Train Accident. Tamworth
YESTERDAY afternoon a large Baldwin engine conveying a number of empty waggons, left the rails on the main line opposite the Fitzroy-street level crossing, within a stone's…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
393 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 20
A New Motor
There has been tried, at Augsburg, a new 12-horse motor, designed by Herr Diesel. It depends on the principle that a high temperature is produced in a cylinder by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament. Tuesday, August 10. Legislative Assembly. Adjournment of the House. Free Carriage of Workmen. Hours of Hospital Nurses. Bill to Amend Railway Act, 1888. Public Service Board Retrenchments. Sydney
THE Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. QUESTION AND ANSWERS. Mr. BRUNKER, in replying to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Railways. the Commissioners' Annual Report
THE annual report of the Railway Commissioners for the year ending 30th June was laid on the table of the House to-night. It shows that the result of the year's operations…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Swansea. the Weather and the Roads
It was raining heavily here from Friday night till Sunday night, rendering the road between Swansea and Belmont in a very bad state. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railways
IT is not without just cause that the people of New South Wales are interested in their railways and tramways. For that great item of State property…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Crop of Wheat in America. the Railways Blocked
LONDON, Friday.—So vast is the quantity of wheat for shipment to Europe that the railways in the United States are blocked. An…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway-making in China. Another Hooley Syndicate
LONDON, Sunday.—A syndicate, organised by Mr. Hooley, has secured the option of constructing a line of railway from Shanghai to Su-chan…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hamilton Railway Station
THE hew building erected on the north side of the Hamilton railway station will be placed at the convenience of the travelling public in the course of a few days. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Tuesday, August 17. Legislative Assembly. Federal Control of the Railways. Charge Against a Constable. Law Practitioners Bill. The Tote Legalisation Bill. Sydney
THE Speaker took the chair at half past 4 o'clock. QUESTIONS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Mining Accident. a Long Tramp Grafton
A TERRRIBLE occurred at the Mount Lea mine, on the Manning River, yesterday afternoon. Thomas Gibbons, a miner, fired a charge of three shots in the mine, two of which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Occasional Notes. Sydney, Saturday. the Tram Service
ON Saturday morning a large number of people who depend upon the trams to carry them into the metropolis were disappointed and inconvenienced, by a complete…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tenders for Roads Repairs
About a fortnight since we published the first batch of lowest tenders for the repair of roads in the Maitland district. Yesterday morning a second batch of tenders was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Morpeth Tram Grievance
A deputation consisting of Aldermen Kebblewhite (Mayor), Sim, Swan, and Fox waited upon Mr. W. G. Kitching, District Superintendent of Railways, on Monday, at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Progress in Japan
Japan does not seem to have made such rapid progress with the work of railway construction as might have been expected. According to the latest details available, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. Wallsend. Tramway Extension
Yesterday an officer from the Works, Department, accompanied by the Mayor of Plattsburg, Alderman J. Estell, and the Mayor of Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Parliament. Thursday, August 26. Legislative Assembly. Land Tax Assessments. Newcastle Pasturage Reserve. The Tobacco Expert. Lucknow Strike. Burglaries. Hunter District Water and Sewerage Act Amendment Bill. The Council's Amendments. Pyrmont Bridge. Sydney
THE Speaker took the chair at half past 4 o'clock. A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE. Mr. M'FARLANE said he wished as a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Wallsend Tram. Sydney
MR. D. WATKINS, M.P., has received from the department the following letter:—With reference to your letter of the 21st ultimo, respecting the extension of the tramway from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Liliputian Railway Train
The transporation exhibit of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition will have a novelty in the way of a miniature locomotive and train, which is said to be the smallest train in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Roads and Bridges Notes
The Belmore, Elderslie, and Pitnacree Bridges are to be scraped, painted, and thoroughly renovated. Day labour will be called into requisition in each case…
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