Queensland. Brisbane, Friday. Railway Revenue
The railway revenue for February shows an increase of £6640 as compared with February of last year. A CUSTOMS CASE…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1895
365 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 19
District News. West Wallsend. Road Improvement
A PORTION of the road leading to Minmi is in course of construction, and when finished will be a great improvement. At Welsh's Hill the steep…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. Railway Fatality
John Mallard, foreman of carriages at Flinders-street station, was knocked down and killed by a shunting engine to-day. DIED IN HARNESS…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →(Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) The Tram-Car Assault Case. Case Dismissed
Thomas Vipon, Albert Manefield, Hewett Banfield, and Thomas King, on remand from the 8th instant, were charged with assaulting, in company,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Run Down by a Train
AN accident, by a miracle unattended by any serious results, occurred last evening about 5 o'clock at the point where the tram crosses the A. A. Company's line in Union-street. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident at the Zig Zag. a Dangerous Position. Lithgow
ON the big Zig Zag to-day a passenger train to Sydney was backing up from the Zig Zag platform, and just at the top of the points the tender ran off the road throwing off the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Hamilton. G.n. Railway String Band
A COMPLIMENTARY social was tendered the members of the Great Northern Railway String Band in the Hamilton Mechanics' Institute on Monday night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Runaway Railway Waggon
AT about 9 o'clock yesterday morning a waggon ladened with timber broke away from the Newcastle Company's B Pit, and rushing down the inclined railway it went…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Culcairn-germanton Railway. Sydney
MR. LYNE, M.P., and Mr. Ross waited on the Minister for Works to-day to urge on him the desirability of referring to the Public Works Committee the advisability of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Mishaps
P. ROGERS, conductor of a tram running between Newcastle and Merewether, on Saturday afternoon was the victim of an accident from which he emerged with most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Road
The main northern road between West Maitland and Muswellbrook is becoming so bad that immediate repairs are necessary. The trouble is due, in a large…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. the Carrington Road
MR. J. L. FEGAN, M.P., has received the following letter from the Works Department: —"With reference to your representations in regard to the necessity for widening…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Comedy
A GOOD story is going the round among the sporting fraternity. Recently several Newcastle bookmakers proceeded to an up-country race meeting, and among them was one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Windsor Bridge. Sydney
A DEPUTATION from the Windsor district was introduced to the Minister for Works to-day, and asked that the bridge over the Hawkesbury at Windsor should be raised…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Result of a Tram Accident. The Railway Commissioners Sued. Sydney
THE action brought by William Morrissey and Alice Morrissey, his wife, against the Railway Commissioners to recover compensation for injuries received by the female…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[From Metropolitan Papers.] Light Railways in Prussia
LONDON, Tuesday.—The Prussian Diet has agreed to a vote of £2,500,000 for the construction of light railways, which will not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Thursday, 21St March. Legislative Assembly. International Railway Conference. Commission on Fisheries. Conciliation and Arbitration. Local Government. Sydney
THE Speaker took the chair at 3.30 p.m., and announced the receipt of the usual message from the Lieutenant-Governor giving the royal assent to the Armidale Water Supply…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Road Grant
The residents of Cessnock and Bishop's-bride are indebted to Mr. J. Gillies, M.P., for another concession which will mean a great deal to them. The member has just…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway and Tramway Employees. Branch of the Hospital Fund Formed Locally
MESSRS. W. H. SWAIN (president), T. Williamson (vice-president), J. Smith (treasurer), T. Nuttall (secretary), and H. Goodere (member), of the above fund arrived from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Work
Many of the thoroughfares in the Maitland district are getting into bad condition, and it is imperative that repairs should be effected without delay. The Northern road especially…
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