The Roads and Bridges Department
IN consequence of the number of contractors who tender for works under the Roads and Bridges Department, and then refuse to carry them out when their tenders have been…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
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Minmi and West Wallsend Road
THE Roads and Bridges Department has decided to construct a road between Minmi and West Wallsend, and in consequence of the present one not being suitable, a now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Want of Tramway Waiting-rooms. Sydney
MR. CURLEY has given notice of the following question:—"Is it a fact that great inconvenience is caused to passengers who travel by trams at Newcastle, owing to there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Arrangements
On Monday trams will run at intervals of half-an-hour between Newcastle and Plattsburg. The workmen's trams will not run…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death in a Railway Carriage
AN English gentleman named Macfarlane, travelling from Cannes, was found dead in a first-class carriage of the Lyons express train at Bercy,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Parliament. Tuesday, May 26. Legislative Assembly. Mining on Kahibah Reserve. Imprisonment for Debt. Want of Tram Waiting-room at Newcastle. Chairman of Committees. SYDNEY
THE Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. PAYMENTS AND REMITTANCES. Mr. M'MILLAN, in reply to Mr. Garvan, said, during the period from January 1 to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Railway Accident
A MAN named Edward Sutton met with a very serious accident at the Newcastle Railway Station about half-past 9 o'clock last evening. Shortly after the 9.20 train from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ash Island Roads
THE members for Northumberland have received the following letter:— "Department of Public Works, "Sydney, 20th May, 1861…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence the Ash Island Road. to the Editor
SIR,—Having noticed in your issue of Monday last an account of the Ash Island Progress Committee's meeting, I would like to draw the attention of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Accident on the Railway Station. Death of the Injured Man
EDWARD MANUS SUTTON, the unfortunate man who fell between the platform and a carriage at the city railway station on Tuesday evening, died…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Tram Terminus
ON Tuesday night Mr. CURLEY asked the Minister for Railways if it was a fact that great inconvenience was caused to passengers who travel by trams to Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Commissioners. Visit to this District
MESSRS. Eddy and Oliver, the Railway Commissioners, accompanied by Mr. J. Angus, the engineer for existing lines, and Mr. H. Richardson, out-door superintendent…
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The deputation also saw Mr. Barling, Under Secretary for Works, in the absence of the Minister, and requested that a sum of money should be voted for repairs to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plattsburg. Ironbark Creek Road
Mr. Road Superindent Wells visited the borough on Thursday morning, and inspected the road leading from Macquarie-street to Ironbark Creek. For some time back, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Duplication of Railway Line
THE contract of Messrs. J. Angus and Co. for the duplication of the railway line from Newcastle to Teralba woo completed at 1 o'clock yesterday. An hour later Mr. E. M…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Commissioners. Receive Deputations To-morrow
THE Railway Commissioners concluded their inspection of the northern line on Saturday night, and passed through here yesterday on their return to Sydney. In view of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Railway Improvements
AT the meeting of the City Council last evening, his Worship the Mayor read a telegram he had received from Mr. H. M'Lachlan, Secretary for Railways, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Railway Accident. a Man Cut to Pieces
WHEN the express train from Sydney was approaching Adamstown on Sunday night, the driver fancied he felt a slight jar, as if the engine had touched something unusual…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Kidnapping Sensation. Derailing a Train
LONDON, Monday.—Despatches from Constantinople state that brigands derailed the Eastern express train at Cherkamoi, and kidnapped several Englishmen and four…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Strikes. Tramway Troubles
LONDON, Monday.—A strike of London tramway and omnibus employees, for a limit of twelve hours work, is threatened…
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