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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
393 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 20
THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p m. The members of the Elections and Qualifications Committee were sworn in. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The next revolution in the use of steel will be the building of complete steel railway waggons. It is now possible to build a complete steel waggon for the same cost, per ton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Islington Mechanics' Institute was well filled on Friday evening with railway employees, their families, and friends, the occasion being the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Messages from the Governor were read covering the introduction of a bill to pay allowances to the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BOMBAY has the grandest railway station in the world and the grandest modern architectural work in India in the Peninsular Railway Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Like the other thoroughfares of the district, the road leading through Oakhampton has been greatly out up by the constant traffic during the prolonged dry weather. In other…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Edden, M.P., has received the following letter from the Works Department:—"With reference to the letter from the council clerk, Lambton, dated 14th ult[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The match to decide the second junior premiership between the Railway and Burwood clubs was concluded on Saturday in the presence of a very small attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A PATENT has been granted in the United States to Mr. F. A. Burrows, of Columbia, South Carolina, for a "motor" for sewing-machines and other light apparatus in which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The proposition which was brought before the Railway Commissioners to erect an, overhead footbridge at the Elgin-street railway crossing has met with success, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Scotland, it is said, can no longer claim to possess the longest railway, bridge in the world. The recently completed bridge over the Danube at Czernavoda obtains this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Saturday.—A terrible railway disaster is reported from Rockenhaf, in Russia. A train was derailed and wrecked. One hundred soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. EDDEN, M.P., interviewed the Minister for Works to-day concerning the deployable state of the main road in Adamstown municipality, also of the Lambton and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. BRUNKER, in reply to Mr WILKS, said that the special grant of £250 for an intercolonial band contest was made without conditions, but the arrangements would be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—A train containing 1000 German soldiers was derailed to-day near Gerolstein, in Rhenish Prussia, on the line from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Several reports have been forwarded to the Railway Commissioner concerning the proposed routes of railway to St. George, near the New South Wales border…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PARTICULARS of a frightful railway accident reached the local police authorities at an early hour on Saturday evening, by which a fettler named James Williams, aged 46 years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The opinions of the council's solicitors and Mr. Alex. Brown, M.L C., combined with the half-heartedness in which the aldermen—the majority of them at all events—have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →According to the testimony of Mr. H. C. Stanley, Chief Engineer for Railways, Queensland, who has just returned from a tour of inspection in Europe, there will soon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE sad nature of the accident which befel James Williams, the fettler, whilst employed as watchman on the bridge now in course of construction at Ironbark Creek, was made…
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