Railway Ambulance Corps
The presentation of certificates and medals, also examination, will take place at the Town Hall on thursday at 8 p.m…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1896
393 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 20
Electric Trams versus Steam Tramways. SYDNEY, Tuesday night
It is understood that before the present Session closes measures will be introduced giving power to substitute electric for steam tramways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Train Runs Off. NARRABRI
The contractors train, Narrabri-Moree line, ran off the rails at the side of the new station this morning. The points were only half set, causing the accident…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed on a Bridge. BRISBANE
A young man named Walker was killed by a derrick striking him at the Victoria Bridge Works'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Kennelville Rail Road Accident
Getting on and off a moring train is an art very difficult to manage. There is certainly a limit to human possibilities in that direction, though if you have ever heard a little circle of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Third-Class Crimes. [All Rights Strictly Reserved.] Stories Picked Up in Third-class Railway Carriages. Left Behind at Barnes
Given a bright day, with a balmy wind, the omnibus ride from Barnes to Hammersmith is pleasant enough, especially if you get a box seat. On this particular occasion heavy…
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At the Town Hall, Bathurst, last night the members of the Bathurst and Orange classes of the Railway Ambulance Corps who were successful in recent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Ambulance Corps. Bathurst Branch. Presentation Of. Prizes
Last evening a meeting of the members f the Bathurst Branch of the Railway ambulance Corps was held in the Town Hall. Although a cordial invitation was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sydney Railway Extension. SYDNEY, Sunday night
The Premier states the Government intends shortly to propose to refer the Sydney city railway extension to the Works Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Cablegrams. London, Friday. Bulawayo Railway
Mr. Cecil Rhodes intimates that the railway to connect Matabeleland will be completed to Bulawayo within two years…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BATHURST Daily free press. "Magna est veritas et prevalebit." Monday, June 8, 1896. Inexpensive Railways
How best to provide facilities of traffic at a low cost is perhaps one of the most difficult of the problems which present themselves to Ministers or Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BATHURST Daily free press. "Magna est veritas et prevalebit." Tuesday, June 9, 1896. The Railway Commissioners and Offenders
In answer to a question in the Assembly on Thursday last Mr. REID said that he, was informed that there was posted at each railway station in the colony a list of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Railway Accident
An engine driver by an early train from Sydney to Newcastle, named Robert Wickham, was killed instantly by falling from the engine when near Beecroft. The deceased…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Assembly. Tuesday, June 9th. Sydney to Forbes Railway
Dr. Ross asked the Colonial Treasurer—(1.) Has any definite decision yet been arrived at by the Railway Commissioners to run a through carriage from Sydney to Forbes to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Fastest Railway Runs
A very interesting article on long railway runs and the speed of train travel appeared not long age in the pages of the "L[?] Hour." The longest run in England alone is the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Third-Class Crimes. [All Rights Strictly Reserved.] Stories Picked Up in Third-class Railway Carriages. Love at Loughborough Park
It is hard to find in London, and within a stone's threw of a heavy thoroughfore, so quiet and orderly a station as Loughborough Park. It is spick and span; the porters and passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Collision
Two goods trains collided near Southern Cross, West Australia, by which a man from Adelaide, named John Fuller, was killed and several persons were injured. An engine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Open Colamn. the Bathurst Council and the Sydney Railway Extension. (To the Editor of the Daily Free Press.)
Sir,—As a long-time ratepayer of this not altogether unimportant town of Bathurst, I beg to make rejoinder to the remarkable statement of our worthy mayor on Friday last, when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Victorian Railways. A. Big Deficiency
The deficieney of the comparative Victorian railway revenue for the present financial year is £181,645…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bathurst Council and Redfern Railway Extension. (To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press.)
Sir,—Please allow me a little space more in explanation than in reply to the better of the Mayor in your issue of yesterday. It is evident his Worship concert…
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