Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday. the New Railway Policy
THE Government railway proposals to be introduced to-morrow are nine in number, and are said to include a North-coast line from Maitland to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1888
282 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 15
The Government Railway Policy. SYDNEY
In the Assembly this evening. The PREMIER gave adigest of the proposed railway policy of the Government. In commencing, he was received with cheers, but…
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THE result of the deputation from the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Association which waited upon the Commissioner for Railways on…
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IN the Legislative Assembly, last night, Sir. HENRY PARKES gave to the world a beatific vision which had appeared to the Government, in which…
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It is reported in London railway circles that the appointment of the Chief Commissionership of the New South Wales railways has been…
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News has been received of a fearful railway accident at Tampico, one of the chief seaport towns in Mexico. A train ran off the rails and was…
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THE Government of Sir HENRY PARKES has announced their railway proposals to the Legislative Assembly, and they are of such a nature as to…
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THE Evening News, in expressing its opinion of the Government railway policy, considers that the expenditure of eleven millions on railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Deputation. A Fair Day's Wage for a Fair Day's Work. SYDNEY
A DEPUTATION waited upon the Minister for Works from the Railway and Tramway Association. The members stated that the great complaint the…
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IN another column a cablegram appears, stating that it is reported in London that the Chairman of the Board of Railway Commissioners is to receive a salary of £3000 per…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, June 13. SYDNEY, Thursday. the Railway Policy
AT midnight the debate on Mr. Moore's motion for adjournment with the view of alluding to the railway policy of the Government was proceeding…
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SIR,—The railway policy of the Government having been now placed before the country, I find that the principal line, and one regarded as a trunk line, is from the…
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THE office of Chairman of the Board of Railway Commissioners, in this colony, recently created by legislation, has, it appears, been filled up, the gentleman chosen…
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MR. E. EDDY, assistant manager of the Caledonian railway, in Scotland, has been appointed chairman of the proposed Board of Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Railway Collision
A BALLAST train ran into a passenger train at Lake Bathurst platform, Cooma branch line. The passengers, on seeing the ballast train coming,…
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IT is satisfactory to state, says the Ballarat Courier, that the strike among the drivers of the tramcars is settled. It appears that the drivers were asked…
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THE action of the PARKES Ministry in dealing with the future railway policy of the colony, affords another instance of the truth of the hackneyed proverb,…
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SOME rather curious information was elicited in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday last, by a series of questions put by Mr. FLETCHER to the…
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A trial of an improved electrical tramway was made to-day at Barking, near London, on the lines of the North Metropolitan. Tramway…
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A LARGE deputation waited on the Premier to-day, on the proposed railway extension through the city. Sir H. PARKES said that he was fully…
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