A Terrible Railway Journey
THE man who involuntarily travelled, from London to Grantham under a railway carriage is intervieved in the February Temple Magazine. He says:—"I was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
65 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 4
Experiments in Road-Making
One of the largest items of expenditure in municipal councils is the cost of making and maintaining' the roads. Nearly all councils adopt pretty much the same…
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Not Ripe for Federation. The Convention at a very early stage made up its mind that the time was not ripe for the complete…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Federation. the Inter-state Commission and Railway Rates
The Inter-State Commission will have no power whatever to interfere in the management of our railways or o increase rates and lower wages. The anti-federal imagination…
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An interesting report has been received by the Minister for Works regarding the completion of the sinking of cylinders for the Kempsey Bridge. The cylinders are…
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THE manner in which many of the main roads of the district are destroyed from time to time through heavy traffic, consequent on the necessity of passing over…
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ONE of the largest items of expenditure in Municipal Councils is the cost of making and maintaining the roads, and efforts are now being made to improve on the old…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Explosion in a Train
A TERRIBLE explosion occurred in a second-class compartment one minute before the departure of the north-western mail train from Werris Creek early on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dived 126 feet from Brooklyn Bridge (U.s.a.) Only Slightly Hurt
ON May 28 to demonstrate his faith in what he belies is theusophy, Howard Kretz jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge. He escaped practically unhurt. He…
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MR. SURVEYOR Kennedy, who has finished his examination of the surveys previously made of the proposed Tenterfield-Lismore railway, reports to the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rival Railway Routes
THE R. R. Express treated with the above subject in a leader in a recent issue, and pointed out that the construction of the Tenterfield line will probably be relegated to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Northern Star. Saturday Morning, July 20Th, 1899. Another Railway Deputation on the Tapis
A DEPUTATION is being arranged for the week after next to…
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ON the principle that good roads make a good people, and good people make a good country, the trial of a new American road-making machine at the Hawkesbury…
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FOR works issued by the Lismore Roads Office, for which tenders were opened here yesterday, the following were the lowest:- No. 2 contract, Lismore to Blue Knob—W…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Mile Behind a Railway Engine
About two weeks age a cablegram announced that C. Murphy had ridden a mile in 57 seconds, but gave no particulars. This must have been his second attempt…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway to Tableland. Byron Ban Breakwater. Sydney
An influential and highly representative deputation to-day waited on the Minister for Works, Mr, C. Lee. The Premiar, Mr. G. H. Reid, was also present. RE the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tenterfield-to-Lismore Railway. Information Prepared at Tenterfield
It was in the year 1872 that the first attempt by the then Government was made to connect the Northern Tableland of New England with the Coast. The year following, or in 1873, several…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lismore-Tenterfield Railway. Deputation to the Minister for Works Further Surveys to Be Made
A large deputation of residents from the Tenterfield and Richmond River districts waited on the Minister for Public Works on Tuesday to urge that the portion of the railway line between…
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The following reply and remarks by the Minister for Works to the recent deputation are reported in the Tenteriield 'Courier':—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Train Derailed
A SERIOUS railway accident, fortunately unattended with loss of life, occurred last Saturday on the South Coast railway, near Bulli. As the train leaving Sydney was…
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