The Railway Arbitrations. Auckland
The award of the arbitrator in the dispute between the Government and the Midland Railway Company is wholly in favour of the Government…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1896
64 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 4
Shocking Railway Accident. London
A shocking railway accident has occurred in South Africa. A train from Johannesberg to Durban was derailed. Twenty-five passengers were killed, and 30 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Soldiers. Sydney, January 14
A meeting of the Victorian railway employees yesternight decided to form a volunteer military corps in connection with the railway department…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Defaulting the Railways. Sydney, January 17
Thomas Firk[?] whose business [?] in [?] and railway it [?] was before the Court to-day at the instance of the Railway Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Terrible Heat Continues to Reduce the Population. Fourteen Additional Deaths Making a Total of Thirty-six Since Friday Last. Several Cases of Sunstroke. Town in a Panic. Railway Commissioners to the Rescue. Death From Poison. Supposed Suicide
As the extreme heat continues to gain in intensity from week to week, so the number of deaths directly or indirectly caused by it keeps on increasing in alarming proportion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Railways. Melbourne, January 24
The Victorian Assembly declined to reinstate Mr. Speight as Chief Commissioner for Rauilways…
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Copies of the following correspondence have been to us for publication:— "Department of Mines, Sydney, Jan. 21, 1896 Sir,—Referring to the petition…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Unused Tramp's Taamp
[?] [?] Of stages paast and stages in stores He'll [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Derailed. London, January 31
At an early hour this morning, a goods train comprising between [?] and 40 trucks, parted about the middle, near Burwood, from soma cause not vet ascertained, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Train Derailed. Sydney, February 4
The mountain train due in Sydney at nine o'clock yesterday morning became derailed near Woolford, and travelled a hundred and fifty yards before being pulled up. No…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Later Pa[?]ns. Heavy Rain Storm in N[?] [?] in an Hour and a Half. the Mail Train [?]Rns with the Passengers. No Syp[?] Mail
A[?] [?] [?] [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Glorious Rain. Verry Heavy Falls in Places Rangine Up to Over Sven Incress. Railway Line Washed Away on Two Cocasions. the Mail Trains Delayed
At list in [?] that the [?] which has [?] [?] [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rain. Heaviest Fall Ever Known in the West. Over Twelve Inches at Ford's Bridge and Other Places. Terrible Damage to the Railway Line. Miles of the Line Under Water. Many Washaways. No Sydney Mail Since
When we went to press last Tuesday the rain was still filling, continuing through the greater part of the night, fleeding the town so much that at once peoples minds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Line. Continuous Work of Gangs of Men. a Feitlek's Last Request. Mails Despatched From Bourke and Nyngan
Since Monday last Beurke has been relegated to its position of many years ago, when [?] interrals elapsed between the receipt of mails from the metropolis and eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Victorian Railways. Melbourne, February 18
The Victorian railway receipts show a weekly deficiency for the past 33 weeks of £3340…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Line. an Engine Smashes Into a Trolly. Fettlers Receive Sunstroke
The breaks in the railway line between Bourke and Nyngan, although not quite repaired are nearly so and a through tram may be expected this evening. The damage to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Railway Revenue. Melbourne, March 3
The Victorian railway revenue for the past week shews a further heavy decrease compared with the corresponding period of last year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Local Parliament. the Western Engineering Coy's. Account. the South Bourke Road Drain Again. Ald. Challoners Insinuative Motion. a Storm in a Tea-cup. Monday, March 9
The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Bourke Municipal Council was held on the above date at 8 p.m. Present: The Mayer and Aldermen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Picnic
THE annual re-union of employees of the traffic, loco, and permanent way branches of the railway service between Orange, Bourke, and Cobar, took…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed on the Railway
THE District Coroner, Mr. R. G. Dulhunty, J.P., held an inquest at Orbell's hotel on Tuesday morning, into the circumstances attending the death…
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