The Bridge Street Burglars
The Executive Council met this afternoon to consider the case of Montgomery and Williams, the Bridge-street burglars. The Cabinet having previously met, Sir George Innes…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1894
144 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 8
The Grafton-Western Railway
MR. W. J. HAWTHORNE, who is a candidate for the Grafton electorate, in the course of an address he delivered at Grafton on Thursday evening, said:--With the improvements at the heads…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Blen Junes Examiner "Sworn to no Master, or no Sect am I." Published Every Tuesday and Friday. Tuesday, May 15, 1894. Railway Rates
IN the last issue of the 'Australasian' is published an article on railway freights, the subject matter of which is apropos to New South Wales, where the question of high…
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A TERRIBLE railway accident has occurred at San Salvador, Central America. It is reported that 300 persons were killed. DISASTROUS FIRE…
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A terrible railway accident has taken place at San Salvador, Central America. It is reported that 300 persons were killed…
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Two young men, John Lemon and Alfred Cread, have been arrested in connection with the alleged extensive forgery of tram tickets. Both were remanded till Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Editor's Column (Whilegicing insertion to Correspondents e[?]rs, we do not necessarily endorse their contents.) Reduction of Railway Rates
SIR,--A very short time ago a petition was signed and forwarded to the Railway Commissioners praying for a reduction of rates on farm produce. An answer was received to that petition stating that it…
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A terrible railway disaster has occurred in the United States. Two freight trains collided in a tunnel near Princeton. Kentucky. Great damage was done, and eight persons…
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Owing to the decrease of traffic the hours in the Railway workshops have been reduced one day a week…
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A CORRESPONDENT has contributed two very interesting and suggestive articles upon the above question to 'The Times.' The constant cry of the British farmer is that he is being…
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A boy, aged five, named William Murray, on his way to Sunday School yesterday, was run over by a tram at Botany, and killed…
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Mr. F. A. WRIGHT has addressed the following letter to the Railway Commissioners on the above subject:-- "Legislative Assembly, Sydney, May 15, 1894…
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It was the train dispatcher'[?] turn to tell a story and this was the one he told: 'I was working on a western road in 1880, and I had a long night trick. The section of…
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SIR,--I was struck very much on reading a letter from our senior member to the Railway Commissioners, drawing their attention to the charges that are made between New England and Narrabri on…
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SIR,-- Some time back I drew attention to the fact that the passing by the Legislative Assembly of the Glen Innes-Inverell Railway Bill was only a mere blind by our representatives in the face of the…
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COMMENTING on the above subject, the Grafton 'Examiner' says:--We are not disposed to find fault with the Legislative Council for acting upon its perfect right, but we do…
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EARL Russell's frequent prosecutions of railway companies deserve to be warmly commended. If monopolists are at all to be tolerated, it is only…
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SIR,--Since I began to write on this subject more than a year ago, as I suppose ninety-nine out of every hundred men would do, I have taken the Commissioner's report and the balance-sheet therein…
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The new Tower Bridge, London, was opened on Saturday with great ceremony by the Prince and Princess of Wales, who were received with enthusiasm. Every precaution…
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THE British Board of Trade recently issued a return of the accidents and casualties reported to the Board by the various railway companies as…
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