A Woman killed by a Train
A SAD fatality occurred at the Stanmore Railway Station on Friday night (the Echo says). The 5.27 p.m. train from Sydney arriving at Stanmore at 5.39 p.m., was just…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1890
185 stories in Riverina's papers · page 6 of 10
Another Fatal Railway Accident. an Employee Frightfully Mutilated
Another fatal railway accident occurred on Saturday night near to the Jolimont signal box (says the Age), by which a laboring man named George Pafford, who has been in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Meeting of the Railway League at Humula
A REPRESENTATIVE meeting of the residents of Humula and district was recently called by advertisement and, in reply, some 30 people assembled at the School of Arts on…
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IN the Assembly on Wednesday, the House having resolved itself into committee of the whole, Mr. Bruce Smith moved,—"That it is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Mundarlo Roads. to the Editor
SIR,—In your issue of the 4th, you printed an extract from the Adelong Argus re the accident to Mr. Carter's buggy at Mundarlo. Now for the sake of truth, and injustice to the Road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Proposals in Victoria. £14,000,000 WORTH
MR GILLIES moved the second reading of the Railway Bill on Wednesday. He stated that the Government felt compelled to declare against light lines as they cost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Humula and the Tumbarumba Railway
THE request of the Humula residents that the proposed direct mail between Wagga and Tumbarumba should pass through that settlement, is such a reasonable one that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident near Adelaide. a Member of Parliament and His Friend Killed. Adelaide
A TERRIBLE railway accident was reported in the city this evening as having taken place at the Grand Junetion Crossing, on the Northern line. It appears Mr. James Cowan, member…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wonderful London Bridge. Boston Herald
Dr. Johnson would have it that the fall tide of human life flowed at Charing Gross. In the dear old Doctor's day this may have been true. In our day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Freights
THE new rates for the carriage of goods and live stock on the New South Wales railways were published on Wednesday. The most important alterations are made in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Culcairn to Corrowa Railway
In the Legislative Council on Wednesday, Mr. W. H. Suttor moved the second reading of the bill for the construction of a line of railway from Culcairn to Corowa…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. Tuesday, July 29, 1890. a Uniform Railway Guage
THE Parliaments of New South Wales and Victoria have lately sanctioned a large expenditure for the construction of new railways, and in the course of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dissatisfaction Among the Sydney Railway Employees. the Commissioners Take a Firm Stand
THE rapture between the Railway Commissioners and members of the council of the Railway and Tramway Service Association is serious, and threatens to result in unpleasant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Gladstone and the Railway Porters
MR. GLADSTONE has (says "Viator" in the Melbourne Telegraph) j ist paid all the railway porters of Great Britain a magnificent compliment. The old stage coach driver, he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Employees
IN connection with the difficulty which has arisen between the Bail way Commissioners and the New South Wales Railway and Tramway Employees' Association, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Differential Rates. Meyer Y. Railway Commissioners. [To the Editor]
SIR,—the facts disclosed since the date of the summons issued against the commissioners for demanding excessive and illegal tolls fortify me in the opinions I held and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rock to Urana Railway
A special meeting of the Rock to Urana Railway League was held at Green's Gunyah on 28th ult., when there was a good attendance of members. The President, Mr. D…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mundarlo Road. to the Editor
SIR,—Among the first to shed their blood to nobly dio in the cause of anti-slavery in America was John Brown—plain John Brown, no coach driver mind—and most decidedly no slave driver. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident at Melbourne
A SERIOUS railway accident took place on Wednesday morning at Princes-bridge (the Age says). The practice has been for some time to allew shunters to regulate the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unionism and Railway Employees
A CURIOUS labor complication in New Zealand, of which we have had some particulars by telegraph, is (the Argus says) thus referred to by our Dunedin correspondent in his letter…
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