Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. Melbourne-Adelaide Railway
The last rail of the line from Melbourne to Adelaide was laid down to day…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1886
356 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 18
Railway Pay for Reception Holiday
THE following communication from the Commissioner for Railways to the Hon, the Minister for Mines, has been kindly forwarded to us for publication:—…
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FROM to-day, the date on which the new railway timetables are to be brought into use, mails now despatched from Sydney daily for places on the South-Western…
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Immediate action is being taken with regard to the railway frauds. Messrs. Salomons and Wise are retained for the Crown…
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A railway porter named John Rober Simpson has been knocked down by a passing train at Croydon and killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Adelaide, Tuesday. Silverton Railway
This railway will probably be opened towards the end of July…
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The Attorney-General has caused criminal information to be exhibited by the Commissioner for Railways against the following firms:—Messrs. Wright,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tasmania. Launceston, Wednesday. Fingal-Hobart Railway. Fatal Railway Accident
The Fingal branch railway to Hobart was opened yesterday by the Governor of Tasmania. The special train conveying the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah. Public Meeting. an Early Train
A public meeting of the residents of Waratah was held in the Council Chambers last evening (Thursday). There was a very fair attendance, and the Mayor (Mr. John…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. Minister for Railways
IN the Assembly Mr. Lyne will move to-night That this house will, on Tuesday next, re[?]lve itself into Committee of the Who[?]le to consider the expediency of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tasmania. Launceston, Thursday. The Railway Accident
At the railway accident in Tasmania 80 persons were seriously injured. Rogers, the stoker, has died. The Premier is uninjured…
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HOBART, Friday.—The inquest on the body of Bradshaw, the engine-driver who was killed in connection with the recent railway accident on the Fingal line, was concluded…
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A collision has taken place at the Newtown railway station. A goods train from Picton ran into a train of empty trucks. Fifteen trucks were smashed to…
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The Commissioner for Railways has laid another information for participation in the railway frauds, the railway carriage of wool being altered to tonnage…
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The tender of M'Neil and Bath, at £127,252, has been accepted for the construction of the Lilydale-Healesville railway…
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The Commissioner for railways has laid information against Mr. Buckland, an employee of the firm of Messrs. Lee and Macalister…
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Richard Smith, porter, at the Homebush Railway Station, got a leg jammed between the buffers of the trucks, and the limb has since been amputated…
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A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Mr. Berners, missing chief clerk of the Railway Department. The offence charged against Mr. Berners is that he…
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George Berner's embezzlements are stated to be over £2000…
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Patrick Cronin, block signal boy, has been run over by a train and killed…
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