Narrabri-pilliga Railway Extension
Mr. G. F. Earp writes as follows:—I thought sol Messrs. Dalgety and Co.'s representative is very glad and evidently much relieved when he thinks he sees a way…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
351 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 18
A Novel Bridge. for War Purposes
Experiments have recently been made in the Russian. Army with a view to testing a new method of constructing temporary bridges in cases of necessity. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Congo Railway Completed
The "Pall Mall Gazette" notes that the first locomotive arrived at Stanley Pool on March 16. Commenced in 1888, the Congo railway has taken 10 years to build;…
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Sir,—I beg leave to hand you herewith reply received to-day to my letter of 20th May, wherein I sent to the Public Works Committee the resume of the evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Australia. Adelaide, Tuesday. Motor Cycle Ex[?]dition
Mdlle. Serpolette gave an exhibition of her motor tricycle on the Exhibition Oval to-day. After riding through the principal streets, near Wakefield-street the machine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lambton Railway Bridge
The most unsightly structure on the main road from Newcastle to Wallsend is the bridge under the Lambton-road. It has been the subject of comment on many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Waratah. That Georgetown Bridge
It is pleasing to note that after a lapse of three years since the bridge at the Waratah railway crossing on the Georgetown-road first became dangerous it has at last been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cycling Road Race. a Remarkable Performance
The Newcastle branch of the League brought off their road race from Newcastle to Maitland and back on Saturday afternoon, an immense crowd assembling at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident
A serious accident occurred at the Abbott-street railway dressing on Sunday evening at about half past ten o'clock, as the mail train from Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Indian Loan of Ten Millions. Railway Extension, War, or Famine
LONDON, Wednesday.—The House of Commons has sanctioned the granting of an Indian loan of £10,000,000 for railway extension, and to provide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Adamstown. a Bad Road
The Adamstown-New Lambton-road is in a deplorable state. The carts that have been employed conveying chat rock for the Lamb ton Council have fairly plenghed it up. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Punctuality
There recently appeared in the London "Times" a most interesting account of railway travelling in the United States, wherein the writer Compared the distances…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Japanese Chemulpo Railway. Russian Intervention
LONDON, Saturday.—Russia has declined to permit the Japanese railway from Chemulpo to Rejol, owing to the fact that British capital is invested in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Modern Tramp
It is the tramp steamer that will do the bulk of the ocean carrying trade of the world from now on, says the "American Shipbuilder." Miller, Bull, and Knowlton, of New York, appreciating this fact…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Soudan Railway. Britain the Owner
LONDON, Monday.—The British Government has purchased from the Egyptian Government the State railway to the Soudan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. Opening of Morpeth Bridge
The usually quiet little town of Morpeth was invaded yesterday by an army of visitors from East and West Maitland, Hinton, Large, Wallalong, Woodville, Paterson, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Concessions in China
LONDON, Wednesday.—The "Times" considers that the Foreign Office might put sufficient pressure on China like the other Powers to secure…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intense Russian Activity. Important Railway Concessions
LONDON, Wednesday.—Russian activity at Pekin is reported to be extraordinary. Russia has obtained the right to construct a railway from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Attempt to Rob a Diamond Train
The gold and diamonds of South Africa have already attracted a very fair proportion of the thieves of the world to that favoured region. Some very fine hauls…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →International News. the Germans in China. Railway Concession Requested
LONDON, Wednesday.—The German Ambassador at Peking is urging China to grant a German railway concession from Tientsin, in the…
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