The Railway Strike
LONDON, Monday.—In consequence of the recent strike of porters, guards, and signalmen on the Irish Great Southern and Western Railway lines the directors of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1890
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Tasmania. Another Railway Case
Serious complications will probably arise over the construction of Ulverstone railway. The manager of the Government railway declines to take over the line, alleging that it is…
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LONDON, Thursday.—It is hoped that the railway strike in Ireland will be settled to-day. A compromise between the directors and employees is being effected…
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THE inquiry into the railway accident at Bathurst on Friday was resumed on Wednesday. David Kirkcaldie (re-called) gave evidence…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Returns. Commissioners' Quarterly Report. SYDNEY
THE report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ending March 31st, 1890, was laid upon the table of the House of Assembly to-night. The report showed the…
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A SEVERE gale raged in Edinburgh and district recently. Whilst a goods train was crossing the Forth Bridge the wind blow a bale of cotton off a waggon; the result was…
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AT the Liverpool Assizes Mrs. Hindley, a Liverpool lady, sued the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company to recover damages for injuries sustained while…
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ABOUT 9 o'clock yesterday morning Richard Penfold, a gatekeeper at the main crossing of the Carrington coal line, was at his post when he saw an up-coal train approaching…
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THE quarterly report of the Railway Commissioners shows, on the whole, a fairly satisfactory state of affairs. The revenue from all sources for the…
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A STREET railroad about one mile and a half long, on an entirely new principle, is being constructed in Washington by the Judson Pneumatic Railway Company, of New York…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. Terrible Train Accident
A terrible accident occurred at Prince's Bridge station yesterday. Charles Hansen fell off the platform under the wheels of an engine. His left thigh was fractured in two…
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LODON, Sunday.—The strike of the employers on the Irish railway system, has now been concluded, a compromise having been effected between the directors of the…
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YESTERDAY evening the driver of a trains, when near Cardiff, noticed the body of a man, lying close to the line, apparently aelopp. He at once sounded the whistle, and put' on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Report of the Public Works Committee. Carrington Bridge. SYDNEY
THE general report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, and reports on works submitted to them, were presented to Parliament to-night by Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Transcontinental Railway
The Government have ordered a permanent survey of the Transcontinental railway line as far as the Macdonnell Ranges, a distance of something like 288 miles from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Williamstown-road. to the Editor
SIR,—Being a constant render of your paper, I just ask a favour in this way, as I am sure some stops should be taken to wake our road authorities to the way the…
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THE report of the Public Works Committee on the proposal to construct a bridge between Bullock Island and Newcastle was laid last night on the table of the Assembly. The…
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THE Queensland Railway Employees Association, although hardly a year old, is (says the Worker) one of the best organised and consolidated unions in the country, including…
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THE report of the Public Works Committee on the proposed Carrington Bridge creates no surprise. The manner in which the sectional committee carried out its work in Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Black and Quigley V. Commissioners of Railways. Sydney
IN the Full Court to-day application was made before the Chief Justice, with Judge Windeyer and Judge Innes, for a rule absolute in the case of Black and Quigley v…
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