The French Railway Scandal. Question in the Senate
LONDON, Sunday.—In the French Senate to-day a resolution was passed regretting the conduct of M. Bickard with reference to the trial of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1896
388 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 20
Floods in the West. Railway Traffic Restored. Sydney
Traffic was resumed to-day on the Cobar line, and a train has left Nyngan for Bourke, and it is anticipated that it will be able to get through. An accident occurred on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Charges on Newcastle Coal. Interview with the Commissioners
SINCE the Premier sought to inquire into the position of the Newcastle coal trade, the question has been raised that excessive railway charges absorb an undue proportion of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Waratah a Dangerous Bridge
Attention was drawn by the Mayor at the council meeting on Thursday evening to the dangerous stats of the bridge at the Waratah railway crossing on the Georgetown-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narrabri-walgett Railway League
A meeting of the members of the Narrabri-Walgett Railway League was held at the Town Hall, West Maitland, yesterday afternoon, to consider what further steps should…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Maitland District. East Maitland Railway Station
FOR a considerable time past complaints have bean made by farmers and others as to the unsuitableness of the Bite of the goods shed at East Maitland. It appears that the bulk…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CABLEGRAMS. The Johannesburg Explosion Damage Estimated at One Million Pounds. the Railway Company Held Responsible
LONDON, Saturday.—The latest intelligence received from the Transvaal with regard to the fearful catastrophe, which occurred at one of the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adamstown. Brunker-road
Recently an application was made to the Roads Department by the municipal council for a special grant to unable them to repair Brunker-road, which at present is in a bad…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →East Maitland Railway Station
With reference to the proposed erection of loading platforms at East Maitland Railway Station, it is understood that the District Superintendent, Mr. Kitching, has instructed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Proposed Morpeth Bridge
During the past two or three days surveyors have again been busy surveying the Northumberland-street site for the long-talked-of bridge from Morpeth to Phœnix…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Minmi Progress Committee. Proposed Road to Cockle Creek
THE negotiations which have been proceeding for some time past between the Minmi Progress Committee and the Young Wallsend Progress Committee resulted in a conference,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Accident
At some time during Thursday night or yesterday morning a valuable mare, the property of Mr. B. E. Sullivan, of East Maitland, was cut to pieces near the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Melbourne Gossip. The Railway Difficulty
THE trouble between the two Houses of Parliament has been settled. What is termed an amicable compromise has been arrived at. Practically the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. Railway Revenue — Heavy Decreage
The railway returns for last-week show the enormous decrease of £18,000 compared with the same week of last week. VERY COMFORTABLE…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plattsburg. Tram Terminus
IN consequence of alterations being made to the bridge at the intersection of John and Robert streets trams now stop near the gasworks, a short siding…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Narrabri-walgett Railway
The circulars sent out by Mr. T. Hughes, secretary of the Narrabri-Walgett Railway League, inviting attendance and co-operation in connection with the deputation which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Proposed Smelting Works. Negotiations Almost Complete. Several Railway Routes Surveyed
THAT the big smelting works are to be erected within the Newcastle district is now pretty well an assured fact. The representatives of the sulphide corporation in Australia did not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mount Vincent-road
Some little time ago portion of the road on the southern side of Mount Vincent from Maitland was badly damaged by the rush of storm waters from the mountain. This…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The "Railway" Deputation
Messrs. A. J. Gould, T. H. Goodwin, and D. Watkins, Ms.P., with the Mayor (Alderman Smith), and Aldermen Sharp and Rodgers, of Newcastle; Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Newcastle Tramways. a Change of Supervision
MR. J. W. TYRER, who until recently was connected with the head office of the Tramway Department in Sydney, has been appointed by Mr. James Roberts, the general…
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