Moscheto Island. the New Road
The residents here are well pleased with the success of their petition in regard to this matter. Messrs. Dempsey, Jordan, and Turner, sen., who were watching the case on…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
351 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 18
Roads and Bridges Politics
For many years local government was one of the boons regularly promised by every Ministry that invited the suffrages of the electors in New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adamstown. Road Work
The improving of the roads of the municipality by relief work is proceeding slowly. Employing men in the quarry to get a few yards of gravel each is not giving…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →International News. the Situation in China. the Franco-belgian Railway
LONDON, Tuesday.—M. Hanotaux, the retiring French Minister for Foreign Affairs, states that the contract between the Chinese Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. a £300,000 Bride. Roads and Bridges Members the Levien-sleath-ferguson Commission. the Matter of "Privilege." a Harsh Condition of Law. Queen Victoria Consumptive Home. Sydney
When some men are desperate they clutch at straws; Mr. G. H. Reid clutches at the money-bags of the people. His proposal to spend £300,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General News. the Latest Motor
An auto-motor, which has been devised by M. Pretot, of Paris, is not an independent motor car, but rather aid attachment by which any…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Fatality. Sydney
An inquest was held to-day on the body of a locomotive fireman named Joseph Hall, who was crushed, to death at the Eveleigh Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. "No Majority—no Boodle." the Referendum and Federation. Could Mr. Reid Turn His Fiscal Coat? a Constitutional Question. Mr. Want Changes His Mind. "The Glorious Fourth." the Hateful Steam Trams. a Sable Monarch's Request. Sydney
With a £300,000 roads vote and a half-crown endowment to the councils, the Prime Minister might have been content. But no an inspired paragraph appears in one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Water Board and the Railway Commissioners. Appeal Against Assessments
The Railway Commissioners are very much dissatisfied with the assessment by the Hunter District Water Board, and they intend having the matter threshed out before a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident on the Tramline. a Seaman Run Over. No Hopes of His Recovery
Shortly before 10 o'clock last night a seaman, named Simon Anderson, was run over by the 9.50 Merewether tram between Perkin-street and Brown-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Octogenarian Tramp
An old woman, aged 84, who had been a tramp almost from her birth, got thrown into prison for no very flagrant misdemeanour, and passed the time of her…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Boat Harbour Question. Reply from the Railway Commissioners
At the suggestion of Alderman W. J. Ellis, the Newcastle Council decided at its list meeting to call the attention of the Railway Commissioners to the delay in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russia and China. Railway Negotiations
LONDON, Monday.—Reuter's correspondent telegraphs that the Russian Government, on learning that the northern railway line will remain under the control of China, will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Purchase of the London Tramways
LONDON, Thursday.—At a meeting of the London County Council it was decided to purchase and work the London tramways…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Whistle
The railway whistle was not invented all at once. At first the driver of the engine used to blow a horn when he came near a level crossing, to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cheap Railway Travelling
One after another Continental nations are entering upon a policy of cheaper railway travelling. A few months ago it was Denmark, which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Railway in the Air
The most remarkable railway in the world has just been completed for use in the Chilcoot Pass and mountain districts generally. It is claimed that by its means the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Delagoa Bay Railway
LONDON, Sunday.—It is reported that the Delagoa Bay and Gold Fields Concession Arbitration Board has awarded Mrs. M'Murdo (widow of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway to the Zambezi
LONDON, Sunday.—Mr. Cecil Rhodes in having a survey made for a line of railway from Bulawayo to Gwelo and the Zambezi…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. the Prospects of Mr. Barton. "Two Ales" Among the Publicans. Another Harbour Accident. Regarding the Promised North Shore Bridge. Opening of the Queen Victoria Markets. a Famous Tichborne Witness. the Football Umpire Now Safe. a Noted Cricketer's Apology. the "Worm" That Will Not Die. Sydney, 21st July
The prospects of Mr. Barton in king Division—a division indeed—are improving daily, As of course, you know the Premier, so far, has not had a single realty…
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