Railway Rates for Goods
THE adjourned debate on the motion of Day—"That in the opinion of this House, the differential rates charged for the carriage of goods and merchandise on all the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1884
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Fatal Railway Accident at Redfern Station
AT the Sydney railway station on Friday afternoon a serious accident took place, causing injuries more or less severe to several persons, one of whom died late…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—At the inquest on the body of young Fletcher, who was killed in the railway accident at Redfern, the engine-driver, in the course of his…
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IN connection with the railway accident which occurred on Friday afternoon, we (S. M. Herald) learn that except the two brothers Fletcher none of the Newington…
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THE recent fatal railway accident in Sydney ought to bring about one change on the suburban lines of the metropolis, which happily is not…
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NEW YORK, Monday.—A railway accident has occurred in America, in which several Australians, including Judge Dowling and Mr. Syme, of the Melbourne Age;…
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MR. S[?]REIGHT, the Victorian Commismissioner of Railways, has already brought his English ideas to bear upon the system in that colony, and he is…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Owing to landslips at Mudgee the opening of the railway has been delayed…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Walter Abbots, the engine-driver who ran a passenger train on the wrong line from Parramatta to Granville, has been committed for trial…
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IN reference to the undermining of roads in this district, Mr. Abbott said in the Assembly on Friday that this Government and the late Government had given every consideration to the question, and the…
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THE following is a report from Hansard to the debate on a motion for adjournment in the Assembly on Tuesday, 6th inst., in which Mr. Fletcher exposed the tyranny exercised by the Minister for Works, and…
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IF Mr. A. G. TALOR's information be correct—and we have no reason to doubt it—the system of espionage that prevails in some branches of the Public…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—An accident, which will probably be attended with fatal results, occurred on Friday, on the Illawarra railway line to a youth named Alfred O'Brien…
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A DREADFUL accident happened on the railway line at Cootamundra last Monday, when the fireman of a goods train fell off the front of the engine while the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—548 railway passes have been issued to the unemployed during the last fortnight; provisions and refuge being refused…
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Preparations are being made on a large scale for the active prosecution of the work of construction on those partions of the Canadian Pacific…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Undermining Public Roads and Private Property. Indignation Meeting at Wickham
A MEETING convened by the Mayor (Mr. W. Lindus) was held in the Council Chambers. Wickham, on Tuesday evening last, for the purpose of expressing opinions upon the…
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ON Saturday morning (says the New Zealand Herald of May 10) an accident occurred to the goods and passenger train which left Auckland at 20 minutes…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Damages to the amount of £2500 have been awarded in three claims against the Victorian Government for the non-supply of Permanent Way…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The opening of the railway to Mudgee has been postponed till August…
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