Wallsend. Bridge
The Pittown-road bridge, near the railway goodshed, has again been closed pending reconstruction. It appears that the recent storm waters have, in lieu of following the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1897
393 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 20
South Australia. Adelaide, Monday. the Glenelg Railway
The Commissioner of Public Works promised a large deputation to-day to have another valuation made of Glenelgrailway and the rolling stock, and if the company still…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Testing Railway Wheels
SOME particulars given in the Railway Gazette of American methods of testing railway wheels. From a batch of 100 three are selected. One wheel is placed on an anvil…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Mulbring-road
Mr. Grant, the member of the Maitland District Council who has control of the road West Maitland to Mulbring, has recently been doing his utmost with the small means…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Maitland District. the Phœnix Park-road
THE residents of Phœnix Park and surroundings are complaining very bitterly, and with grave reason, of the condition of their chief road. The thoroughfare passes through a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Maitland District. Louth Park Road
MR. SAM WALL, the foreman for the West Maitland Borough Council, is taking early advantage of the dry weather to repair the Louth Park-road. Owing to its low level…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wednesday, July 1. Royal Assent to Bills. Formal Notices. Life Assurance Act Amendment Bill. The Accepted Tender of the Lithgow Co. for Railway Coal Supplies. Truck Bill. Coal Mines Regulation Act Amendment Bill. Moree-Inverell Railway
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. BRUNKER, in reply to Mr. FARNELL, said that he was not prepared to definitely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. The Sydney Railway Extension. Sydney
THE debate upon the motion by Mr. Young, Minister for Works, "That it be referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works to consider and report upon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Men and Mr. Eddy's Funeral. to the Editor
Sir,—The railway employees H.S.P. workshops, locomotive department, note in your issue of to-day, under parliamentary news, that questions…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney Railway Extension. Deputation to the Mayor. Sydney
A DEPUTATION interviewed the Mayor of Sydney to-day to ask for the use of the Town Hall next Friday for a (public meeting to protest against any portion of Hyde Park…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah Police Court. Tuesday, July 6. (Before Mr. J. Mair, S.m.) Railway Trespassers
GEORGE JARVIS and William Bytheway, two youths, pleaded guilty to trespassing on the G. N. Railway, between the Wallsend junction and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland. Brisbane, Tuesday. Railway Tenders
Tenders were opened to-day for the construction of the remaining section of the railway from Charleville to Cunnamulla. The tender of M'Kenzie and Son was the lowest,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Electric Railways in Europe
DURING 1895 the total number of electric railways, or tramways, in Europe rose from 70 to 111, the length of lines from 435 to 560½ miles, while the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wickham Road. to the Editor
SIR,—I beg to draw attention to the disgraceful state of the road between Hannell-street, Wickham, and the Castlemaine Brewery, Newcastle West. During the time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Railways As Investments
Mr. W. J. Stevens, who has a sound reputation as a critic on British railway securities, has just issued the 1897 edition of his useful work on the above subject…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Race
The Newcastle branch of the league held a road race, distance about 17 miles, on Saturday afternoon, the route chosen being from near the High-level Bridge, opposite the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland District. the Melville Bridge
ONE of the most pleasant gatherings ever held in the Maitland district took place on the bank of the Hunter River, in the grounds of the Melville Estate, on Saturday last. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Serious Tram Collision. Seven Persons Injured. Sydney, Sunday Night
TO-NIGHT a severe accident occurred at Paddington, which, besides smashing up two cars, severely injured several passengers. At 7.30 a tram was coming down…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. Killed by a Train
A man named Patrick O'Brien, a railway navvy, was run over by a train at Pascoe Vale, and was killed to-day. CREDIT FONCIER BONDS…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Extension of Railway Into Sydney. to the Editor
Sir,—I see by your issue of Friday last a correspondent signing himself "Novocastrian," has thought fit to take me to task for my advocacy of…
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