Roads
THE reply given by Mr. BRUCE SMITH, Minister for Works, to the timely representations made by our local members on the present…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1890
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The Bullock Island Bridge
NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—A public meeting, convened for the purpose of protesting against the proposed erection of a temporary bridge between Newcastle and Carrington, was held in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General News. Special Road Grants
Last week Mr. Bruce Smith, the Minister for Public Works, considered the advisableness of making special grants to a number of Northern municipalities, so as to enable them to take…
Continued on Trove, page 648 →Looking Out. Run Over by a Train. MELBOURNE
A boy, aged 7, son of Mrs. Clarke, of Brunswick, was travelling with his mother in a train yesterday evening when his hat blew off. He jumped off and fell in front of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Carrington Bridge at Newcastle. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle
A mass meeting of Citizens was held in front of Buchanan's hotel this evening to urge upon the Government the necessity for the immediate erection of a permanent bridge to connect Carrington with…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Fatal Railway Accident at Bell, near Mount Victoria
The temporary line at Bell is now completed and is in good working order, traffic having been resumed as usual. The first train to go over it was the up mail on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Electrical Tramways. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I have been much struck with your leading article on electrical tramways this morning and a letter by a Mr. Spruson. I especially note your remark that Sir John Fowler's report, which I read a few days…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Dural Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I venture to advocate a different route for the proposed Dural railway than that so persistently advocated by correspondents to the Herald, by public meetings at business centres, and by deputations to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Extension in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
The railway extension Terang to Warrnambool was opened yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Narrow Escape From Death on the Railway. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Goulburn
Mr. C. Russell, a clerk in the district superintendent's office at the local railway station, had a narrow escape of being killed yesterday. He was walking home to dinner along the line, and stepped off to avoid…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Accident at Goulburn
Last Saturday a railway accident occurred at Bungendore. At about 8 o'clock in the morning the engine of the regular Saturday morning train from Goulburn ran into a stationary train of empty sheep-trucks. The…
Continued on Trove, page 667 →The Accident Near Bell on the Blue Mountains Railway. [See Page 640.]
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Accident at Bell
The heavy rains of last week caused several serious landslip and washaways on the railway lines. These greatly interfered with traffic, and in one case led to a serious and fatal accident. This was at a high…
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Our Murrurandi correspondent telegraphs :—On Sunday, while two goods trucks loaded with wool and hay were being shunted on to a siding at Doughboy Hollow station, the tail rope broke. The siding is on…
Continued on Trove, page 667 →A New Railway Carriage. a Successful Trip
WHATEVER may have been the result of alterating the management of the railways from a financial point of view, it is certain that under the new administration the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mudgee-gulgong Railway
THE sectional committee appointed in connection with the Mudgee and Gulgong railway left last night for Mudgee, and will take evidence there to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Commission
THE scheme for the newly-appointed Railway Commission to consider has been issued, and will include, amongst other things, the North Shore bridge proposal. There will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Re Tramways. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")
Sir,--I noticed your sub-leader to-day in reference to Mr. Dean's evidence before the Standing Parliamentary Committee. From it I cannot make out whether you are in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Seduction Case. Trouble on the Railway. A Married Man and His Servant. Sweet Sixteen. The Father Seeks Compensation. A "Monkey" Damages
A CASE in which a father sued the alleged, seducer of his daughter for the loss of her service and medical expenses in connection with her accouchement came on in No. 2…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The City Railway
The commission in regard to the city and suburban railway scheme has been issued. As will be seen from the following extract from the commission, it includes the question of a…
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