Railway Officer Promoted
Our readers will be pleased to hear that Mr H. Moss, operator and coaching clerk at the Singleton Railway Station, has been promoted to the position of relieving officer…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
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The Eddy Railway Orphanage. Deputation' to the Premier. Financial Assistance Asked for and Promised. Sydney
The proposal to erect a railway orphanage to perpetuate the memory of the late Mr. Eddy, Chief Railway Commissioner was brought under the notice of the Premier to-day with a request that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glendon Bridge Deputation
The members of the Glendon Bridge Progress Committee mot at Corinda on Tuesday night, the 28th inst., to recive the report of the deputation which waited upon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Eddy Railway Orphanage
The proposal to erect a railway orphanage to perpetuate the memory of the late Mr. Eddy, Chief Railway Commissioner, was brought under the notice of Mr. Reid on Thursday, with a request that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letter to the Editor. the Raymond Terrace Road
SIR.—I should like with your permission to say a world or two in reply to Mr. John Burg on the above subject. He takes exception to a statement made at the last District Council meeting that since…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Commissioners. Mr. Oliver Appointed Chairman. Mr. Kirkcaldie Takes Third Position on the Board. the Selections Satisfactory. Sydney
The Government has so far considered the trend of political opinion as to arrive at a decision not to go outside the colony in search at a gentleman to fill the position of Chief Commissioner of Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Railway
In a recent issue of this journal we pointed out the advantages that would accrue to this district if we had railway communication with the large centres…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway and 'Bus Smash. Fearful Fatality in New Zealand
A SHOCKING accident occurred at Auckland last Friday night. Thompson Leys son of the editor of the Auckland Star Chas Akast a youth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chief Railway Commissioner Mr Oliver Appointed to Succeed the Late Mr Eddy- The Old Salaries Reverted to(BY Telegraph.) Sydney
The Cabinet has decided to [?]appoint Mr O[?]ver as Chief Railway Commnissioner, and to revert to the old salary of £2500, as originally fixed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Commissioners
The Executive this morning formally approved of the appointment of Mr. Oliver as Chief Railway Commissioner, and Mr. Kirkealdie as third Commissioner. The appointments will be notified in this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Pokolbin Roads
On Friday last MeBsrs. John Gillies, M.P., and J. Hope, Resident Engineer for Roads, drove out to Pokolbin for the purpose of making an inspection of the roads in that district. When…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Big Bridge Building Contract
Friends of Mr. Matthew Murphy, of Morpeth, will be pleased to learn that he and Mr. E. Taylor have secured the contract for the erection of a big bridge over the Macleay River at Kempsey, the price…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Strike on the North-eastern Railway
The railway servants who were some time ago dismissed at Harford for indiscretions in connection with the strike on the north-eastern railway have been granted a pension of £100 each…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Commission
WRITING some little time since upon the question of a successor to the late Mr. Eddy, we suggested that possibly one of his colleagues would be deemed fit to take his plane, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Commissioners. Sydney
The Government has so far considered the trend of political opinion as to arrive at a decision not to go outside the colony in search of a gentleman to fill the position of Chief Commissioner of Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A New Railway Time Table. Proposed Alterations. Sidney, Tuesday afternoon
The Railway traffic authorities are busily engaged in the preparation of a new time-table for November, which will be published shortly. A number of alterations are being made in the running of trains…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed Glendon Bridge
The members of the deputation, which recently waited upon the Hon. A. J. Gould and presented a petition in favor of the erection of a bridge at the above place,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Commissioners
The appointment of Mr C. J. Oliver as Chief Railway Commissioner in succession to the late Mr Eddy, and especially that of Mr Kirkcaldie as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Stocking Fatality. Twice Run Over by a Train. A.M. in Who Supposed Himself to Be a Dog. Melbourne, Friday afternoon
A sh[?]coking fatality occurred at Geelong early this me fining when a middle aged man named John Dunlop was cut to pieces by a shunting train a few hundred [?]yards from the Geelong railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Proposed Glendon Bridge
The proposed Glendon Bridge has been advanced another stage. Yesterday Mr R. E. Jones, resident engineer at Muswellbrook, was met by about 50 of the leading…
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