Tramway Extension. Surveying Hunter-street
MR. DUNN, a surveyor in the Public Works office, has been engaged during the past week in surveying and taking the levels along Hunter ad Scott streets for the proposed…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
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Railway Coal Contracts. Sydney
THE Railway Commissioners have accepted the following tenders for the supply of coal for the half-year ending June 30th, 1891:—Mount Pleasant Colliery, 72,000 tons, at…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The coal miners at Kilmarnock have come out on strike, to show their sympathy with the railway employees who have struck, and the miners are…
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THE following alterations have been made in the Northern railway time-table, and came into force yesterday:—The 8.15 a.m. train, Newcastle to Sydney, will be altered so as…
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The train traffic was immensely heavy all day yesterday, and the officials had as much as they could possibly do to cope with it In the forenoon several special trains were…
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Owing to the various attractions of the city, a very large number of people travelled from Hamilton, Lambton, and Wallsend by tram, but as a number of special cars had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Employees' President Called Upon to Resign. Sydney
GREAT surprise was occasioned to-day by the announcement that Mr. Hy. Hoyle, president of the Railway and Tramway Service Association, had been dismissed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Western Australia. Midland Railway Company
It is rumoured that the Midland Railway Company are desirous of purchasing the Geraldton and Walhawy railway line for £60,000. They also…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Laman-street Bridge
MESSRS WOODEN AND FROST, the contractors for the alterations to the Laman-street bridge, have now almost finished their work, and the structure will be re-opened for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle District Roads
THE position of road superintendent in the Newcastle district, which was recently made vacant by the removal to Sydney of Mr. W. A. Smith, has been filled by Mr. William…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Strike in Scotland
LONDON, Saturday.—The railway employees on the North-British Company continue to maintain a firm attitude, and have resisted all overtures made for them to return…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Electric Railway
THE City and South London Railways, which was opened on the 5th November by the Prince of Wales, represents an entirely new departure in railway construction and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Battle at Dublin
ON October 27th there was a deadlock in the work of constructing the great loop line of railway in Dublin, and extraordinary conflicts between gangs of navvies were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Changes in the Railway Staff
THE public of Newcastle will learn with great regret that Mr. F. Robinson, railway district superintendent, has been transferred to Tamworth to fill a similar position there. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ship Railways
A SYNDICATE is being formed to purchase and work the flexible car ship railway patents of Mr. William Smith, M.I.C.E., of Aberdeen, in Britain and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scotch Railway Strike. Serious Rioting at Motherwell. Troops Charge the People
LONDON, Monday.—Although the railway companies reaffirm that the strike has collapsed, numbers of strikers have not yet returned to work. A serious riot has…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Further disturbances have occurred amongst the railway employees on strike. A riot took place to-day near Coatbridge. The strikers attacked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Scotch Railway Strike. Sympathy with the Men Increasing
LONDON, Thursday.—Public sympathy is being aroused in favour of the strikers on the Scotch railways, and subscriptions in support of the men are increasing daily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Strike of Scotch Railwaymen
LONDON, Friday.—A fresh attempt to arrange a compromise between the Scotch Railway Companies and the strikers has proved futile, the companies refusing the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road from Cooranbong to Morrisett Railway Station
THE residents of Cooranbong commenced agitating about a direct road to connect Cooranbong with Morrisett as soon as the railway was finished between Newcastle and Gosford,…
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