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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1895

365 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 19

Correspondence. North Coast Railway. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1895 · page 3

SIR,—Taking as little of your valuable space as I can express myself in, I would be grateful for permission to replay to the unmerited strictures of…

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Queensland. Brisbane, Wednesday. Railway Policy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 October 1895 · page 5

In the Assembly. Mr. Philip tabled the plans of the following railway lines :—North Ipswich to Tivoli. 1 mile 71 chains, estimated cost, £12,000; Bulimba branch, 2 miles,…

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Road Improvements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 October 1895 · page 8

It will give great satisfaction to residents of Bishop's Bridge and Cessnock to know that the officers of the Roads Department have undertaken the work of grading and…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. Railway Tender

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 October 1895 · page 5

AMONG several tenders opened by the Railway Commissioners is the following :—Construction of a culvert at West Maitland, 4 tenders, lowest James Richardson, £[?]0 10s…

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Maitland District. Narrabri-walgett Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 October 1895 · page 8

MR. T. HUGHES, secretary of the Maitland branch of the Narrabri-Walgett Railway League, has received communications, one from the…

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Stockton the Proposed North-coast Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 October 1895 · page 7

An important public meeting is to be held at the Temperance Hall to-night to discuss the question of the apparent need for the early…

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Queensland Tramways

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—Failing to induce the public to subscribe the proposed capital required to form a new company to take over the Brisbane…

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Proposed North Coast Railway. League Formed at Stockton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1895 · page 5

A PUBLIC meeting of the residents of Stockton was held in the local School of Arts last evening for the purpose of taking steps to advocate the construction of a North Coast…

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The Victorian Coal Industry The Railway Tenders. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1895 · page 5

THE Railway Commissioners have officially intimated to the Out[?]rim, Korumburra, and Jumbunna companies that their tenders for coal will only be accepted if they agree to a…

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Narrabri-walgett Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 October 1895 · page 8

Mr. W. B. Sharp, Mayor of Newcastle, has complied with the request of the Maitland branch of the Narrabri-Walgett Railway Extension League, by getting Mr. W…

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Narrabri-walgett Railway League

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 October 1895 · page 8

A meeting of members of the West Maitland branch of the Narrabri-Walgett Railway League Committee was hold at the Town Hall, West Maitland, yesterday afternoon,…

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The Victoria Bridge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 October 1895 · page 8

When the contract for the new Victoria Bridge to span Wallis Creek was undertaken, those persons who saw the plans observed that provision had been made for a…

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Proposed Walgett-Narrabri Railway. an Influential Deputation. The Minister for Works' Reply. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 October 1895 · page 5

AN important and very influential deputation, the result of the recent agitation by the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, and representing Newcastle and Maitland, interviewed the…

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Sydney Suburban Railway Fares. Deputation to the Railway Commissioners. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1895 · page 5

THE agitation in the suburbs of Sydney for lower fares on the railway resulted in a deputation interviewing the Railway Commissioners on subject to day. The…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Railway Coal Supply

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1895 · page 5

MR. EDDEN has given notice in the Assembly to ask the Colonial Treasurer on Tuesday— (1) The names of the coal companies supplying the Railway Commissioners with coal?…

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Tamworth-barraba Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1895 · page 3

THE Railway Commissioners and other officials yesterday inspected the proposed railway route from Tamworth via Manilla to Barraba and…

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North Coast Railway League

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1895 · page 5

A MEETING of this body was held in the Temperance Hall, Stockton, last night, Alderman W. H. Goodman (the Mayor) presiding. There were fully 100 people…

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Correspondence. Narrabri-walgett Railway. to the Editor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1895 · page 3

SIR,—I notice in your issue of to-day a letter signed "The Man in the Street," making a most unwarrantable attack on a Mr. Kerr, and the gentlemen comprising the committee…

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The Trams

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1895 · page 8

Trams on the Plattsburg line will be run every half-hour from 7 to 11 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to 8 p m. The other trams will be run as usual except the workmen's trams,…

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Australian Hardwood Sleepers Trial by an English Railway Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 October 1895 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—It is reported that one of the leading English railway companies has ordered a large shipment of Sydney hardwood timber…

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