A Jump from Brooklyn Bridge
In the New York Sun of July 28 we find an account of the foolhardy feat of jumping from Brooklyn bridge, which can be classed only with Graham's descent of the Niagara rapids:…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1886
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The South Australian Transcontinental Railway
The Adelaide correspondent of the Argus writes: The motion for constructing the Transcontinental Railway on the land-grant principle has been carried in the Legislative Council. On the last day…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Glennie's Creek Platform. Department of Public Works, Railway Branch. Sydney, September 14, 1886
Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 8th last. on the subject of accommodation at Glennic's Creek Platform, and to inform you that it will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Shocking Railway Accident
A railway accident of a dreadful nature happened at the Ascotvale station on the Essendon line about 12 o'clock on Monday night, reports the Argus of Sept. 29. The victim was Mrs. Maxwell, who had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Second Sheet to the Maitland Mercury. Saturday, October 2, 1886. the Railway Employes Association
WHEN the project for founding the Railway Employés Association was mooted, we expressed an objection on the ground that such an organisation, while the Department was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Shaving on a Railway Train
"Practice is everything," said the Pullman conductor, who stood in the state-room engaged in a performance which so many men find difficult even under the most favourable conditions. "Years ago…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Singleton. the New Steamer and Train Time Tables. Petition to the Minister for Works
The announcement made in Saturday's Maitland Mercury "that the Commissioner of Railways cannot see his way clear to run a train connecting with the eleven o'clock steamers further than West…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Case of Logan, late Railway Clerk
In sentencing the young man, Ernest Logan, who pleaded guilty, at the Metropolitan Quarter Sessions last week, to having, while employed in the public service as a clerk in the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Alterations in the Railway Time, Table
THE following is a copy of the Petition now being taken round for signature, to be presented to the Minister for Works to morrow (Thursday), protesting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Frauds. (By Telegraph.) SYDNEY,Tuesday
THE alleged railway frand case against Wright, Heaton, and Co., commenced this morning, at Darlinghurst, before the Chief Justice…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Government Railways Bill
In the Legislative Assembly, on Monday, the Minister of Works moved the second reading of the Government Railways Bill. Mr. Lyne said he could have well understood that it would have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Year's Railway Accidents
By a report of the Board of Trade upon the accidents which have occurred on railways of the United Kingdom during the year 1885, it appears that the total number of persons returned to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The New Mail Train Arrangements. [By Telegraph From Greyille's Co.] Sydney, Friday evening; received 10.0
The Minister of Works had a conference with the steamship owners this morning in reference to the alteration of the Northern time table, and this afternoon definitely decided the time table for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Railway Proposals
In the Legeslative Assembly, Queensland, on Tuesday (says a telgram in the S. M. Herald) Mr. Miles made a statement in regard to the railways, to be brought before Parliament this session. The…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Alterations in the Railway Time Table-
IN connection with the alterations in the running of the trains in conjunction with the bosts to leave Sydney and Newcastle at 5 o'clock p.m., there seems to be every…
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THE Minister for Works held a conference with the Steamship managers to-day with reference to the alteration in the time table, and definitely arranged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. John Bridge's Report
Fat Cattle.—1268 yarded for week's supply. On account of some of the wholesale buyers being rather short of supply, biddings were exceedingly brisk, and a firmer tone was noticeable on last…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland Branch of the Railway Association
The West Maitland branch—inaugurated some little time since in promising circumstances—of the New South Wales Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Victorian Railways
Following are the principal portions of the report of the Victorian Railway Commissioners for the year ended June 30, 1886:— The amount of the railways' indebtedness for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Embezzlement by a Railway Official. [By Telegraph From Our Correspondent.] Glen Innes, Monday evening
Colin Cooper was arraigned to-day before the Police Magistrate on three charges of alleged embezzlement of funds of the Railway Department. The evidence showed that the alleged frauds were…
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