Trams
With the object of providing for the convenience of the residents of the suburbs between Newcastle and Wallsend trams were run at half-hour intervals until 7.40 p.m.,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1892
518 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 26
Roads Near Cardiff. to the Editor
Sir,—I see by the issue of the 23rd instant an account of a Cardiff Progress Committee meeting, at which it was decided by resolution to ask the…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Further evidence regarding the hours of labour of railway employees was taken before the Labour Commission to-day. Witnesses stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Drainage of Sandgate Cemetery. the Carrington Bridge. Visit of Mr. Hickson
THE question of draining the Newcastle Cemetery was yesterday brought under the notice of Mr. R. P. Hickson, accompanied by Mr. W. S. Wells, of the local Roads Office…
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LONDON, Saturday.—Two express trans came into collision to-day at Birmingham and were much damaged. Two persons were killed. One of the trains had a narrow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian News. New South Wales. Opening of New Railways
The work in connection with the construction of the railways from Nyngan to Cobar and from Culcaira to Corowa is progressing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria. the Railway Commissioners
The position in regard to the petition of the Railway Commissioners for an inquiry is daily undergoing modification, owing to the growing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Eddy Commission. Railway Revenue Returns. Sydney
THE Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the charges made by Mr. Schey, M.P., against Mr. Eddy and the railway management generally resumed its sittings this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. the Melbourne Tramway Company
The Melbourne Tramway Company proposes a slight reduction in the charge to passengers in order to meet the present depression. THE MASTBER BUTCHERS' ASSOCIATION…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Struck by a Cyclone. Twenty Persons Injured
LONDON, Thursday.—A somewhat serious accident happened to a mail train in Hungary. The train while travelling at a fair speed was struck by a cyclone, and thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Merewether Tramway. to the Editor
Sir,—Kindly allow me a small space to show a grievance which we Merewether people have to put up with through our principal street being blocked, Some time…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railway Commissioners' Troubles
THE position of the members of a Board of Railway Commissioners in any of the Australian colonies is not a bed of roses. The ownership of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sensational Affair. Shot in a Railway Carriage. the Victim in a Dangerous Condition. Mr. Thomas Walker, M.P., Arrested. SYDNEY
A SENSATIONAL event occurred in a railway carriage on the Illawarra line between Eveleigh and Erskineville yesterday afternoon, resulting in the Rev. David Laecron,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria Melbourne, Sunday. Serious Railway Accident
A railway accident, involving considerable damage to rolling stock, occurred at Warrigul on Saturday morning. The 545 traia was leaving for Melbourne, and when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence Merewether Tramway. to the Editor
SIR,—I shall be much obliged if you will allow me a space in your paper to dispose of a few remarks concerning Melville-street, which is in a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Opening an Important Railway Work. Prevention Against Floods
YESTERDAY afternoon the high level piece of railway between East Maitland and the High-street railway station was opened for the first time. It is now some two years ago…
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The greater portion of the land for the track of the proposed railway from Flemington Bridge to Pascoe Vale is offered to the Government free of cost, and there is every…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Victorian Railway Commissioners. a Thorny Subject. MELBOURNE
SHORTLY after meeting the Assembly, Mr. Shiels announced that he had received a letter from the Railway Commissioners dated to-day, in which they stated that the…
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AN accident of a very serious character happened to a railway guard, named Thomas Furey, at Awaba on Tuesday night. He was conducting a goods train from Newcastle to…
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THE Public Works Department have decided to call for tenders for the erection of a temporary bridge over Tighe's Creek on the main road near Tighe's Hill. This will…
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