News by Yesterday's Express Train
A RAILWAY porter, George Robinson, picking up paper lying about the line at Homebush station, on Wednesday morning, was knocked down by a train and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
81 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 5
News by Yesterday's Express Train
THE heaviest downfall of rain in the colony fell on Friday at Kiandra, where 1[?]63 points were registered. On Saturday it was snowing…
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THE following has been handed to as for publication by Mr. W. M. Stevenson:—Guyra, 22nd Sept., 1891. Sir.—I have the honour, in compliance…
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THE following is a copy of the manifesto submitted to the Executive Committee of the Clarence River Harbor aud Railway League on Thursday:-- "This League was established by the residents…
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A SERIOUS building accident occurred at Lamb's new buildings, Miller's Point, on Wednesday. A box of bricks was being hoisted, when the jib of the crane became…
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ON Saturday, at Burraga, James Pursill, sen., for the possession of skins of sheep, the property of Mr. W. Russell, reasonably suspected to have been stolen, and…
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READERS of the London papers of the past few months cannot fail to have noticed that a class of offences have begun to attract public…
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IN an appeal in the Supreme Court on Wednesday morning by W. [?]non, fined at Carathool for selling liquor without a license, to put aside the order of the…
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THE girl Murchie, shot the other day at Newcastle, continues in a dangerous condition. The doctors have failed to find bullet…
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ON Saturday afternoon the goods train from the North brought to Tamworth the mangled body of a railway porter named Anthony M'Kie, who had that afternoon…
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AT 4.35 p.m. on Saturday afternoon the Returning-officer officially announced the result of the polling for East Sydney from the hustings. The figures were:—…
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IN order that oar readers may see the extraordinary advance made in late years of the speed in railway travelling, we extract the following…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Matthias Larkin, the highly respected Secretaty of the South Melbourne Building Society, Councilor of South Melbourne, City…
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RYLSTONE, Saturday.—An alarming increase of influenza has set in during the past two or three days. Scarcely a house has escaped, and in some instances whole families…
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THE travelling weight of engines and tenders has increased so much of late owing to the distances it is now found convenient to travel without a rest. In 1888…
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MISS Janet Miller, daughter of Mr. Thos. Miller of Rouchel, Muscelbrook, died on Tuesday evening from injuries received through her clothes catching fire while…
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IN the case of George Hicks, committed on a charge of assaulting a girl under the age of 14 years, the Attorney-General has decided not to prosecute. The…
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MR. THOMAS GARRETT, ex-Minister of Lands, died on Wednesday morning after ill-health lasting for a considerable time. At the Sydney police court on…
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WARREN, Saturday.—A meeting of sheepowners will be held here next month for the purpose of seriously considering the disposal of surplus stock, as it becomes…
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AN inquest was held at Newcastle on the 28th November on two illegitimate children of Alice Nowbray and Mary Wild. The papers have been returned in both…
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