Railway Travellers
A new system of lighting railway carriages by electricity has been adopted by the London, Tilbury, and Southend Company, and was publicly tested by an experimental…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1896
214 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 11
The Wilcannia Bridge
Last week the resident engineer at Wilcannia took over the bridge from the contractor and declared it open. The official opening will take place…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Romance of London Railway Stations
THE spirit of old Egyptian temples dwells to-day in many of the great London termini, dimly visible through the veil of Isis, though we call it London fog. Go at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Third-Class Crimes. [All Rights Strictly Reserved.] Stories Picked Up in Third-class Railway Carriages. Iii. Marriage Marred at Margate
For once we will leave the din and jostle of the denied town, and, by the aid of the fast. train to Margate, rush through stretches of soft greenness, rippling lakes of golden grain, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Old Gerogery Road
Mr. Ball, M.L.A., bus received a letter from the Works Department intimating that the Minister has approved of the issue to the Council of the sum of £25 when they have carried out to…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Berrigan Railway. Tenders Accepted
The line sanctioned by Parliament to connect Berrigan with Jerilderie is about to be put under construction. Mr Young oil Friday last accepted the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company
The following Director’s Report and Balance Sheet will be presented at the forty-third half-yearly meeting of the above company, to be held on Tuesday next, at the Company’s offices :—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Third Class Crimes. [All Rights Strictly Reserved.] Stories Picked Up in Third-class Railway Carriages. High Play at Highbury
It was his deplorable appearance which excited my attention. Rags, dirt, and keen-eyed hunger are so common in this great London that we have grown to take them as matters of course…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Travellers
A new system of lighting railway carriages by electricity has been adopted by the London, Tilbury, and Southend Company, and was publicly tested by an experimental…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bridge Building
The Minister for Works, Mr. J. H. Young, has had some interesting figures prepared, showing the amount of work done by his department in the way of…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The Gobarralong Bridge
Mr. J. F. Barnes, M.L.A. for Gundagai, has received tho following letter from the Works Department: "Sir,—With reference to your letter in…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Railway Travellers
A now [?] of lighting railway carriages by electricity has been adopted by the London, Tilbury,- and Southend Company, and was publicly tested by an experimental…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company
The forty-third half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company was held at the local office on Tuesday last. The Hon. George Simmie, M.L.C., Victoria,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Third-Class Crimes. [All Rights Strictly Reserved.] Stories Picked Up in Third-class Railway Carriages. V.—the Forged Bill and the Brighton Belle
It was the "off" season at Brighton. In those days there was an emphatic one. At this date London's marine suburb can scarcely be called dull any time between two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Roads to the Rutherglen Mines
For some time past the Rutherglen Shiro Council has been urging, through the Members for tho district, for a grant to the mines…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Railways in South Africa. the Chartered Company's Line. London, February 7
The British South Africa Company is making arrangements to extend the railway which starts from Fontesville, near Beira, on the Portuguese coast of South-East…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Berrigan Railway
Work in connection with the Jerilderie-Berrigan extension is (says the Herald) now well under way, and it ia surprising to note, though only one week and elapsed since the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Parkes to Condobolin Railway
The Minister for Works, Mr. J. H. Young has approved of tho acceptance of the tender of Messrs. Smith, Fmlayson, and Timms for the construction of the first secton of the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Railway Extension
In pursuance of aa invitation from the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, Messrs. N. D. Cohen, J. D. Prentice, J. Bourke, and J. Gillies, M.L.A., members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →A Robber Proof Train
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has had built a robber proof mail train for use between New York and St. Louis. There are no pla[?]forms, and there is so little space…
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