Road Grants
Mr. G. W. N, Brunker, secretary of the Maitland District Council, has received a communication from the Works Department intimating that half the amount of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
393 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 20
Parliament. Tuesday, 13Th July. Legislative Assembly. Sunday Trading. Clerks in the Taxation Department. Real Property and Crown Lands. The Railway Board Vacancy. Alienation of Crown Lands. Insanitary Conditions in Newcastle. Sydney
THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. SYDNEY SMITH, in reply to Mr. WHEELER, said there were 103 agricultural…
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The introduction of the reduced railway tariff between Newcastle and West Maitland from the 1st inst. is a very popular innovation, and one which is likely to augment the…
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LONDON, Monday.—A disastrous railway accident has occurred in Denmark. The Helsingor express came into collision with a passenger train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broadmeadow-Adamstown Tramway. Impromptu Meeting
HAVING an idea that there was something in the direction of Broadmeadow worthy of notice, the other evening, in company with a friend, I left Adamstown and journeyed over…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Late Mr. E. M. G. Eddy. Meeting of Newcastle Railway Men. the Orphanage Movement
ABOUT 60 of the railway employees of Newcastle and district assembled at the mortuary station last night to decide upon some action in the way of perpetuating the memory of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. The Federal Constitution. Butler's Brain. North Coast Railway. Proposed Harbour at Port Kembla. Sunday Closing of Shops. Sydney
AFTER the conclusion of our report of the proceedings in the Assembly this morning, the consideration of the Draft Commonwealth Bill was resumed in committee. Mr. Millen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local Tramway Extension
THE agitation which has taken place for some time past for a further provision of tramway facilities to Newcastle and its suburbs shows that the…
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So as to arrive at a fair estimate of the traffic in the 'buses between the city and Adamstown, a man was stationed at Broadmeadow on Pay-Saturday and Monday taking…
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Mr. S M'Gill, the contractor for the building of the Morpeth bridge, appears to be making satisfactory progress with his work. The beam bridge on the Pbcenix Park side is…
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THE suburban passengers find it a great convenience to be allowed to use the vacant first-class compartments in the Sydney to Tamworth morning's mail, which is generally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dr. Reid at Birkenhead. Opening a Bridge. Off to America
LONDON, Wednesday.— Mr. Reid returned to the Hotel Cecil, London, last night. He proceeded to Birkenhead to-day in order to perform the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramway to Belmont. to the Editor
Sir,—Newcastle must take a back seat, and its suburbs (Belmont included) a very back seat, when anything is asked from the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. Railway Employees' Passes
A DEPUTATION of railway employees waited upon the Commissioners this morning with reference to the recent change made in the regulations governing the issue of free passes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Italian Railway Tragedy
ALL Italy is much excited over the news that after four years of mystery the perpetrators of one of the most sensational and atrocious murders in Italy have been…
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THE Railway Commissioners (Messrs. Oliver and Fehon), accompanied by several departmental officers, will visit Newcastle to-morrow, arriving by special train at 10.45…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence. Broadmeadow-adamstown Tramway. to the Editor
SIR,—I notice by the Newcastle Herald that the agitation for an Adamstown tram is proceeding, and that a report on the 'bus traffic between Newcastle and Adamstown has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Islington. the Road Vote
A commencement is being made by the council to spend the Government road grant, and that portion of the Maitland-road between the two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Summons Cases. a Lake Road House
Constable Strachan proceeded against Kate Mulvaney alias Anthony, for being an idle and disorderly person. Mr. T. F. Low appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Commissioners in Newcastle. Proposed Removal of the Boat Harbour. Deputations From the Council and the Citizens. the Whole Matter Practically Settled
THE Railway Commissioners, Messrs. Fehon and Oliver, arrived in Newcastle by special train at 10.45 a.m. yesterday, being accompanied by Messrs. W. Thow (Chief Mechanical…
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