General News. Our Tramways
THE Railway Commissioners are making a number of alterations in connection with the Newcastle tramways, commencing on July 1st. These changes are in the time table and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1896
388 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 20
The Soudan Expedition. the Akasheh Railway Operations Facilitated
LONDON, Friday.—Intelligence from Cairo says that the railway to Akasheh is now open, which will immensely facilitate the British operations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Clarencetown-road
Persons who find it necessary to travel the Maitland to Clarencetown-road in vehicles undergo a series of experiences calculated to damage the driving tackie and ruffle their…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Rising in Matabeleland Murder of White Settlers. Railway Works Deserted
LONDON, Sunday.—Sixty whites have been murdered during the past few days by the natives in Mashonaland, and 70 others missing…
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LONDON, Monday.—Intelligence has been received from South Africa that the Governor of the Portuguese town of Beira has decided to land a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Brooklyn Bridge
IN some respects the famous Brooklyn bridge is the most stupendous existing work of human ingenuity and industry. It is 5989ft long and 135ft…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District News. Plattsburg. Cemetery Road
Now that the new local cemetery has been opened for interments, it would be well if the local council would endeavour to have the road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hamilton-road Fire. a Coronial Inquiry. The Act of an Incendiary
THE fire which completely gutted a two-storied unoccupied brick house on Hamilton-road last Thursday morning, owned by Mr. Daniel Smith…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →[?]Nd M'sharry v. O'rourke Commissioners. Railway
LONDON, Monday.—The Judical Committe o[?] the Privy Council has partly allowed [?] the appeal in the case of O'Rourk[?]nd M'Sharry v. the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Railway Accident in West Australia. One Man Killed. Perth
A SERIOUS accident occurred to-day on the Eastern railway, resulting in the death of a passenger and the serious injury of others. It appears a mixed train was shunted on the…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The House of Commons has voted a sum of £3,000,000 to be devoted to the construction of a railway in Uganda…
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LONDON, Friday.—The German Reichstag will be asked during the autumn session for funds for the construction of railways to the coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. ROADS
MR. G. W. N. BRUNKER, secretary of the Maitland District Council, has received communications from the Works Department, stating that the sum of £25 has been granted…
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The proposal recently made for the cutting of a deviation from the existing road connecting the main northern road at the foot of Harper's Hill and the railway line at…
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THE Cabinet to-day had under consideration representations made by the Railway Commissioners regarding the acquirement by the State of the private line of railway now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence. Nevertire to Warren Railway. to the Editor
SIR,—A few weeks ago I called the attention of the Chamber of Commerce to the fact that this line of railway, although only 12 miles in extent, was in my opinion, the first…
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Owing to the breaking of a valve of the engine of the down mail, which is due at 10.25 p.m., the train did not leave West Maitland till nearly 12 o'clock on Wednesday…
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Frequently considerable delay occurs in connection with the receipt of railway parcels owing to the name given to one of the railway stations at West Maitland. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Extension Westward. to the Editor
Sir,—I was particularly pleased this morning on reading Mr. W. B. Sharp's letter, to see that some of the Newcastle people are, at last, realising the absolute…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Narrabri-walgett Railway Scheme. Deputation to the Minister for Works Sydney
AN important deputation to-day interviewed the Minister for Works to urge forward the construction of a railway from Walgett to Narrabri. The deputation included several…
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