The Melbourne Railway-station Burglary
A LUCKY capture of a well-known Victorian offender was effected in George-street, near Hunter-street, at 11 o'clock yesterday morning by senior detective-sergeant O'Donnell, of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1888
282 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 15
The Leasing of the Tramways
THE pulse of the people has been felt during the past few days through one of the Sydney dailies, which is considered as the Government organ, in…
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THE Australian Star of Friday throws a clear ray of light on the dubious track being pursued by the Government, with regard to the leasing of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.s.w. Railway Ambulance Corps
UNDER the auspices of the above, and from instructions by the Commissioner for Railways, Dr. C. W. Morgan began a series of lectures on Friday evening last, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence Carrington Roads. to the Editor
SIR,—Will you oblige your humble servant and a great many residents of Tighe's Hill by allowing space in your Thursday's issue for these few lines. I am not a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Invention to Prevent Railway Collisions
AN invention of Herr Gieszl, of Brunn, for preventing railway collisions, is being highly spoken of among Austrian engineers. It consists of a pilot engine, or safety lorry,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand Railway Board
Sir F. Dillon Bell, the Agent-General for New Zealand, is inviting applicants in England and America for the position of chairman to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Saturday, February 11. (Before the Police Magistrate.) the of Railway Chairs
HARRY SPENCER, a miner, was charged with stealing two metal railway chairs, of the value of 4s, the property of the Australian Agricultural Company, at…
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THOMAS STEVENS, who mode a trip around the world on a bicycle, writes as follows to the New York Sun, concerning the best and worst highways…
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A Royal Commission has advised the Government to expend the sum of £400,000 upon the encouragement of the Irish fisheries and upon the…
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IT is to be hoped that the citizens will not be so blind to their future interests as not to attend in their thousands at the open-air meeting, this evening, to consider the above…
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IN the Legislative Assembly, on Tuesday, Mr. Frank Farnell asked the Secretary for Public Works:—(1.) What is the area of land resumed for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →MONTREAL, Thursday. the Red River Railway Dispute
The Premier of Manitoba has made a fresh contract for the construction of the Red River railway…
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SATISFACTORY progress is being made with the work in connection with the erection of the great bridge which is to cross the Hawkesbury, and thus…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Engagement of Tramway Men in Sydney
WITH reference to our remarks in Monday's issue, the following, says the S. M. Herald, are the facts of the case with regard to the man who were engaged by the agent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Traffic on American Railways
"NEVER in this history of overland travel," says the New York Tribune, "has there been such a blockade of freight on all lines as at present. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Carriage Shop. Presentation to Mr. John King
ABOUT fifty of the employees of the Government carriage shop at Honeysuckle Point assembled at Kane's Coffee Palace on Saturday evening, with the intention of presenting…
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The pretty town of Paterson made high holiday on Friday last, on the occasion of the opening for public traffic of a new iron bridge, which will supersede an inconvenient…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Great Northern Railway Fares and Rates. SYDNEY
AMONG the business in the Assembly to-morrow is the following: Mr. Fletcher to ask the Secretary for Public Works—What is the cost of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New York, Monday. Extensive Strike of Railway Men
An extensive strike has taken place of enginemen on the Chicago and Quincy railroads, affecting 5500 miles of line. The traffic is quite paralysed…
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