Tramways
It is estimated that between thirty and thirty-five thousand persons travelled on the trams to and from Newcastle yesterday…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1890
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Traffic on the Railways
The passenger traffic on the railways to and from Newcastle, yesterday, by far exceeded that of the previous New Year's Day. The taking yesterday were about £50 greater than…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District News. Wallsend. Tram and Train Arrangements
REGULARLY as the holidays come round, or any little extra traffic from the ordinary, the public have to quietly suffer the penalties of bad management. How long this is to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waratah. Very Dangerous Roads
For some considerable time the Council have been urging upon the Government to assist them to repair the Georgetown and Lambton main roads, while at the same time…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Channel Bridge Project
LONDON, Wednesday.—The project is being revived for constructing a tunnel under the English Channel between England and France, and during the next session of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Wickham Nuisance. a Strange Way of Forming a Road
FOR some time past the Wickham Municipal Council have been, through their contractor depositing the whole of the nightsoil from that suburb on Gross-street, which crosses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tramway Question
THE tramway question, we are all aware, has been agitating the intellect of our aldermanic representatives to a very great extent recently. The matter has been discussed and…
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A PECULIAR accident recently occurred near the Exchange Station of the London and North-Western Railway at Manchester. A young man named Joseph Riley, who resides…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Australia. Adelaide, Friday Night. a New Railway Route
A Royal Commission has been appointed to inquire into and report on the construction of a railway from some point on the Great Northern line to the Queensland border…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A "Mixed" Train
AN important acquisition to the Northern train service has been made, and came into operation on the let inst, in a train which leaves Sydney at 4.15 a.m. and proceeds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Maitland. New Train Arrangements
The alteration in the running of trains which commenced hero on the let of January is causing considerable inconvenience and indignation in Maitland. It appears the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Stations
THE two stations which do the largest passenger traffic in the United Kingdom, if not in Europe, are undoubtedly Broad-street and Waterloo in London. From the former…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Railway Collision in Victoria. A Chinaman Killed. MELBOURNE
A FATAL railway collision occurred near Oakleigh station, on the Gippsland line, at 1.30 on Sunday morning. Two milk trains left Dandenong for the metropolis within a short…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →English Railway Men's Demands
THE requests made by the men employed on the English railways are distinguished by great moderation. The railway porters and general hands demand that ten hours'…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The railway porters and other general employees have demanded a reduction in their hours of labour to ten hours for a day's work; the platelayers ask…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge Building
IN the past the epithet of a "road-and-bridge member" was regarded as almost libellous, and as the deepest insult that could be offered to one chosen of the electors. We…
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MR. J. CREER, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Under. Secretary for works:— "Department of Public Works,…
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MR. R. STEVENSON, M.P., for Wollombi, has received the following letter from the Department. of Lands in reference to the opening of a road from the township of Swansea to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plucky Railway Official
ON Monday evening an act of bravery occured at the Summer-hill railway station whereby two lives were saved by Mr. W. H. Dicker, the night officer in charge. A. blind…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Tramway Extension. to the Editor
SIR,—Noticing that a requisition is being carried around Hunter-street for the purpose of being presented to the Railway Commissioners, praying that the tramway may be…
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