Differential Railway Rates
THE recent lowering of railway rates on wool coming from the north-west to Sydney without a corresponding reduction from the same quarter to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1895
365 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 19
South Australia. Adelaide, Tuesday. Railway Fatality
W. J. Ryan, a saddler living at Broken Hill, and travelling to Burra to see his dying father, while crossing from a second to a first-class carriage, fell, and was cut to pieces by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Differential Railway Rates. Deputation to the Railway Commissioners. Sydney
A DEPUTATION from the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, consisting of Mr. S Keightley (president) and Mr. D J. M'Lean (vice-president), interviewed the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Picnic
The men employed in the locomotive branch of the Railway Department held their annual picnic on the Albion Ground, West Maitland, on…
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THE Government of Victoria is still halting between two opinions with regard to the contracts for the supply of coal to the Railway Department…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. Railway Coal Tenders
The Coal Creek Proprietary Company tendered for the supply of railway coal at 10l per ton at the pit's mouth; Korumburra Company at 9s 11½d; and Outtrim and…
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A DEPUTATION waited on the Minister for Works to-day with the request that a line of railway from Temworth to Mauilla, with the further object extending to Barraha…
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LONDON, Friday.—A new bridge over the Danube at Tchernavada was opened yesterday by the King of Roumania. The bridge, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality. Sydney
THE circumstances surrounding the death of Annie Maria Bloomfield, age 35, whose mangled remains were found on the railway line close to Eveleigh Station shortly before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Robberies.—a Porter Arrested
For many months pilfering has been going an at the Elgin-street railway goods-shed, and although strict watches were kept, the authorities, aided by the police, failed to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Maitland District. a Road Deviation
FOB several years past the residents of Pokolbin and Cessnock have been placed at considerable disadvantage owing to the condition of the road between the two centres at…
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A meeting of the committee of the Narrabri-Walgett Railway League was held at the town-hall, West Maitland, yesterday afternoon. Mr. H. Crothers (Mayor of West…
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A strong effort is now being made for promoting the construction of a railway from Mudgee to Walgett. A deputation waited the other day on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, 1St October. Railway Officials at Newcastle. The Three Removed Members. Reform of the Civil Service. Walka-Buttai Pipe Line. Sydney
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30. Mr. Meagher made the statement reported elsewhere. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS…
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In accordance with a resolution passed at a meeting of the committee of the Narrabri-Walgett Extension Railway League held at West Maitland last Monday afternoon, Mr. T…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Greta. the Railway Station Bridge
The Mayor, with the council, met the roads engineer at Harper's Hill on Thursday with reference to the procuring and breaking of metal make the approaches to the bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal for the Victorian Railways. Tenders Accepted. Melbourne
AT the last meeting of the Cabinet consideration was given the tenders for the supply of coal for the Victorian railways for a period of three years. The quantity annually required…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CABLEGRAMS. Railway Accident in Belgium. Terrible Consequences
LONDON, Monday.—News of a shocking railway collision is to hand. The accident took place at Wavre, a small town in Belgium, situated 15 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plattsburg Nelson-street Bridge
The contractor for the erection of the Nelson-street Bridge in connection with the storm-water drainage scheme appears to forget or ignore the fact…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. Carrington-wickham Road
MR. FRGAN, M P, has received the following letter from the Works Department:—" With reference to my letter of the 4th July last, stating that the Minister had approved of the…
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