Tram Extension
THE contractors are making rapid strides with the extension of the Newcastle tramway, and Scott-street is a hive of industry. The single line has been carried from the old Goal…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1893
445 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 23
Railway Restoration
THE work of restoring the railway north of this city after great flood of March has now been almost completed. For some time the traffic, both goods and passenger, has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Menindie Tramway Bill. Broken Hill
A MEETING of business people and others was held this morning for the purpose of urging upon the Government the necessity of passing the Menindie Tramway Bill into law before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tramway
WORK in connection with the erection of the Tighe's Creek tramway bridge is going on steadily, and the structure will soon be completed. The foundations and heavier…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Greta. the Train Service
A public meeting was held on Wednesday night for the purpose of taking steps to have the mail trains stopped at Greta. Alderman Nattrass occupied the chair on account of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident at Minmi. Two Horses Killed
ON Thursday evening as the 6 p.m. luggage train was coming into Minmi from Hexham two horses belonging to Mr. W. Newton were run into and killed on the spot. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Midland Railway
LONDON, Sunday.—The Midland Railway Company has been granted by the West Australian Government an extension of the time for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Late Railway Fatality Near Towrang
THE remains of the late Mr. Michael Barry were interred in the Barry family portion of the old Roman Catholic burying-ground at North…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Tramways
SCOTT-STREET presented a most aminated appearance yesterday, for, besides the gangs of men who are engaged in laying the tramway, there are a score of other hands employed in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railways and Tramways
THE report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended 31st March shows a considerable falling-off in the earnings of that period as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Changes in the Railway Service
SEVERAL important changes are about to take place in the railway service. Mr. A. Charlton, station-master at Honeysuckle Point, has been appointed to the same position at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Victorian Coal Industry. Further Reduction in Railway Rates. MELBOURNE
THE returns furnished by the Secretary for Mines show the cost of landing coal in Melbourne from Newcastle to be 14s 4d per ton, and that from Korumburra 14s 10d. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, April 27. Royalties on Coal. Railway Commissioners' Bank Account. Carrington Cranes. Bank Notes Issue Bill. SYDNEY
THE SPEAKERS took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. SEE, in reply to Mr. FARNELL, the approximate cost of running the late…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor-driver Volk. Deputation to the Premier. SYDNEY
A DEPUTATION representative of the Trades and Labour Council and two public meetings visited the Premier to-day, and again brought under his notice the case of Motor-drive…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Servants' Hours of Labour. New Legislation
LONDON, Friday.—In the House of Commons last night the Railway Servants Hours of Labour Bill passed through its final stages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. the Railway Inquiry Board
Mr. Speight, the late chairman of the Railway Commissioners, gave evidence at the Railway Inquiry Board this afternoon, strongly defending Mr. Allison Smith against…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Sydney Railway. Opening Ceremony. SYDNEY
NORTH SHORE presented a lively scene yesterday, the occasion being the opening of the extension of the railway line from Milson's Point to Hornsby, where it joins the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Goods Traffic
THE amount of money received at -Newcastle for the despatch of goods by rail during last month was £7206 19s 8d. The sum taken in the same direction for a similar period last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The New Tramways
THE work of removing the main railway chain nearer the water of the harbour along that portion of its length from the A.A Company's overhead bridge to the city…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Action Against the Railway Commissioners. a New Trial Granted. SYDNEY
AN application for a rule nisi for a new trial was made in Banco to-day by Sir Julian Salomons on behald of the defendants in the suit of M'Whsnnell v. the Railway…
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