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Australia. Adelaide, Wednesday Night. Glenelg Railway Dispute
An attempt is being made to settle the dispute between the Glenelg Railway Company and Glenelg Corporation by arbitration, and it is hoped the disagreement will be settled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday Night. Theft by a Railway Clerk
JULIAN H. GODDIN, a clerk employed at the Spencer-street railway station, was charged in Melbourne this morning with stealing the sum of £39, the property of the department…
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It is understood that the Government will probably act on the suggestion of Mr. Sutherland, the former Minister for Works, advising the immediate extension of the Leichhardt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend. Road to Teralba
IT is understood that an effort will shortly be made to induce the Government to extend the present road to Lake Macquarie direct to the Teralby township, and, no doubt, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tasmania. the Mount Zehan Railway
The survey of the Strahan and Mount Zehan railway has been completed for a length of thirty-three miles. The estimated cost is £82,000, the first estimate having been…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A terrible tramway accident took place last night at Wigan, in Lancashire. A tramcar, driven by steam power, and crowded with passengers, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Reforms. Reduction of Newcastle and Maitland Fares
THE Railway Commissioners have published a by-law fixing a scale of railway fares between Newcastle and West Maitland. According to this scale the fares are to be as…
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