Engineer-in-Chief for Railways
MR HENRY DEANE M.A., M.I.C.E., who has officiated as acting engineer for railway construction since the retirement of Mr. Whitton, has been appointed engineer-in-chief. Mr…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
396 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 10 of 20
The French Railway Strike. LONDON, July 20
The late strike movement on the French railways was of an unimportant character. Out of a total number of 350,000 railway employes in France only 3000 ceased work, and the…
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To lay a railway across thousands of miles of desert is (says the St. James's Gazette), especially when that desert is Siberia, an engineering achievement of which any country might well…
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THE parts of the four Pullman sleeping-cars which arrived from America by the Mariposa are now in the hands of the railway workmen. It is expected that the oar will be in running…
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SIR,—The Commissioners are introducing some much-needed reforms in the parcels rates, and also in the carriage of manures. I trust they will also make other changes that are much…
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The railway employes in London are agitating for shorter hours of labour and the adoption of the eight hours system. It is estimated that the cost of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident in France. LONDON, July 27
Two excursion trains collided at St. Mande, on the railway line from Paris to Nincennes, in France. The carriages were lighted with gas, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Bridge over Fish River at Narrawa. to the Editor
SIR,--I notice a letter, signed "Taxpayer," in your paper of 1st July, in reference to the proposed bridge over the Fish River at Narrawa, in which the…
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In the Assembly yesterday in answer to Mr. Chapion, Mr. Bruen Smith said the government offered premints for the discovery of the host route from the Cooma line to the port of…
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THE work of duplication the southern line has now so far proceeded that a double line of railway is available for traffic from Sydney to a point two miles and a-half sough of Douglas…
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GRATIPYING progress is being made at the Redfere Railway Institute. This centre of recreation and instruction for railway employes was opened on March 14 of this year,…
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GRATIFYING progress is being made at the Redfern Railway Institute. This centre of recreation and instruction for railway employes was opened on March 14 of this year, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Disaster in France. LONDON, July 29
The driver of one of the trains which collided at St. Maude, near Paris, has been arrested for disobeying the danger signals, which were against him. The under-stationmaster at Vie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Zone Railway System. LONDON, July 27
The zone system was tried on the AustroHungarian railways from August to December last year, both months inclusive, nod reports have now boon published giving the results of…
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THE Bowral Free Press states that the railway commissioner purpose to improve the railway passenger traffic between Sydney and Moss Vale by running an extra daily train. The…
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THE railway commissioners have made a number of important alterations to meet the increased goods traffic at the metropolitan stations. A large wool-shed, capable of…
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AT the recent meeting of the Commercial Travellers' Association of New South Wales Mr. Francis Loch moved a resolution to the effect "that the associated commercial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Braidwood Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—With the probability of the Braidwood railway being before parliament at no distant date, permit me to urge on the residents of the Marulan-Windellama portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Braidwood Railway. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post.)
SIR,—As it is probable that the Braidwood railway will be before the House at no distant date, permit me to urge on the residents of the Marulan-Windellama portion of the electorate…
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Mr. Alexander's report of the enquiry he recently held in reference to the Tarago to Braidwood railway was laid on the table of the House on Thursday last. It is of a voluminous…
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