Queensland. Brisbane, Wednesday. Railway Revenue
The railway earnings of the colony for July show a net increase of £4446. The central railway increase is £3168, and the northern railway increase £1714…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1895
365 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 19
Swan Bay Road
For several weeks past four gangs of men have been engaged in opening up and forming a road leading from the main Stroud-road to Swan Bay, Port Stephens. The work…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. a Railway Fatality
A MAN who was out to pieces by a train at Stanmore last night was to-day identified as John Dalton, formerly a groom to Major Bartlett at Victoria Barracks. He had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Railway Accident. a Foolish Sailor
A FRENCH seaman named Jules Raffett sustained fatal injuries yesterday afternoon by falling from a coal train at Carrington. With a companion he was proceeding to his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Railway Accident. The Result of Drink
MR. G. C. MARTIN, the District Coroner, held an inquest yesterday morning touching the death of Julius Raffael, a French seaman, who died on the previous night in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. Action Against the Railway Department
James Patterson, a commercial traveller, Claimed £2000 damages in the Supreme Court to-day from the Railway Department for injuries sustained through the points for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed Road Grant
Some time ago Mr. G. W. N. Brunker, secretary of the Maitland District Council, made application to the Minister for Works through Mr. Gillies, M P., for a grant of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →League's Road Race
The Road Race, arranged by the League of Wheelmen from Parramatta to Penrith and back, about 38 miles, took place on Saturday afternoon. The first prize was a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. Railway Coal Requirements
The Railway Commissioners intend to call for tenders for 156,000 tons of Victorian coal. They will not interfere with the contracts for Newcastle coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Singleton to Jerry's Plains. a Light Railway Proposed. Sydney
A DEPUTATION of residents of the Singleton district was introduced to the Minister for Works to-day by Mr. Gould to urge the advisableness of the construction of a light…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Bob," the Railway Dog
THE South Australian railway officials are in deep mourning. They have lost (reports the Adelaide Advertiser) one of their dearest friends—"Bob,"…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Tenambit-road
The work undertaken on the Tenambit-road, outside East Maitland, for which the Government recently granted £100, is almost completed. Application has been made to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Uganda Railway
LONDON, Saturday.—The Uganda Railway Committee estimates that the proposed line of railway through Uganda from Mombassa on the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway String Band
A SMOKE concert was given in Fry's Hall on Saturday evening, under the auspices of the Northern Railway String Band. Quite an attractive programme of instrumental and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Victoria Bridge
Rapid progress is being made with the work at the site of the new Victoria Bridge, to span Wallis Creek, on the East Maitland road. Nearly the whole of the old wooden…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Adamstown Tramway
THE people of Adamstown have for the last three years been vainly endeavouring to prevail upon the Government, or rather the Railway Commissioners, to construct a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Victorian Coal Industry. Difficulty Over the Railway Contract. Local Companies Refuse to Tender. Melbourne
EXCEPTION has been taken on behalf of the local coal companies to the conditions under which tenders are invited for supplies of Victorian coal to the railways during the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Selling a Railway Ticket. a Conviction Upheld. Sydney
THE Full Court gave judgment to-day in the prohibition matter ex parte William Smidt. The Chief justice, in giving the decision…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Redfern Railway Accident. Mrs. Mackenzie's Appeal. Sydney
THE Full Court was occupied to-day by the motion to make absolute a rule nisi to set aside the verdict of the jury and for a now trial on behalf of the plaintiff in the case of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Contracts for Victorian Railways
FROM present appearances the Victorian Railway Commissioners have taken up a very decided position with reference to their departmental coal…
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