Railway Traffic
SINCE February last the railway passenger and goods traffic in the Newcastle district has been steadily decreasing, and there does not appear any prospect of an improvement, at…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1893
445 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 23
The New Tramway Terminus
IN accordance with a resolution passed by the City Council, the Mayor has taken stops to procure as much of the earth, now being removed at the old Gaol Hill, as possible for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Rates Up North Action of the Queensland Commissioners. SYDNEY
WITH reference to the railway rates in the vicinity of the Queensland border, it has been stated that the Queensland Railway Commissioners accuse the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Village Settlements. Larrikin Suppression. Railway Cases. Scottish-Australian Railway Bill. Local Option. SYDNEY
AFTER our report of the proceeding in the Assembly this morning concluded, the Village Settlements Bill was formally taken into committee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Legislative Council. the Scottish-australian Company's Railway Bill
was received from the Assembly, read a first time, and the second reading fixed for to-morrow. The Postal Act Amendment Bill was read a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Contracts for Railway Service. Sydney
MR. SCHEY gave notice of the following question for to-morrow:—To ask the Treasurer will he lay upon the table of the House a return showing the coal contracts for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Rates Up North. Action of the Queensland Commissioners. BRISBANE
THE general traffic manager of the Queensland railways has gone to Charleville and district, with the view of securing the whole of the South-western Queensland trade for…
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MESSRS. KITCHING (Railway District Superintendent), Barrack (Inspector of Permanent Way), and Close (Locomotive Inspector), proceeded to Singleton yesterday to hold an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Victorian Railways. Dismissal of Mr. Allison Smith. MELBOURNE
MR. ALLISON SMITH, Locomotive Superintendent, has received a communication from the Railway Commissioners intimating with regret that, in pursuance of their retrenchment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Freights in Queensland. Prospect of Reductions. CHARLEVILLE
THE New South Wales Railway Commissioners having announced a reduction on the freight of wool from stations in Queensland to Sydney, Mr. Thallon, general traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Case Against the Railway Commissioners. Settled Out of Court. SYDNEY
THE case of Beer v. the Railway Commissioners was resumed in No. 2 Jury Court this afternoon, before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury a four. Mr. Bruce Smith and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, June 8. Coal Contracts for the Railways. Colonel Spalding on Sick Leave. SYDNEY
THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m., and read messages from the Governor convoying his assent to the Lunacy Bill and the Vine Diseases Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Adelaide, Friday. Fatal Railway Accident
A ganger named Louth fell off his railway tricycle near Hawder and was decapitated by a passing train. The inquest showed that he was under the influence of liquor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Adelaide, Sunday. Decrease of Railway Revenue
The railway revenue shows a decrease of of £183,000 for 11½ months. ROUGH FOOTBALL MATCH. The match between the Victorian team and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railways
Up till midnight the railways had suffered but little damage. On Saturday night a small washaway occurred between East Maitland and Thornton, but yesterday it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extension of Tramway to Waratah. Sydney
ALDERMAN CLAPIN, Mayor of Waratah, was to-night at Parliament House introduced to the Minister of Works by Mr. Edden, M.P., who apologised for Messrs. Melville and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railways. Washaway at Armidale
Although the weather was fine as far north as Tamworth yesterday, heavy rains fell in the New England district. At a point near Armidale, and 257 miles north of this city, a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tram Extension
THE Work in connection with the extension of the tramway to the beach is progressing rapidly, and the contract will probably be finished within two months. The railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Commissioners and their Employees. the Guards' Memorial. Their Secretary Dismissed. SYDNEY
FOR some time past statements have been published asserting that much dissatisfaction existed among the employees of the Railway Department with regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, June 15. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Martin and Shaw, Js.P.) Railway Trespassing
A SEAMAN named Jeremiah Crawley was charged with having trespassed on the railway line at Newcastle. Constable Hanney said that at…
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