Tramway Extension in Sydney
Mr. John Lackey, speaking at a banquet in Sydney on Friday on the occasion of the opening of the Marrickville tramway, said that since the funds for the purpose of tramway construction had…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1882
124 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 7
Distressing Scene on the Mount Brown Road
The correspondent of the Sydney, Daily Telegraph, writing on the 13th December from Wilcannia says:—"There seems to be urgent need for reform in the manner in…
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There seems to be (says the Sydney Daily Telegraph of 22nd inst.) urgent need for reform in the manner in which police and magisterial business is carried on in some of our back…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dreadful Railway Accident in America. Twelve Persons Killed, and Numbers Seriously Injured.[by Submarine Cable.] New York, January 14
Intense excitement has been caused here by the sews of a distressing fatal railway accident which took place last night on the line of railway between Albany, the capital of the state, and this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shire Business. Brown's Plains Metalling and Remetalling V. Road Clearing. To the Editor
SIR,--I see by your report of the last Shire meeting that the Council has struck a Rate, but you don't say what it is for. Is there no estimate of proposed works?…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Superior Larrikins in First-class Railway Carriages
The Forbes Times relates the following:â âThe other day a gentleman and his wile, who had paid for first-class tickets to travel by rail between Wellington and Dubbo, were about…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Killed on the Railway
The Goulburn Herald reports that a man named Charles Cole was killed on the railway line at Galong one day last week. It appears that a special cattle train was approaching Galong station…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Victorian Railways : New Parcels Rates
On Friday last a new tariff came into operation for the conv[?]yance of parcels on the Victorian Railways. Under the new scale parcels will be carried as follows :—Not over 14lbs. : 25 miles,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Junee Railway Station
A Wagga Wagga correspondent sends the following information regarding the Junee railway and refreshment room :—“Yesterday the first refreshments were supplied to passengers per…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Act Relating to Railway Employes
It may not be generally known that the Commissioner for Railways has the power, under the 132nd section of the Railway Act, to bring up before the magistrates any person employed on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Tumbarumba Railway
In the annual report of the Wagga Progress Committee the efforts made to secure the construction of a railway from Wagga Wagga to Tumbarumba, and the results rabieved in this…
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A very serious accident occurred at the Cope Cope railway station, Victoria, on Monday morning, by which four persons were more or less seriously injured. Owing, it is stated, to some…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Railway Extension to Carrathool
Another section of the extension of the South Western Railway to Hay was opened for traffic on Wednesday, the point reached being Carrathool station, on Howlong run…
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The plans of the temporary railway bridge over the Murray at Wodonga are nearing completion, the engineer-in-chief pushing them forward in order to hasten the railway connexion with the New…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A National Railway Farce
IF any proof were required of the absurd and erratic manner in which the Victorian railway system has been carried out and is now being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at a Railway Station
Mr. M‘Aree, the Bunyip stationmaster, sends to the Railway Department of Victoria the following particulars of the fire which occurred there on the 26th February :— “I have to report that…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Bowna to Wagra Road
What about the tenders for the road over the Cumberoona flat and hill ? It was fully expected they would have been out in January last, and now it is the middle of March and no tenders…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mr. Lackey on Tramway Extension
At the recent opening of the tramway from Camden to Campbelltown, Mr. Lackey, in response to the toast of “The Ministers of New South Wales,” spoke at considerable length. He expressed great…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Serious Tramway Accident in Sydney. [Br Electric Telegraph.] Sydney
At about 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon a tram, heavily laden with persons who had attended a land sale at Camden, was approaching the main line at Campbelltown, when, through the points…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Humour. Where the Train Was
THERE were a dozen of us waiting at hus station near Sirasburg, Va., for the noon train. Everyone had cut his dinner short to catch the train, but the hour arrived—five—…
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