Electric Tramways in New York
Some interesting statements having reference to the relative merits of electric tramways and cable lines are furnished by Mr. G. G. Turri, of Queen-street, who…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1899
596 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 30
The Manchurian Railway. New Russian Port
LONDON, Saturday.—Russia has authorised the Manchurian Railway Company to construct a commercial port between Port Arthur and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway in China. Anglo-american Concessions
LONDON, Saturday.—An Anglo-American syndicate has secured extensive mining and railway concessions in Szechuan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Lady Tramway Superintendent
In London there is a lady, Miss Penman, who has control over more than 500 conductors in the employ of the London Tramways Company, Limited. Miss Penman is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Merewether. Tram Travellers' Inconvenience
A feeling of indignation was aroused among the passengers to the city on Monday when it became known through the columns of this journal that Mr. Murray, from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Railway-street
Shortly after noon yesterday a fire broke out in Railway-street at the residence of Constable Asche. The alarm was sounded on the bells, and a crowd rushed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Whitewash Train
Some of the now labour-saving devices are of the unexpected order. Here, for in stance, is the Grand Trunk Railway, among other devices for reducing its working…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Cooranbong-wallsend Road
Mr. R. Stevenson, M.P., has received the following communication from Mr. R Hickson, Under-Secretary to the Public Works Department, dated December 30, 1898:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The First Bridge Over the Tiber
Bridge building was always one of the great and noble arts; as such it was commemorated by the ancient Romans. To them the erection of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Breaking and Entering. at Hamilton Road. Accused Committed
Yesterday at the Newcastle Police Court, before Mr. C. N. Payten, S.M., Horace Hope (salesman) and Ellis Lewis (jockey) were charged, on remand, with having, at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mayfield Tram Extension. Consideration by the Commissioners
The petitions numerously signed in favour of the extension of the Tighe's Hill tram to Mayfield have been presented to the Minister for Works by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Suspended Car Bridge
Bizerta, or Benzerta, is a seaport town of Tunis, at the bottom of a deep gulf or bay of the Mediterranean, and at the mouth of a lagoon united to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alleged Outrage in the Northern Mail Train. an Arrest at Singleton. Singleton
Some excitement was occasioned at Singleton this morning upon the arrival of the mail train from Queensland, when it became known that a man had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Assault in a Railway Carriage
The case heard yesterday at the Singleton Police Court, where John Johnstone M'Intosh appeared to answer to two cases of indecent assault,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Carriage Case at Singleton
Mr. G. F. Scott, P.M., presided at the Singleton Police Court yesterday, when two serious charges were preferred against the man, John Johnstone M'Intosh, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The State of Public Roads. Works in Hand and Contemplated. Hunter-street in Rainy Weather
Newcastle cannot pride itself upon the condition of its chief thoroughfare. If it only rains for an hour or two Hunter-street becomes ankle deep in slush. It over will be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Train Struck by Seas
LONDON, Friday.—An extraordinary railway acicdent is reported from North Wales. As a Manchester goods train was passing through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Buluwayo-Tanganyika Railway
LONDON, Sunday.—It is reported that Mr. Cecil Rhodes, who is at present on a visit to London, intends asking the Imperial Government to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The District Roads
With regard to the necessity for repairs to the Hamilton-road, the Road Superintendent has not lost sight of it. There are now 800 yards of road metal ready to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Plattsburg. New Road
On Saturday the members of the Plattsburg Council improvement committee, comprising time Mayor (Alderman O. G. Steel), and Aldermen Fletcher, Brown, Hill, Estell,…
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