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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
407 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 21
AT 10 o'clock on Saturday night the jury in the Speight libel action returned a verdict for the plaintiff awarding £100 damages. The foreman stated that the jury had not arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railway department ran five special trains from Maitland to this city yesterday, and seven to the northern town. All were crowded,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MR. MURRAY, superintendent of the local tramway system, states that the passenger traffic on New Year's Day was most satisfactory. The sum of £119 10s 6d was taken in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE jury in the Speight v. Syme libel case returned into Court to-day with the following verdict:—"That on No. 8 count we return a three-fourth verdict for plaintiff for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One of the matters to be discussed at the New Zealand postal conference, in February, will be the question of accelerating the train mail service between Brisbane and Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE extension of the tramway to the Old Gaol Hill has proved a great boon to citizens and residents of the district, but a good deal of works has yet to be performed. The terminus…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A MAN named Benjamin Wooden, aged 75, was run over by the mail train from Sydney this morning at the level crossing at Junee, death being instantaneous. The head and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A LARGE deputation, consisting of representatives from Ballarat, Geelong, Bendigo, Castlemaine, Horsham, Seymour, Colac, Wangaratta, Shepparton, Warragul, Maryborough,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A woman named Mary Ryan was run over by a train and killed last night at Sandringham. It is not known whether the case was one of suicide or accident…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday.—The Westminster Gazette, commonting on the verdict in the libel action Speight v. Syme, at Melbourne, says that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ALL Australia knows what has been the result of the "great" railway case. It is the Age which has given it this title, having used the adjective…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE question of accelerating the speed of the railway service between Sydney and Brisbane line been lately agitating the mind of Mr. Wilson, Minister for Public Instruction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The railway from Beulah to Hopetoun is to be commenced forthwith. Twenty-seven navies were despatched there to-day. AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ALTHOUGH the Tighe's Hill and Merewether tramway extension have been completed for a considerable time the Government are not taking any action towards utilising the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Public Works Committee met this afternoon to consider the proposed railway from Narrabri to Moree. After a longtjy discussion the committee decided by a majority…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A longthsman named Walsh on the Contral railway was trollying from Longreach last night with his wife and child when they came into collision with a goods train from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Siberian railway is not begun yet, and the first section alone will cost £15,000,000. Yet here we have news that the Russian Government…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →IN connection with the proposed alteration in the railway mail time-tables between Sydney and Brisbane, Mr. Mathieson, the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE opposition now being carried on in various parts of the country by teamsters against the railways is naturally giving rise to some comment. Goods have for some time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday,—A shockingly fatal railway disaster is reported from America. The catastrophe occurred near Jersey City, Now York State…
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