Russia's Great New Military Railway
THE difficulties with which the Russian engineers have to contend in the construction of the great Siberian railway to the Pacific would seem to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
351 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 18
New Coal Railway. an Important Piece of Work
A START will be made to-day with the construction of a duplicate pair of lines between Hamilton and Smedmore in order to do away with what is known as "The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Correspondence. a Late Sunday Tram Required. to the Editor
SIR,—One more instance which goes to show the necessity of running a tram on Sunday nights to take passengers by the mail train upon their…
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LONDON, Monday.—The "Daily Telegraph" announces that Russia has obtained from China permission to extend the Manchurian railway to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rear-admiral Bridge. Farewell Luncheon. Sydney
MR. G. H. REID tendered Bear-Admiral Bridge a farewell luncheon in the Executive Chamber, Colonial Secretary's Office, to-day. There were 25 gentlemen present, including…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CABLEGRAMS. Serious Railway Collision. the Scotch Express Derailed. Destruction of Life
LONDON, Tuesday.—The East Coast Scotch express was derailed to-day after having been in collision with a coal waggon near Dunbar. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Damaging Railway Property. Sydney
AT the North Sydney Police Court to-day Harold V. Ovens was charged with wilfully injuring two carriages the property of the Railway Commissioner, and doing damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Soudan. Postal and Railway Services
LONDON, Friday.—A postal service has been established between Suakim, on the Red Sea; Berber, on the right bank of the Nile; and Kassala, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision. Sydney
A TRAIN collision occurred at the Parramatta station last evening by which three carriages were considerably damaged, and several passengers sustained slight injuries. A full…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tram Fatality. Sydney
AN inquest was held to-day on the body of the young man Joseph Vintznetz who sustained fatal injuries by falling from the footboard of a Balmain tram on Saturday…
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LONDON, Sunday.—M. Cecil Rhodes states that the construction of the Zambesi railway depends partly upon the output of the Gwelo goldfields…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intercolonial News. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. the Late Mr. Bridge
THE funeral of the late Mr. John Bridge took place this afternoon, the remains being interred in the Waverley Cemetery. At the grave the service was conducted by the Right…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suburban Railway Fares. Sydney
A LARGE deputation of gentlemen representing the municipal and other interests of the Western suburbs waited upon the Railway Commissioners this afternoon, the object…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russian Railways. Big Provision for Extension
LONDON, Friday. — The Russian budget for the year 1898 devotes 113 millions of rubles for the construction of railway extension…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the Tramp
[A paper recently read at a literary class in the northern district by a Maitland lady.] BY the above somewhat ambiguous title…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Australia. Adelaide, Wednesday. Death of a Railway Guard
The railway guard named Woods, who was run over at Hamley Bridge, yesterday, died shortly after admission to the Adelaide Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Council and the Railway Commissioners. Letter From the Mayor
FOLLOWING upon the decision of the Newcastle Borough Council at last Monday's meeting to request the Railway Commissioners to re-open Brown-street as an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Soudan Campaign. the Proposed Railway
LONDON, Thursday.—The Times correspondent in Egypt has just ridden from Kassala to Suakim. He thinks that the line of railway connecting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. a Train Derailed
The Echuca train was derailed on Saturday, one of the passenger carriages rolling over twice. Singularly enough, none of the occupants were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intercolonial News. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Newcastle Roads
MR. A. EDDEN, M.P., came to Sydney yesterday with the object of arranging with the Minister for Works to meet a deputation of Parliamentary representatives for the…
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