Venezuelan Railway Bonds. Interest Demanded by Germany. a Diplomatic Matter
LONDON, Tuesday.—The German Government, which has made repeated requests to Venezuela for payment of the interest on the Venezuelan…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1896
388 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 20
A Road Grant
Within the last few weeks the residents of Pokolbin have been endeavouring to procure funds to cover the cost of repairing portion of the road from Pokolbin Hill to Singleton…
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The Maitland District Council recently made application to the Minister for a grant of £100 for expenditure on the road West Maitland to Mulbring Creak. Mr. J. N…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Melbourne Gossip. The Railway Problem
PARLIAMENT had devoted itself to business in fair earnest since its resumption after its Christmastide recess. There has been some sharp battling…
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Mr. N. D. Cohen has written to Alderman Crothers, Mayor of West Maitland, intimating that he had written to the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce asking what had been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods in Queensland. Fears for Fitzroy Bridge. Traffic Suspended. Rockhampton
THE Fitzroy River is still rising, and grave fears are entertained for the safety of Fitzroy Bridge, as in the event of a rise in the river of a few more feet its stability cannot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Brisbane, Tuesday. New Railway
The Railway Commissioner has invited tenders for the construction of a railway along the river bank to South Brisbane, the Legislative authority for which was granted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Storms in Queensland. Repairing Damage at Townsville. Sunken Vessels Raised. Restoration of the Railway Line. Floods in the Mackay District. Four Lives Lost. Townsville
GREAT activity is being displayed in all parts of the harbour in raising sunken vessels. The Adelaide Co.'s hulk Presto was floated to-day. Two vessels of the beehe-de-mer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Adelaide, Thursday. the Railway Fatalities
Winnie Hooking, one of the two school children who wore run over by a train at Ovingham yesterday, died in the Children's Hospital this morning…
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The question of the Narrabri-Walgett railway extension is being revived, and every effort will be made to induce the Minister to adopt the scheme in preference to making the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Proposed Narrabri to Walgett Railway. Deputation to Wait on the Railway Commissioners
AT the suggestion of Mr. Neville Cohen, of the Maitland Railway League, a meeting was held at the Chamber of Commerce in Scott-street yesterday afternoon to discuss…
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The Belmore Bridge at West Maitland call for the attention of the officers of the Roads Department. The fastenings of a number of the planks are disarranged, and…
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Some time ago the Maitland District Council applied to the Government for a grant of £100 for the repairing of the road West Maitland to Mulbring Creek. Mr. G…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Russian Railway Through Manchuria. Contract Let to a French Company
LONDON, Tuesday.—The latest news from the East states that the Russian authorities have given orders for the construction of a railway through the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Floods in the West. Washaways on the Railway. Sydney
THE Chief Commissioner for Railways, who left Sydney by special train last night, arrived at Nyngan to-day, and proceeded westward as far as Summervale, but owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday. the Railway Bill
In the Assembly to-day all the alterations made by the Legislative Council in the Railway Bill, and providing for the management by a trust instead of by a general manager,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in the West. Great Damage to the Railway. Sydney
INFORMATION received by the railway authorities reports that the damage to the line on the Bourke side of Byrock is very serious, particularly at and from mileage 468 to 474,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CYCLING. Road Race
A ten-miles road race, promoted by the Newcastle branch of the league, came off on Saturday at Cook's Hill, over a two-miles course, which was covered five times. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railways in Switzerland. Threatened Strike. Twelve Thousand Men Involved
LONDON, Monday.—An extensive strike of railway employees is threatened in Switzerland. It is estimated that in the event of a strike taking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision in Brussels. Twenty-eight People Injured
LONDON, Sunday.—Intelligence has been received from Brussels stating that a railway accident of a serious nature has occurred there, the result…
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