Floods in South Australia. Railways and Bridges Washed Away
ADELAIDE, Wednesday Night. — Rain commenced to fall throughout the agricultural districts on Monday, and still continues In many places the fall has been…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1889
846 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 43
Hamilton Requirements. Deputations to Ministers. The Reserve. The Main Roads. SYDNEY, Friday Night
A DEPUTATION was introduced by Mr. James Fletcher, M.L.A., to the Minister for Lands, at 11 o'clock this morning, with the object of requesting an endowment of £500 towards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plattsburg. Tramway to Summerhill
A movement has been set on foot with a view of extending the tramway as far as Summerhill and Preliminary meeting was held at the Racecourse Hotel, when it was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lambton. Sale of Tram Tickets
General dissatisfaction is expressed at the notification in yesterday's issue of the Herald, to the effect that the sale of tickets will be discontinued at the Lambton and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Commissioners. The Narrabri-Moree Line. MOREE, Friday Night
THE two Railway Commissioners, Messrs [?]ahon and Oliver, received a large influential and representative deputation from all parts of the district to-day Strong and substantial…
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NARRABRI, Saturday.—Messrs. Fehon and Oliver, Railway Commissioners, and Mr. Smith, reached Narrabri at 11. o'clock on Friday night on their return journey from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Western Australia. Railway Extension
The Legislative Council passed a resolution on Friday that an address be presented to the Governor advising that a contract be entered into with Millar Bros. for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Why the Tram Lines Don't Pay. to the Editor
SIR,—I crave the privilege of occupying a short space in the columns of your valuable journal for the purpose of drawing the attention of our Railway Commissioners to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Maitland Show. Railway Arrangements. West Maitland
THE Hunter River Agricultural Society's Exhibition, which will open on Wednesday, promises to be an exceptionally brilliant one. The entries of extra exhibits still continue to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed Tramway Extension. Public Meeting at Merewether
A PUBLIC meeting of the residents of Merewether was held last evening in the Mechanics' Institute, for the purpose of agitating for an extension of the tramway system to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Commissioner Speight. Wanted in England
LONDON, Monday.—Great inducements are being offered to Mr. Speight, Chief Commissioner of the Victorian Railways, who is now in England, to return to the service…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Morpeth. Inspection of Roads and Bridges
On Saturday Mr. M'Rae, the member for Morpeth, accompanied by Colonel Wells, of the Department of Roads, visited Morpeth to inspect and inquire into a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Important Railway Changes. Excursion Rates to and from Newcastle
FURTHER important changes affecting the travelling public have been made by the Railway Commissioners. A by law has been adopted by which theatrical companies not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plattsburg. Tramway Extension
A meeting of the residents of Summerhill, Plattsburg, was held at Mr. Pringle's Hotel on Monday evening, Alderman Thomas Mitchell being in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Accommodation
Besides the ordinary trains, no less than six specials were despatched front Newcastle to West Maitland during the day, all of which wore well-filled, the train which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railways. New Locomotive Superintendent. Grafton-Tweed Railway. The Hawkesbury Bridge. Official Testing
SYDNEY, Thursday Night.—Mr. William Thow, formerly locomotive superintendent to the South Australian railways, has been offered, and has accepted, the post of locomotive engineer to the New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Agricultural Show. Great Day at Maitland. Enormous Attendance. 12,000 Visitors and More. Faulty Railway Arrangements
TRULY yesterday was a gala day at Maitland, and the thousands who journeyed thither for the purpose of witnessing the second day of the twenty-ninth annual show under the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plattsburg. Road to Ironbark Creek
Mr. Surveyor Gregson was in Plattsburg yesterday making arrangements for one survey of the proposed road to Ironbark Creek. It will thus be seen that the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Carrington. Over-head Bridge
The continued and persistent application of the Municipal Council, first to the Minister of Works, and latterly to the Commissioners for Railways, to have an over-head bridge at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sad Accident at Wallsend. Railway Porter Fatally Injured
CONSIDERABLE excitement was caused on Saturday about 9 a.m., when it became known that poor Tom Burke, the esteemed and respected porter at Wallsend, had met…
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