Southern Railway Survey
IN the Assembly on Tuesday—Mr. Fallon Moved—"That in the opinion of this House, the survey of the Southern line of railway, from Goulburn to Albury,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1871
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Railway Accidents
THE people who are smashed, burned, or maimed for life in the so-called accidents to express trains are for the most part those who are travelling in…
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IT is impossible to estimate the immensity in value, and the wondrous advantages which agriculture has derived from the construction of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. the Deniliquin Road. (To the Editor of the W. W. Advertiser.)
SIR,—In your issue of the llth instant appears an article on the subject of the proposed divergence of the Deniliquin road, to avoid the hollow between Flowedale and the…
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At twenty-four minutes after 10 o'olook on Monday night, February 6, a special freight train, or "wild cat," as such are called in railroad phrase, laden…
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IN the Assembly on Tuesday, Mr. Macleay moved a series of resolutions, directing the Government to take some means, this session, for improving…
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The 'New York Herald ' gives the following description of an appalling accident that occurred on the Hudson River Railway, on Monday, February 6th:—…
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IN the report of Mr Bennett, Commissioner for Roads, to the Secretary for Public Works the damage done by the unprecedented floods of last year to the bridges and culverts on the…
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The papers of Murseilles give detailed accounts of a terrible railway accident which took place between that town and Toulon. The train started from Marseilles at a quarter…
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IN the Assembly on Friday, On the motion of Mr. Lucas, the House resolved itself into Committee of the Whole, to consider of an address to the Governor…
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MR. GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN, the "man of destiny," as he styles himself, if he drops out of sight in a mysterious manner in one part of the world soon…
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In the Assembly 011 Thursday on the vote for the railway department being proposed—Mr. Macleay thought, before proceeding to the consideration, of the estimate, he…
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IN the Assembly on Monday last, on Mr. Lord moving the House into Committee of Supply, Mr. Macleay, as an amendment, moved a…
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WE subjoin portion of the remarks made in the Assembly by Mr. Macleay, on the above subject, on the 14th instant, as reported in the S. M. Herald.' It should be premised that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mauk Twain Shows How to Train Up a Child
HAVING reflected deeply for half-an-hour upon the subject of domestic discipline, I feel like sparing a few suggestions relative to tho best method of bringing up children. Being a…
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THE management of our minor roads is of much more importance) than our Sydney legislators seem to imagine We intend on a future occasion to give a list of members of parliament showing how very large a proportion…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. the Deniliquin Road. (To the Editor of the W. W. Advertiser.)
DEAR SIR,—Permit ma to call your attention, and through your columns the particular attention of your municipal authorities, to a little piece of her Majesty's highway…
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WE observe (says the 'S. M. Herald') that a revised sheet of traffic rates has been issued by the Commissioner for Railways (the Honorable James Byrnes), which is to come…
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A PUBLIC meeting was held in Goulburn on tho 3rd inst. to protest against the increased charges of goods per rail-way, lately sanctioned by the Minister for works, Mr A. Gibson presiding. Resolutions were passed, to the…
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REFERRING to the new and obnoxious tariff imposed for goods carried per railway the "Goulburn Herald" says:— It has been hinted—we do not know on what…
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