Letters to the Editor. Railway v. ROAD
SIR,—The supplement to yours of the 24th, which contains Mr. W. E. Abbott's somewhat abusive letter in reply to mine (certainly avoiding my main charges against him…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1896
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Bicycle Road Racing
SIR,—It would be interesting to many of the ratepayers of this town to know who gives the Maitland Branch of the League of N.S.W. Wheelmen permission to use the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Resumption of Road. Department of Lauds, Sydney, 25th September, 1896
Sir,—I have the honor to inform you that your letter of the 17th inst., on behalf of the residents of Middle Falbrook, on the subject mentioned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Petition for Road Grant. Department of Public Works, Sydney, 25th September, 1896
Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th instant, enclosing a communication from Mr H. Horadam, of Glendon,…
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At a meeting of land, mining, and finance companies interested in WEstern Australia, and representing capital amounting to £25,000,000, a resolution was carried on the motion of Mr. Allan…
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SIR,—A good deal has boon said and written on the question whether teamsters can carry at a profit against the railways, and as I have been at the trouble of working out…
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The Government proposes during the present year to spend only about two-thirds of the usual amount on the country roads, and naturally…
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The following communication from the Works Department has been received by Mr W. Burnett, the hon. secretary of the meeting recently held to call attention to…
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SIR,— Anent the letter by Ratepayer in your issue of yesterday in re road racing by the local Branch of the League of Wheelmen, I am afraid the writer views the proceedings of the cycling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Howe's Valley-Putty Road. Public Works Department, Sydney, October Ist, 1896
Date of letter under reply: 31st August last, forwarded by you from Mr W. M'Alpin, of Howe's Volley. Subject: Objecting to the proposal to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Truck on Fire. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A TRUCK containing furniture, attached to a mixed train from Wagga to Albury, caught fire to-day, and was completely destroyed. A large number…
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A DEPUTATION consisting of Messrs W. Burnett, W. Langsford, Richards, S. Thrift, A. Bailey, J. Sattler, J. Edmonds, V. Ballen, C. Bailey, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr Lyne at Gosford. The Road Vote. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)
SIR,—Only those who use the private roads of the colony know anything about them; and it strikes me that Mr Lyne, who travels at the expense…
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FOLLOWING the lines of other colonial legislation, the Government has carried through the Assembly a bill of one clause, limiting the amount which any one person can recover…
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The Western Aystralian Land Company, Limited, has agreed to sell the Great Southern Railway to the Government of Western Australia for £1,100,00…
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A schoolboy named Alfred Grey, aged nine, was knocked down by a tram in Oxford—street to-day, and received serious injuries to the skull. He was taken to the hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Compensation for Railway Accidents
FOLLOWING the lines of other colonial legislation, the Government has carried through the Assembly a bill of one clause, limiting the amount which any one person can recover due to the carelessness or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letters to the Editor. the Railways Compensation Bill
Sir,-In your leading article of the 8th inst, relative to the measure which has just been passed through the Legislative Assembly limiting the maximum of compensation to be paid in regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Jerilderie to Berrigan Railway
The extension of the railway Jerilderie to Berrigan, a distance of twenty-two miles, will be opened for traffic to-morrow, but the official cermonies will not take place until Saturday next, when the…
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A deputation including Messrs, Wheeler, Morgan, Millon, Alleck, Phillips, Miller, MacDonald, F.G. Brown, R. Jones, Ball, Gillites, Millard, Moore Lonsdale, and W. H. B. Piddington, Ms.L,A…
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