Bridge Over Lane Cove. Sydney
THE Minister for Works received a deputation this forenoon introduced by Mr. F. Farnell, M.P., the subject being the construction of a bridge over the Lane Cove…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1897
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Rebate on Small Coal. Interview With the Railway Commissioners. Sydney
THIS afternoon a deputation consisting of Messrs. T. Croudace, M. C. Cowlishaw, J. F. Burns, and Dr. J. B. Robertson, waited on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Overhead Railway Bridge
The overhead railway bridge spanning the railway line at the Elgin-street crossing is nearing completion, and is evidently a very solid structure. Two flights of steps form…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Tramcar Incident with a Moral
"MAN in the Cars" writes :—"On Saturday night last whilst travelling homeward in a team I witnessed an incident that recalled to my memory the saying of an ancient and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Correspondence. the Hyde Park Railway Extension Scheme. to the Editor
SIR,—Every right-thinking member of the community should, by this time, have realised how universal and vital are the interests involved in this question. It is a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Proposed Railway Extension. Sydney
A MEETING was held at the Town Hall to-night under the presidency of the Mayor in advocacy of the proposed extension of the railway system into the city. There was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broadmeadow. Half-hour Tram
In pursuance of an agitation carried on by the Hamilton Council and others, a half-hourly tram service will be carried on between Broadmeadow and the city on and after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Adelaide, Saturday. Funds for Road Making
Requests for funds for road making have been so great from distressed country districts that the Treasurer has within the past week allotted advances to 73 district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Hospital Car
There is at present in use on one of the Belgian railways a hospital car. The interior of this car is divided into a main compartment, with a corridor on one side and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Railway Accident. Employees' Risks. Sydney
A PORTER named John Garnham, 19 years of age sustained fatal injuries at Sydenham railway station, on the mouth Coast line, this morning. He had been attending a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Harper's Hill-road
Mr. John Gillies has received a letter from the Department of Lands stating that his application for the resumption of certain land to admit of cutting down and widening…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Roughs in a Tram. a Conductor Assaulted. Sydney
MICHAEL LEARY, the conductor in charge of the tram which left the city for Coogee at 25 minutes past 11 o'clock last night, had an exciting adventure with a couple of roughs,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Wednesday, August 4. Legislative Assembly. Protection of Native Flora. Explanation By Mr. Griffith. Crown Lands Bill. Cowra Road Vote. Constitution Debate. Sydney
THE Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock QUESTIONS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Eddy Railway Orphanage
THE proposal to establish a railway orphanage as a memorial of the late Mr. Eddy has been everywhere received with favour, and despite the numerous claims in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Thursday, August 5. Legislative Assembly. New Public Works. Condobolin-Euabalong Railway. Narrabri-Pilliga Railway. Byrock to Brewarrina Railway. Coolaman and Ariah Railway. Moree-Inverell Railway. Trading in the Islands. Questions and Answers. Sydney
THE Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY, in reply…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Ash Island Roads. In a Disgraceful Condition
THE farmers and milk-venders of Ash Island have a grievance, and a very genuine one it it For some time past the lower end of the island leading from the punt to Lintott's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Extension in the North
THE reference to the Works Committee of the scheme for constructing a line of railway from Narrabri to Pilliga will be received with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland District. the Roads
MR. JOHN GILLIES, M.P., has received intimation from the Public Works Department, stating that the Minister had approved of the sum of £50 being granted for the repair of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Narrabri-pilliga Railway
MR. J. A. M'INTYRE writes:—Now that the construction of the above railway is under consideration—and I notice the Newcastle Herald takes a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Railway-station. Improvements and Alterations
OWING to the delay experienced at the outset in getting in the concrete foondations, the alterations and improvements to the Newcastle Railway-station will not be completed this…
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