Railway Disaster in France
LONDON, Wednesday.—Telegrams from Paris give particulars of a disastrous railway collision which has occurred near that city. The express…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1894
407 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 21
South Australia. Adelaide, Thursday. Reduction in Railway Rates
The Railway Commissioners have instituted special wool rates from Tarrawingie, near Broken Hill, to Port Pirie, with a view to competing with the Victorian wool trade…
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OWING to the great falling-off in the railway revenue, the Commissioners have recently found it necessary to retrench in all parts of the service. In the locomotive branch the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Bridge-street Burglary Case. The Conviction Upheld. Sydney
THE appeal in the case of Montgomery and Williams, who were tried and sentenced to death before Judge Stephen in connection with the Bridge-street affray, came on…
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WASHINGTON, Saturday. — Intelligence has been received from Nebraska that a band of Coxeyites has seized a train at Tekoma for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The South Australian Railways. Coal Supply Contract
TENDERS for the supply of coal for the South Australian railways are to be sent in to the Commissioners by tomorrow. The period is for three…
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JUDGE INNES, Judge Foster, and Judge Manning, sitting in Banco to-day, deal with the appeal in the Equity suit of Ritchie v. Hudson. The plaintiffs in this suit were the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. Recent Railway Accident
Mr. Clayton, State School teacher at Myrniong, who was injured in the railway accident at Gordon, has sustained concussion of the brain and a broken rib…
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Sir,—I am surprised that the ministers of the city churches do not press the railway authorities to arrange for trams to leave the city at the…
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FOR several years past the river bank in the vicinity of the Mill Paddock has been a pleasure resort, much frequented on holidays and often daily during the summer months…
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AT an early hour this morning it was reported in the city that the dead body of a man been discovered at Wallsend. By the 10 o'clock tram to Wallsend last night a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Extreme Penalty. Matters Before the Cabinet. The Bridge-street Desperadoes. Sydney
THE Cabinet sat this afternoon considering the cases of the four men now lying under sentence of death. All the Ministers were present. In the case of the Bridge-street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bridge-street Affray. Williams and Montgomery to be Hanged. Sydney
THE Cabinet met to-day and considered the case of the two men, Montgomery and Williams, under sentence of death for assault with intent to murder in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday. Mill Paddock (Waratah) Road
MR. MELVILLE, M. P., has interviewed the Minister for Lands, and laid before him the suggestion to resume lend sufficient to continue the road leading from Bridge-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. The Civil Service. Retrenchment in the Railway Service. Amendment of Electoral Act. Sydney
AFTER our report of the debate on the Betterment Bill closed yesterday, Sir GEORGE DIBBS said that Mr. Reid's speech was wholly insincere, as the…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—An electric railway train had a successful run to-day to Mantes, on the Paris to Rouen line. The Heilman locomotive was…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The Midland Railway Company of New Zealand has been promised sums amounting to £1,500,000 with which to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. Boy Killed by a Tram
A boy named Victor James, two and a half years old, was run over by a West Melbourne tram and killed this afternoon. The conductor did not see him until too late to pull…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Shifty Tram Terminus. to the Editor
Sir,—The tram extension to Merewether having been opened some time ago has no doubt been regarded as a great boon by the public, but nowhere…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. a Waratah Road
MR. MELVILLE, M.P., has received a letter from the Works Department, stating, in reply to his personal representations on the subject to a road near the shoots at Waratah,…
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