Newcastle to Toronto-road
Sir.—In your issue of to-day Mr. Sharp informs us that the Minister for Works will endeavour to have £3000 placed on the estimates for the improvement of the Bond…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
596 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 30
Railway to Coonamble and Walgett
Sir,—From several important points of view it appears to me and others that Newcastle and Maitland are making a mistake in demanding as they do the line from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Jumping" in Railway Carriages
A question of general interest was raised by the deputation which interviewed the New South Wales Railway Commissioners at Quirindi on Saturday. Many railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Federal Campaign Messrs. Barton and Deakin in Newcastle. Reception at the Railway Station. Mr. Barton on the Anti-bill Party's Devices
Messrs E. Barton and A. Deakin, who were passengers by the mail train to Brisbane last evening, were met at the local railway station by the executive officers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Newcastle-toronto Road
Sir,—With very great pleasure I noticed in your issue of Wednesday a letter in reference to the proposed Newcastle-Toronto road. The writer of that letter tells us that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Run Into by a Tram
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A milk cart, driven by a man named Cormae, was run into by a tram in Oxford-street this evening, and Cormac and two others were knocked off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South African Railways. a Liberal Gift
LONDON, Thursday.—It is announced that, Mr. Cecil Rhodes has granted to the Bechuanaland railway line one hundred blocks of land, each one mile…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Narrabri - Walgett Railway. an Influential Deputation. Sydney
A deputation, comprising the Hons. J. N. Brunker (Chief Secretary), A. J. Gould and J. Estell, Ms.L.C., Messrs. J. L. Fegan, D. Watkins, A. Griffith, W. T. Dick. J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Extension. Moree to Inverell
While the claims for railway extension from Narrabri to Walgett via Euri Euri and the northern districts' right of communication with the rich…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Making in the East
A paper read by Mr. E. W. Wagstaffe, executive engineer of the Burmah railway, before the Society of Engineers, on "The Shan Hill Country and the Mandalay…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Nautical Notes. Colour Blindness at Sea.—british Crews for British Vessels.—mortality Rates Among Seamen.—tramp-made Sailors
The Victorian Marine Board has managed to strike a pretty hard snag in the person of Mr. Coleman, who is now suing that body for libel and slander. Briefly put,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Terrible Railway Collision. 34 Passengers Killed
LONDON, Saturday.—A disastrous railway collision has occurred at Excter, in New Hampshire (U.S.). A train from Reading, Pennsylvania, ran into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Construction in China. Proposed Line From Pekin to Manchuria
LONDON, Saturday.—A Russo-Chinese bank has asked China to grant a concession for the construction of a railway line from Pekin to Manchuria…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Narrabri-walgett Railway
The result of the recent deputation to the Minister for Works regarding the Narrabri-Walgett railway extension deserves careful consideration at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Pekin to Manchuria Railway. China Refuses the Concession
LONDON, Monday.—The demand recently made to the Chinese Government by the Russo-Chinese bank at Pekin, for a concession for a railway…
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Sir,—"United we stand divided we fall," "Unity is strength." and all, such like expressions I thoroughly believe in. It stands to reason therefore that I am one of these…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An American Railway Order. Goes to Britain
LONDON, Monday.—The Boston (U.S.) Elevated Railroad Company has ordered the rails for the line from British manufacturers, as they are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Moree to Inverell Railway
Sir,—Seeing an article in your issue of 13th inst. re railway extension Moree to Inverell I was surprised at the part where your correspondent says the large number…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Accident to a Peer. Decapitated by a Train
LONDON, Wednesday.—The Earl of Stafford, while standing on the platform at Potter's Bar Station, on the Great Northern, Railway line,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge-building
With the recent tendency toward building more substantial structures has come a renewed interest in that most beautiful class of bridges, the…
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