Correspondence the Carrington Bridge. to the Editor
SIR,—I beg to hand you the accompanying correspondence for publication. It speaks for itself and needs no comment from me. The high handed position taken up by the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1890
732 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 37
Queensland. the Croydon Railway
In consequence of the delay in obtaining steel sleepers for the further extension of the line to Croydon, the Railway Commissioners have arranged for the use of wooden sleepers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Adelaide Letter. ADELAIDE, April 9. Our Railway Commissioners
UP to the present, in the eyes of most people, have proved a rank failure, and no one official in such a short space of time has succeeded in making himself so generally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yankee View of the Forth Bridge
MR. G. W. SMALLEY, the London correspondent of the New York Tribune, who lays down the law with an air of superiority only to be found among a few of his class, thus…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria. Railway Guard Killed
W. G. Reynolds, a goods guard on the, Victorian railways was killed at Tooradin station, on the Gippsland line, on Sunday. He was sitting on the buffer of a truck while…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Correspondence Bad Roads at South Wallsend. to the Editor
SIR,—The remarks of your correspondent, ''S.M.,'' in your issue of Saturday last, re the bad state of the road at the above place, will, I trust, find their way to the proper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian News. New South Wales. Railway Shorthand Classes
THE Railway Commissioners have received a report from the railway examiners with regard to the recent examination of the shorthand classes established by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Roads of Northumberland. a Grant of £1550. SYDNEY
THE following letter has to-day been received by the members for the county from the Works Department:— "Gentlemen,—Referring to your personal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Newcastle Sand-drift. Road Blocked—Traffic Stopped
THE heavy rains which fell here from an early hour yesterday morning brought about a repetition of the old state of affairs at the Newcastle sand-drift on the Lake-road. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Improvements at Hamilton. Conference of Municipal Councils
A CONFERENCE of the Hamilton and Wickham Municipal Councils was held in the Hamilton Council-chambers yesterday afternoon for the purpose of considering the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Forth Bridge
THE Forth Bridge was opened on Tuesday, March 4th, in a furious gale of wind and rain. The Prince of Wales and his relatives proceeded from Dalmony House to the Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Correspondence the Condition of Lake-road. to the Editor
SIR,—Looking through your issue of to-day, the 17th instant, I notice whore the Lake-road (known as the sand-drift) is falling back to the old state of affairs, conveyances…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Tramway Extension. Proposed New Lines
THE Minister for Works had on Wednesday under consideration the whole subject of tramway extensions for the town of Newcastle and county of Northumberland. At different…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tramway Extensions
PEOPLE here are glad to notice that the attention of the Minister for Works is being forcibly directed to matters connected with the welfare of their city. A large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Commissioner Eddy and His Critics. an Apology Accepted. Sydney
IN the summons division of the Water Police Court to-day E. G. M. Eddy, chairman of the Railway Commissioners, summoned Solomon Joseph, proprietor of the Tamworth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest District News. Wallsend. ROADS
IT is to be hoped that now the money has been granted for the Newcastle, Minmi, and Lake Macquarie roads no time will be lost in putting them in passable repair. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road—morrisset to Balcolyn
MESSRS. Banfield and Collier have received a communication from Mr. Brunker, Minister for Lands, acknowledging receipt of a letter suggesting the expediency of forming a road…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. a New Bridge
The Queen's Bridge, a new structure over the Yarra, was opened to-day by the Governor with considerable ceremony. A number of Ministers and other influential…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Road Murder
LONDON, Thursday.—Constance Kent, sentenced to imprisonment for life for the murder of her half-brother, has been released on ticket-of-leave…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Electric Tramways in London
A PARAGHAPH in the Daily News recently announced that one of the London metropolitan tramway companies was applying for Parliamentary powers to run electric cars…
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