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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1892

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Railway Management. Mr. Eddy and Mr. Schey. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 5

WITH regard to the charges made in the Assembly by Mr. Schey against the Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr. Eddy, the latter, it will be remembered, sent a letter to the…

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Railway Management

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 4

THE subject of railway management, including the alleged omissions and commissions of the Commissioners, particularly those of the chairman,…

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Victoria. Railway Men Leaving Work

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 6

On Saturday 20 men employed on the Donald to Birchip railway loft work in consequence of the insufficiency of the rate of pay. The…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. the "Age" and the Railway Commissioners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 5

A firm of solicitors has accepted the service of a writ from the Railway Commissioners on behalf of the Age. No specific claim for damages has yet been made…

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Parliament. Tuesday, March 15. Legislative Assembly. Charges Against the Railway Commissioners. Newcastle Electric Lighting Bill. Conciliation and Arbitration Bill. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. SEE, in reply to Mr. STEVENSON,…

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Legislative Council. Railway Management. Broken Hill Water Supply. the Broken Hill Water Supply Act Amendment Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 5

was received from the Assembly, read a first time, and the second reading made an order for Wednesday. Upon the motion of Mr. CAMPBELL,…

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Road Maintenance Men's Wages. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 5

MR. ALFRED EDDEN, M.P., has received the following letter from the Works Department:—With reference to your letter of 12th January last, addressed to the Colonial…

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Parliament. Wednesday, March 16. Legislative Assembly. The Prisoner Bertrand. The Labour Bureau. Railway Work. Mr. D. O'Connor's Bust. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4 30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. BARTON, in reply to Mr. WILLIs, said the case of the prisoner Bertrand was…

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That Fair-haired Cousin. Mr. Black's Railway Pass. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 4

THE Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly which was appointed some time ago to inquire into and report upon the application made to the Railway Commissioners for…

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Crisis in the Victorian Railway Service. Suspension of the Commissioners. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1892 · page 4

THE Government to-day suspended the Railway way Commissioners till the meeting of Parliament. The information was conveyed to them in the following short note from the…

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Tramway From Stockton to Port Stephens. a Proposal to Connect. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 March 1892 · page 5

ALDERMAN O'MARA, Mayor of Stockton, to-day accompanied Messrs. Hart, Fegan, Scobie, and Sydney Smith, Ms.L.A., as a deputation to the Minister for Works…

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Tasmania. Proposed Hobart Tramway Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 2

The prospectus of the Hobart Tramway Company shows that there will be a London as well as a local directorate. A contract will be entered into with Siemens Brothers…

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The Railway Institute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 March 1892 · page 8

ON Friday evening last the first of a series of smoke concerts proposed to be held during the winter months, took place at the reading-room, Hunter-street West. The…

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Adamstown-glebe Road. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1892 · page 7

Sir,—As we have been visited with a downpour of rain of late, and winter is fast setting in, I don't think a few words will be out of place regarding the state of the road…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Strike in Canada. Paralysis of the Entire Railway System Feared

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1892 · page 4

OTTAWA, Wednesday.—The extensive strike on the Canadian Pacific Railway, which has been imminent for some days, has now been entered upon, a large number of…

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Railway Washaway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1892 · page 5

BETWEEN 6 and 7 o'clock last evening, Mr. Kitching, District Railway Superintendent, received word to the effect that a washaway had occurred between Hexham and…

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Tram Mishap

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1892 · page 5

SHORTLY after the tram which leaves Hamilton at 9.7 a.m. started from that suburb for the city on Tuesday, the injectors of the motor failed, and it became impossible to…

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Strike on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Work Resumed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 4

OTTAWA, Thursday.—The extensive strike on the Canadian Pacific railway has now ended. Work was resumed yesterday…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. Tramway Opening

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 5

THE public an Years are now beginning to take a lively interest in the tramway opening demonstration, and already nearly £100 has been subscribed towards it. The ball and…

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Railway Employees. Retrenchment at Honeysuckle Point

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 5

WITH a view of curtailing the working expenses at the locomotive and carriage departments at Honeysuckle Point, Mr. W. Thow, the chief mechanical engineer, visited…

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