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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
846 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 43
AN alarming accident occurred at half-past 11 o'clock this forenoon on what is known as the Valley railway a short section now being constructed from Roma-street, Brisbane, to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Millar Bros. have made a proposal to the Government to construct a land grant railway from a point on the Great Southern line, ten or twelve miles distant from Albany, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The body of a man, whose name is unknown, was found at 10 o'clock this morning on the railway line at Northcote by a gatekeeper. The deceased was run over by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—There are one hundred and thirty-three applications for the Chief Commissionership of Queensland Railways. The Agent-General of the colony will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The new railway station it Morpeth is progressing rapidly towards completion, and, from the appearance of the work, the contractor (Mr. Legg) intends to have it finished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—Herr Geiscudorff, the son of the Swiss Consul at Cannes, has been murdered in a train while, travelling to Geneva…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE residents of Tighe's Hill have for several years suffered considerable inconvemence, owing to the want of direct communication between that place and Wickham. A large…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IT is stated, on what would seem to be the most reliable authority, that important changes in the Sydney-Newcastle train service are contemplated by the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WHEN the Railway Commissioners visited Newcastle, about two months and a half ago, their Chief (Mr. Eddy) sta[?]d that he and his colleagues would take the[?]rst opportunity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Tuesday Night.—There was a very large attendance of members when the Assembly resumed sitting this afternoon after the adjournment for the Ministerial Elections…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Railway Commissioners, Messrs. Eddy, Fehon, and Oliver, accompanied by Mr. G. Cowdery (inspector for existing lines) and Mr. J. Angus (civil engineer), paid their…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AN interesting return has been furnished to the Minister for Works by the Engineer-in-Chief for Railways (Mr. Whitton) giving a statement of expenditure by the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →UPON the arrival of the train at the Bellambi station on Tuesday morning some carriages were thrown off the line owing to some mismanagement of the points whilst the train…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At a later hour in the day, the same deputation, accompanied by Mr. Creer, M.L.A., waited on the Minister for Works, when Mr. Creer explained that their object in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A DEPUTATION from Wallsend, consisting of the Mayor (Mr. Rushton), and Messrs. Abell and Punton, was introduced to the Minister for Lands this morning by Mr. Joseph Crcer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Speaker took the chair at half-past four o'clock. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. MRS. CUNNINGHAME…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Railway Commissioners left Newcastle by special train for Maitland at 9.45 o'clock yesterday morning. At Honeysuckle Point the railway stores were examined. It is the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A train from Bundaberg to Maryborough left the line at the points near the race-course. Three sheep trucks and the other rolling stock, except the engine, were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MESSRS. OLIVER AND FEHON, the Railway Commissioners, and Mr. W. T. A. Smith, of the traffic department, reached Moree this afternoon, on a visit of inspection of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the arbitration case with the Government over the first section of the North Coast Railway, where contractor Robb claimed £12,000, the arbitrators awarded…
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