A Mail Train Wrecked. London, Aug. 18
Yesterday some runaway trucks down an incline at Matosfontein, in Cape Colony, dashed into a mail train and completely wreaked it. Five Europeans were killed…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
355 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 12 of 18
Collector Roads. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post.)
SIR,—There is a matter which I wish publicly to bring under your notice and, through you, your numerous readers about Collector. It is this: There is a piece of road on the road from Collector to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Meeting at Wyalong
A PUBLIC meeting in connection with railway extension to Wyalong and onwards was held at the Oddfellow’s Hall, West Wyalong, on Thursday night. Visitors from all parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheatley V. Railway Commissioners
IN the Banco Court on Wednesday (before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Owen, and Mr. Justice Simpson) the above matter was heard. Sir Julian Salomons, Q.C., and Mr. Wise,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Picnic. (To the Editor of the Evening Penny Post.)
SIR,—The report of the annual meeting of the Traffic and Locomotive Picnic Committee shows that it has been decided to have a publican's booth on the ground. As a wife and mother. I am very sorry…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dismissal of Railway Officials
MENTION has been made of the dismissal several railway officials at Breeza, a small station on the railway line north of Singleton, the action of the officials which has led to their dismissal having been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Grain Traffic
WE (Sydney Herald) are informed that the Railway Commissioners are preparing to provide for the extra traffic expected when the next wheat harvest is reaped. An officer of the mechanical…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dismissal of Railway Men
Singleton, Thursday.âA case which has caused widespread indignation has just been reported from Brceza, a small railway station to the north of Singleton. The following officers have received…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Excursions
AN excursion train at specially low fares will leave Goulburn for Sydney on Friday, 9th September, to enable country residents to visit the metropolis and the forthcoming A.J.C…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Tablet System
IN connection with the annual inquiry for the beat kept electrical tablet or staff section on the New South Wales railways, it has been decided, on the recommendation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Eastgrove Bridge
MR. ASHTON, M. P., is in receipt of the following letters relating to the Eastgrove bridge:— "Office of the Railway Commissioners, Sydney, 15th, August, 1898.—Sir,—With reference to your…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Railway Accident
Broken Hill, Sunday. An accident, which terminated fatally, occurred yesterday afternoon at the railway siding of Block 10 mine, near the large tailings…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Free Railway Passes
THE Railway Act provides that free passes for life shall be issued to a member of the Executive Council who has held such a position for four years consecutively or in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Wheat Traffic
A DEPUTATION, representing the Stockowners' Association of New South Wales, was introduced to the Railway Commissioners on Friday morning by Mr. G. H. Cox, M. L C., to ask that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Electrical Competition
IT is the custom of the railway authorities each year to award prizes to their employees who keep the best electrical tablet or staff section on the various lines. That this system of awarding prizes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road V. Rail
THERE has been an unusually large number of teams on the Clyde road lately with loading for Braidwood, Captain's Flat, Bungendore, Queanbeyan, and Tarago, and as the wool…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Matters
MR. LAMB, officer in charge at Towrang, has been transferred to Ashfield, and Mr. A. Clarke, officer-in-charge at Darlington on the south-western line, has been appointed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. Young Railway League
To the Editor of the BURRANGONG ARGUS Dear Sir,—In the statement of the League Committee’s case presented at the public meeting held on the 12th instant and reported in your…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Shunters
THE Railway Commissioners (says the Railway Budget) have recently been considering the question of shunters' hours, and at a number of places where they have had…
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