The Wickham Bridge
NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The Wickham aldermen visited the site for the proposed new bridge to connect Wickham and Tighe's Hill on Saturday. It is more…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1889
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The Bridge Over the Indus
LONDON, April 1.—The Sukkur bridge over the Indus has been opened. [The opening of this bridge is of strategic importance as faciliating railway communication with the…
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The Sukkur bridge over the Indus has been opened…
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CROOKWELL, Saturday.—The news received here this morning that the Government intended to proceed at once with, the railway from Goulburn to Crook-well was very quickly spread…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—A young man named Frederick C. Brauer, an attendant in the German Art Gallery at the recent exhibition, was picked up in the Brighton train on Saturday afternoon…
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Sir,[?]To-day, 1st April, a new regulation has been brought into force on this tram line, and the date being April Fools' Day, is auspicious. The new regulation is that the trams stop at every stopping-place, whether…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—What has become of our long-promised city railway? This is a question that affects the prosperity of the country, and the development of our internal resources to a greater extent than appears at first sight;…
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FORBES, This Day.--Considerable dissatisfaction is expressed here that the Government have not included the railway to Forbes among the proposals to…
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THE Commissioners left this morning on their [?] to Maitland. They will afterwords proceed to Narrabri and inspect one of the proposed branch lines from that…
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A STATEMENT was recently published to the effect that the late Railway Commissioner (Mr. Goodchap) had reported unfavorably on a proposal to construct a…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day --The Railway Commissioners are expected to arrive here this afternoon on a tour of inspection…
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Some remarks in our columns on Saturday with regard to the proposed railway from Nyngan to Cobar, which have been approved of by the Government subject to a legal question yet…
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An interesting return has been furnished to the Minister for Works by the Engineer-in-Chief for Railways (Mr. Whitton) giving a statement of expenditure by the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Proposals. Rejoicing Among the Farmers--one of the Routes. (By Telegraph.)
ALBURY, Monday.--The news that the Government intend proceeding with the construction of the Culcairn-Corowa Railway has been received with much rejoicing in the…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—It is stated that the train which at present leaves Sydney for Newcastle at 9.25 a.m. will shortly start at 5 a.m., reaching here at 10.30 a.m., and the train which…
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WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--Upon the arrival of the train at the Ballambi station this morning some carriages were thrown off the line owing to some mismanagement of the points…
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We understand that ever since coming into office the Commissioners for Railways have felt that the rolling stock was in a most unsatisfactory condition, and the recent special examination of…
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Mr. Whitton, the Engineer-in-chief for Railways, has furnished to the Minister for Works a return showing the expenditure by the railway construction branch for the years 1882 to 1888…
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On Tuesday the Railway Commissioners left Sydney on a visit of inspection to the Newcastle and Maitland districts, and will visit the line of route of the proposed railway from…
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The committee of the City Railway Extension Railway League has invited 45 city and suburban members of Parliament to attend, and requested 39 municipalities to send delegates to take part…
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