Philanthropic Railways
SOME years ago the South-Eastern Railway Company obtained powers in a Parliamentary Bill to raise capital up to the limit of £250,000 for the purpose of lending money to officers and servants…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1893
93 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 5
The Railway Commissioner's Estimate
SIR,-- There is now going the rounds of the press an estimate by the Railway Commissioners which seems to show that 10,000 acres of land brought under cultivation would give in railway revenue…
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A terrible railway collision has occurred at Kingsbury, in the State of Indiana. The wrecked cars took fire, and a number of…
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The Minister for Works says that the only railway with any chance of being undertaken immediately is that from Narrabri to Moree…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Editor's Column. (While giving insertion to Correspondents letters, we do not necessarily endorse their contents.) Mr. Abbott and the Railway Commissioners
SIR, -- I do not know whether Mr. W. E. Abbott wilfully attempts to mislead in his hysterical criticism of railway rates, or is incapable of understanding facts and figures. To be charitable, I will…
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THE following story, told to me in my official capacity as chaplain in one of Her Majesty's largest convict prisons, touched me very much at the time…
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SIR,-- Your correspondent " Plain Facts" in Tuesday's issue question the accuracy of my figures. First, as to the area of land under cultivation in New South Wales in 1893, and next as…
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The Minister for Works proposes that trusts should be formed and endowed for road making under the Parish Roads Act…
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Later particulars of the fatal railway collision near Jackson show that it was caused by the air brake apparatus of the rear train failing. Eighteen persons were killed, and 60…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Wires. Sydney. Monday, 12.15 P.m. Killed by a Tram
JOHN BENNETT, a lay preacher, living at Petersham, while on the way to the city early on Sunday morning to hold a service, fell in an attempt to get into a moving tram at…
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THE editor of London TRUTH states that in no country in the world is travelling by railroad so cheap as in Hungary and Austria since the adoption of the zone system. The railways earn far…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Special Telegrams. [From Our Telegraphic Agents.] New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday Evening. Invebell Railway
IN connection with the Inverell railway the Minister for Works said yesterday that he intends to introduce a hill this session providing that the work be carried out…
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THE following letter from Mr. P. Braund appeared in Saturday's S. M. HEEALD:— Sir,—The leading article in the S. M. HERALD of the 5th instant re the carrying…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Wires. Sydney, Thursday, 12.16 P.m. Railway Proposals
IN connection with the Inverell line Mr. Lyne said yesterday that he intends to introduce a bill this session to carry out the work. In the Assembly yesterday Mr. Lyne gave…
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UNDER the title of ' Lightning Express Railway Service,' Mr. F. B. Behr., of the Institute of Civil Engineers, has (the DAILY NEWS says)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →M'Whannell v. Railway Commissioners
IN the Supreme Court, last Wednesday, Sir Julian Salomons, Q.C., Mr. C. B. Stephen, and Mr. G.H. Simpson, instructed by Mr. J. O. Thom (solicitor for railways)…
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Power for domestic uses is year by year becoming a more important factor, and steam engine and boiler outfits have long sicca ceased to be parts of manufacturing…
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Thirty-five thousand people less than last year travelled on the suburban railway lines on Prince of Wales Birthday…
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AN attempt by a gang of bandits to rob a passenger train on the Council Bluffs line in Missouri was foiled by a very clever stratagem on the part of…
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J. L. Britton, a surveyor, living at Hay, on a visit to Sydney, was spending yesterday at Mr. Wilkinson's, M.P., at Burwood. He ran for a tram and in crossing the line was…
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