The Alleged Railway Frauds
APPENDED is a portion of the evidence of James Stevenson given at the "Water Police Court, Sydney, in the case of Wright, Heaton and Co. as published in the Echo:-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1886
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The Chatterer. in the Train
Of course you have been there ; but wore you over coopod up in a stuffy, snuffy, musty, dusty carriage of a night time, for tho hours necessary to cover the journey from Wagga Wagga to…
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FRAUDS AND RUMORS of FRAUDS,—It is stated (says the Evening News) that, in addition to the prosecutions for alleged fraud on the Railway Department in the matter of the carriage of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempt to Murder in a Railway Train
An Exchange Company's telegram from Paris says:— Another attempt to murder has been made in a train near Aix-les-Bains. While the train was passing through a tunnel a gentlemen…
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At Bristol, Melvin Parker, an American sailor, just discharged from his vessel, was charged with wounding John Mayo, a railway official, at Bristol, by shooting him with a…
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A PIC-NIC was held at Tirana on Monday, the 20th instant, by the employees of the Permanent Way Department, who had a special train kindly granted by Mr. Goodchap, Commissioner…
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THE railway employees connected with tho Craffic Department of the Great Western Railway, of which Bathurst is the centre, held their annual dinner in McQueeny's Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Railway to Oberon from Tarana
Concerning the, above line, tho following circular lias been isssued :—"The distance from Tarana on the Western line, to Oberon is 17 miles. The line has already been surveyed and…
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At the Sydney Quarter Sessions on Wednesday, Ernest Logan was charged with having stolen £20, on July 31. Prisoner was formerly a clerk in the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bathurst Free Press. "Magna est veritas et prosvalebit." Thursday, October 7, 1886. The Railway Bill
The Government can abandon as easily as they can take up, and their last achievement in that direction was announced by the Minister for Works on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miscellaneous. Victorian Railway Returns
The report of the railway commissioners for the year ending June 30, which was presented to Parliament on Wednesday, is the most satisfactory statement yet submitted to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bathurst Free Press, "Magna est veritas et prœvalebit." Thursday, October 28, 1886. Our Railways
If it is possible for any sensible project of the present Government to come to a head, the attempt which they have made to establish the working of the railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →District Intelligence. Dubbo. Terrible Accident at the Railway Station
On Tuesday afternoon a terrible accident occurred at the Dubbo railway station, by which a resident of Nymagee named Mrs. Ellen Feany received such injuries that she only survived a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Railway Fauds
The hearing of the charge against Francis Augustus Wright, Edward Heaton, George R. Bonamy, Benjamin Windsor, Henry Hansard, Edward Webster, Charles James…
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WE learn that our railways are not paying. Strange news this, after all previous accounts. Perhaps the Minister for Works is charging the cost of the "big prosecutions" against the account. One would think that if there ever…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Railway Accident at Blayney. INQUEST
Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Hospital, before the District Coroner, Mr. B. Lee, P.M., and a jury of twelve, touching the death of Thomas Burke, who met with an…
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