Mishap to the Mail Train
The mail train from the south met with a mishap on Friday morning when steaming into the Scone station. The engine and one of the carriages…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
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Railway Concessions
THE Secretary for Railways has informed the Northern Agricultural Association that the Commissioners have approved of tickets being issued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Russian Railway in Manchuria
In connection with the construction of the Russian railway from Port Arthur to Kirin, Man churia, the land for which the Chinese owners refused to sell, Russia demanded that she should he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late News by Cable London, Aug. 11. Railways in China
The correspondent of the Times at Pekin reports that the Tanng-li-Yamen has formally assented to all the conditions imposed by the Russian Ambassador, M. Pavloff, with regard to the loan to China…
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WE would direct the attention of the authorities to the running of the passenger train timed to arrive at Murrurundi at 5.54 p.m. daily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nimboy Bridge and the Day Labour System
In reference to comments that have been made regarding the renewal by day labour of the Nimboy Bridge, the Minister of Works says that in asking authority for the expenditure necessary to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The British Policy in China. the Truth About the Railway Contentions
The cablegrams of the last two weeks fully confirm the monopolising trade and territorial policy of France, Germany, and Russia in China. Lord Salisbury is to blame for quietly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Powers and China. The German '' Mailed Fist." Opposition to British Proposals. British Railway Blocked LONDON
IN the House of Commons last night Mr G. N. Corzon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Office, announced that Sir Claude Macdonald,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Examinations in the Railway Service
It is pointed out by the Railway Department that very stringent regulations exist in the service with respect to the admission of employees, and that regular…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Morpeth Tram
In our report of the last meeting of the Morpeth Council we stated that an unsatisfactory reply from the Railway Commissioners was read respecting the proposed 5 p.m. tram. A deputation consisting of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Disaster in Italy. LONDON
News of a terrible railway disaster has been received from Italy. Three engines were unable to drag a goods train up a steep incline in the Poute…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letter to the Editor. Mount Vincent to Quorrobo-long Road
SIR,—Would you Kindly allow me space in your columns to call the attention of the Roads Office to the above road. Beginning at the 17-mile peg there is but…
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A woman named Jessis Rogers, who is alleged to have thrown herself in front of a tram yesternight, is still unconscious and in a very low condition…
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According to the plans and specifications in connection with the proposed low level timber beam bridge over the Hunter Rivore at Glenden, the structure will bo a very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Train Accident. London. TuenHot
Yesterday an excursion train from I ana was derailed at Lisieux. The train cspdized and 10 persons were killed and 40 others injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Accident [By Telegraph.] Sydnen
The woman Jessie Rogers, who is alleged to have thrown herself in front of a tram last night, is still uucouscious, and in a very low condition…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scandalous-if True. Humane Railway Men Dismissed
ONE of the moat scandalous and despotic actions which have come under our notice has been the discharge by the Railway Commissioners of Messrs…
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A HORRIBLE accident took place on Monday night on the Flinders-street (Melbourne) railway vidduct. A resident of Port Melbourne, named…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Mail Train Wrecked
Yesterday some runaway trucks down an incline at Matosfontein, in a Cape Colony, dashed into a mail train and completely wrecked it. Five Europeans were killed. The wreckage caught fire, and 25…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Hard Case. Dismissal of Railway Officials. the Result of a Kind Act
A case which has caused widespread indignation has just been reported from Breeza, a small railway station on the north-western line. The following officials have received notice of dismissed from the…
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