Mr. Eddy and the Railways
MR. EDDY, Chief Railway Commissioner, made an important speech at the distribution of the prizes in connection with the Railway and Tramway Ambulance Carps, in Sydney on Thursday. In…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1892
48 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 3
Byrock Brewarrina Railway. Sydney, February 17
A deputation, introduced by Messrs. Waddell and Willis, waited upon the Minister for Works, asking him to refer this proposed railway to the Public Works…
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SIR,--I see a letter in your paper signed by Messrs. McCormack and Parker. Now, Sir, I could not let that letter go without saving a few words about it. You see by their letter that there…
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ON Monday evening Mr. W. P. Crick, M.L.A. in his capacity us chairman of the select committee appointed on the 17th December to inquire and report upon the application for a free pass made by…
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THE action of the Government in deciding to appoint a Royal Commission to investigate the charges made by Mr. SCHEY against Mr…
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ON the extensive system of the London and North-Western Railway Company there are five tunnels each of which exceeds a mile in length. The longest tunnel owned by the…
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A NUMBER of leading Sydney fat stock salesmen and station agents, consisting of R. B. Wi kinson, M.L.A. (Wilkinson, Lavender, and Chapman), Badgery (Pitt. Son. and Badgery). Warden Hu[?]…
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A terrible accident happened on the Western line near Sodwalls, nine passengers reported killed, and twelve injured. The train left the rails, and was completely smashed…
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ALTHOUGH from the moment when the Government decided to appoint a Royal Commission, independent of Parliament, to enquire into the SCHEY…
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THE following are additional items of interest in connection with the terrible disaster of Wednesday morning:-- THE GUARD'S STATEMENT…
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The jury returned a verdict, after a brief retirement, that, "We find that the deceased met their deaths as the result of an accident on the Great Western railway on…
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A MOST instructive return has been prepared to the order of the Minister for Works to show the exact position of the department with respect to the expenditure of moneys on roads and bridges votes…
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A RAILWAY question, the 'Argus' of Monday observes, now under discussion in New South Wales is of some interest to ourselves, inasmuch as we shall have to deal with it sooner or later--and…
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The mail train due in Bourke at 4.45 p.m. on Sunday evening, arrived five hours after time, having been delayed by a block on the line on the Sydney side of Bathurst. Our…
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IT was from a conversation I had the other day with one of the chief of the detective department in connection with one of the largest of our English railway companies that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Telegrams. International. Railway Men Strike. London, May 30
Two thousand men employed by Spanish Railway Companies have struck to resist an attempt to lengthen the hours of labor…
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HE was a Nankin Township farmer, selling a load of potatoes on the market, and he was telling the story this way; 'I was out to the barn, when a tramp…
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The bridge 70 over the Licking River; in Kentucky collapsed. The working men engaged on it were precipitated into the river. Forty perished…
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Mr. JAMES MO[?]S, M.P., at the request of the Mayor of Dubbo, [?] one of a large deputation consisting of members of Parliament for several of the Southern districts and residents of Forbes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Opening of the Cobar Railway
ON Friday last, the official opening of the railway extension from Nyngau to Cobar took place. The line had been travelled over a few days before by a large Parliamentary party, who had gone out,…
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