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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
407 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 21
THE Water Police Court this morning was the centre of great excitement, an enormous crowd filling the court to witness the proceedings against the Bridge-street burglars…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MESSRS. Scott, Fegan, and Grahame, M.P., have received a letter from the Secretary of Railways replying to their letter asking the Commissioners to proceed with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN the Equity Court to-day, before the Chief Judge, the matter of G. E. Laidley v. the Municipality of Plattsburg, to continue the injunction restraining the council from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MESSRS. Scott, Fogan, and Grahame to-day had an interview with the Minister for Works with reference to the road Stockton to Saltash in a mile of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CHARLES MONTGOMERY, or Millidge, and Thomas Williams, or Carroll, appeared at the Water Police Court this morning, charged with the Bridge-street burglary and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LATEST intelligence from Coolgardie states that all water has failed on the road between Southern Cross and Boorahin, teamsters refusing to undertake the carting. Hard times…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE subject of railway, revenue is at present greatly exercising all the colonial Governments, mainly from the fact that interest must be paid on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A YOUNG man, roughly-dressed but of smart appearance, was arrested in Park-street late on Saturday night on suspicion of being the third man connected with the Bridge-street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR, EDDY, the Chief Railway Commissioner, has gone on a visit to Tasmania, where he is advising the Government as to certain matters in railway administration. The Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE case of Proud foot and Co. v. the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales came before Judge Owen in Equity to-day. The claim is for alleged branch of contract,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. SIR GEORGE DIBBS, in reply to Mr. BURDEKIN, said the recent action of the Home…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CHARLES MONTGOMERY, or Millidge, and Thomas Williams, or Carroll, were charged at the Water Police Court this morning, the former with having maliciously wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT 10 minutes past 9 o'clock last night railway communication with Maitland was restored, and the mail train to the north passed over the washaway at Four-mile…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AFTER our report of the proceedings in the Assembly this morning concluded the consideration of the Railway Estimates was continued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE wet weather has made the roads and streets unpleasant, but fortunately no damage has been done. The ratepayers who reside along the Lambton-road are the greatest…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Owing to a second washaway at Four-Mile Creek, nearly a mile on the Maitland side of Thornton, railway traffic between Newcastle and the north was again partially…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AN elderly woman, whose name is supposed to be Mary Crist, was run over and killed by the northern mail train at a spot two miles on the Newcastle side of Worris Crook Junction…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MESSRS. WARNE, SHAND AND Co., contractors, of Sydney have taken the repairs to the West Wallsend and Seaham Coal Company's line on contract, and will begin work…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →For some time after the extension of the tram to the Old Gaol Hill, single tickets were obtainable at the office crected at the terminus. This proved a great convenience,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—I wish to draw the attention of our Adamstown aldermen to a motion which at their last meeting was under consideration, namely, the making of a footpath on the…
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