Questions In Par[?]ament. Roads Vote for 1894
MR. PERRY, for Mr. Ewing, asked the Secrefor Public Works: Will he instruct the officers of the Roads Department that money voted for expenditure on the roads of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1895
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The Railway Trio
THE retirement of Commissioner Eddy from the railways this year will leave a void in the public service it will be very difficult to refill with satisfaction to the…
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THE question of adopting the narrow gauge system in future railway construction is to be again considered by the Standing Committee on Railways in…
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FOR some time the railway authorities have missed goods from the trucks on the railways, but since November systematic robbery has been going on, and…
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THE S. M. Herald of Saturday last says:—A report of a disquieting nature got into circulation yesterday relative to moneys appropriated to roads and…
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MR. YOUNG, Minister for Works, is taking immediate steps to have the damaged roads and bridges in the colony reported upon with a view to repairing…
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THE following minute, approved of by the Minister for Public Works, has been issued to the Road Superintendents in the country districts :—"To obviate…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Votes to be Spent at Once. Tuckombil Escape Drain
ON Tuesday last the Mayor (Mr. John White) was deputed by the public meeting held at Coraki that afternoon to wire to Messrs. Ewing, Perry and Pyers…
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THE Marrickville to Burwood railway was opened recently. This line—highly expensive, crossing many streets and plunging through miles of private lands…
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WE again draw the attention of our Resident Engineer to the dangerous condition of a culvert on the Coraki to Myall Creek road. The framework of the culvert in…
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COMMENTING on the re-appointment of Mr. Eddy to the Chief Commissionership of the N.S.W. railways Liberty says:—"Without a doubt the most gratifying…
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We received the following telegram from Mr. R. Pyers, M.P., on Wednesday afternoon, being in reply to a wire sent the previous night:—"The…
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ON Friday last several persons from the part of the district went to Casino in the hope of being provided with employment on the roads—the telegram from our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Open Column. To the Editor of the `Northern Star.' the Lismo Re-tweed Railway and Its Management
SIR,—In a few days the parliament of the couutry will be called upon to ratify the re-engagement by the Government of Mr. Eddy, Chief Commissioner for Railways, at, a very fair, salary of £4000 per…
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THE movement recently initiated to have works on the roads of he district let in small tasks to farmers and others who have suffered so seriously owing to the floods of late years…
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THE flippant manner in which Mr. Reid replied to an interjection by Mr. Perry, M.P., in the Assembly, about the extension of the railway line from Lismore to Casino…
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A DISTRICT deputation waited on the Minister for Works last Thursday to advooute the construction of a bridge over tho Tweed at Marwillumbah. The deputation, wich was introduced by Mr.J. B.Kelly,…
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NOTICE is given that the lands required for roads have been resumed as follows:— Deviation in road for access to Emigrant Creek, through G. Topfer's (now A..T S. Bank's) 39 acres,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The open Column. To the Editor of the 'Northern Star.' the Lismore-tweed Railway and Its Management
SIR,—In a recent issue of the Star " One of the proprietors of the New South Wales Government Railways" called attention to the peculiarities of the above. That writer might have said much…
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A DEPUTATION from the Tweed River district, introduced by Mr. J. B. Kelly, M.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Works last week to urge the construction of a bridge over the…
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