South Australia. Killed on the Largs Bay Railway. a Frightfully Mutilated Corpse. Adelaide
The mangled remains of a man named Walter Chambers, aged between 50 and 60, was found this morning on the Largs Bay Railway…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
379 stories in Riverina's papers · page 3 of 19
Death of a Veteran Railway Officer
Intelligence has been received from Mittagong of the death of Mr John Whitton, who from 1859 until the appointment of the Board of Railway Commissioners, with Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English Railway Concessions. No Confirmation Yet Received. Statement in the Commons. London
Replying to a question in the House of Commons yesterday Mr. G. N. Curzon, Parliamentary Secretary of the Foreign Office, said that a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Federal Convention. Interstate Railway Rates. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
IN the Convention this morning Mr. Barton urged members to curtail their speeches us much as possible so that the Convention could conclude its labors that day fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria. the Federal Convention. the Control of the Railways. Melbourne, Wednesday Night
At to-day's sitting of the Federal Convention Mr. Barton urged members to curtail their questions so that the Convention might conclude within…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newfoundland. Railway and Telegraph Systems. Transferred to a Canadian Contractor. London, Tuesday Night
The Newfoundland Government has agreed to transfer the railway and telegraph, systems of the colony to Mr. R. G. Reid, of Montreal, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways and Debts. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
The debate on the clause dealing with the inter-State railway commission was resumed in the Convention to-day. Mr. Kingston (S.A.) acknowledged his defeat on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Federal Convention and Railway Rates
In Melbourne on Thursday the Federal Convention was engaged the whole day in trying to solve the problem of how to prevent one State imposing preferential railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria. Terrific Storm in Melbourne. Streets Flooded. Pedestrian and Train Traffic Blocked. Melbourne, Monday Night
A terrific storm broke over the city shortly before one o'clock to-day, and lasted for about half an hour, Rain, accompanied by heavy wind, prevailed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liberty, when freeborn men, Having to advise the public, may speak free." Milton. Tuesday, March 1, 1898. Riverina Railway Rates
DURING the past week the New South Wales and Victoria ndelegations to the Federal Convention came into very close quarters and a battle-roval,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Crisis in China. As American Railway Concession. Objection by Germany. London
China has authorised an American syndicate to construct a railway from Tientsin, the port of Peking, through the province of Stantung, to Chinkiang, in the province of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Klondike Goldfields. Canada Reduces Railway Rates. London
The Canadian Pacific Railway Company proposes to reduce the rates of carriage for flour and bacon to the Yuken gold field. The object of the proposed reductions is to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed by a Sydney Tram
A verdict of accidental death was returned to-day in the case of a young man named David Lenehan, killed by being run over by a tram in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Road to Klondike
A Sydney gentleman, writing to friends from Skagway, Alaska, gives an interesting description of his experiences up to January 12. His weather note reads:—Temerature…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Temora to Gumbar Railway. Deputation to the Government
A. DEPUTATION, consisting of Messrs, Boyd, B. B. Bennett, Gunn and several other farmers and graziers, who were accompanied by Messrs. Fitzpatrick, Gormly, Ashton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Railway Extension
The Minister for Works yesterday promised a deputation to have a trial survey made of the proposed railway line from Temora to Gunbar…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newfoundland. Transfer of Railways. a Deadlock. the Governor and the Government. London
The Governor of Newfoundland (Sir Herbert Murray) has intimated that be will not assent to the contract under which the Government has agreed to transfer the railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chinese Railways. Russia Objects to British Engineers
The Russian Government are pressing the Chinese Government to dismiss all the British who are employed as railway engineers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germany and Ch[?] Railway Concessions Shantung. London, Sunday Nig[?]
The Standard says that the Ge[?] negotiations with China, for ra[?] concessions in the province of [?] lung, are completed, and tha[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision with a Tramcar. Two People Badly Injured
A collision occurred in Bourke-street this afternoon between a horse attached to a spring cart and a Clifton Hill tramcar, which resulted…
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