Electric Railways
A PROJECT is on foot for the construction of an Electric Railway under the Thames in the vicinity of Charring-cross. A railway worked by electricity. though rare has ceased to be a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1884
32 stories in South Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
Progress of the Illawarra Railway, Works
TRAVELLERS by the suburban line will have noticed at Eveleigh the embankment branching off into a curve from the Great Southern line towards St. Peters, and probably will be…
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THE Toowoomba correspondent of [?] is bane Courier gives the following [?] of the serious collision on the Roma railway line on the 9th instant. The train which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. [We do not identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by correspondents.] Eden-towamba Road. (To the Editor of the Bega Standard.)
SIR,—In carefully perusing a report, sent by Mr. Postle to the commissioner for roads, a complaint against Mr. Cook, surveyor, where he, Mr. Postle, states…
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The elevated railways of New York constitute one of the most striking features of that remarkable city. Metal pillars, erected at the edge of the pavement or in the centre…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Original Correspondence. We do not identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by correspondents. Eden to Towamba Road. (To the Editor of the Bega Standard.)
SIR,—Mr. Alexander has written you a letter referring to a matter with which most of your readers are probably unacquainted. The facts are simply these…
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YESTERDAY, a deputation consisting of Messrs. H Clarke, J. See, and ,J. P. Garvan, Ms.L.A.., waited upon the Minister for Works to urge upon the hon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. [We do not identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by correspondents.] Henry Clarke, M.L.A., on Free Railway Passes to School Children. (To the Editor of the Bega Standard.)
SIR,—Will you allow me a small space in an early issue of your paper to direct the attention of this large and important constituency to a vote recently given by…
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MANY of the resident are far from satisfied with the recently completed an too costly survey of the road from Eden to Towamba, and a general impression…
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ON Monday last a good muster at the School of Arts, Candelo, with the object of furthering the railway project. Mr. G. P. Kerrison, J.P., was voted to the…
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A PART of the Cooma line at a spot [?] nine miles from Goulburn was wash[?] away by the late rain through the wa[?] becoming [?] back in consequence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truth and Fiction. (In Unequal Proportions.) a Bad Boy and His Pa. the Boy Telleth About His Pa and the Minister—they Go Swimming—the Bad Boy Keepeth Them in the Water Three Hours—he Is Chastised—anon He and His Pa Drive Home—the Drive in the Wrong Road—she's a Daisy
"Say, you think of about everything mean there is going, don't you," said the grocery man to the bad boy, as he came in to show that his black eye had been cured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Original Correspondence. [We do not identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by correspondents.] in the Matter of Road Complaints. (To the Editor of the Bega Standard.)
SIR,—I notice a disposition on the part of many of your correspondents to ventilate their grievances about road matters in your columns. I do not suppose that…
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WHEN a physician introduces his finger, the handle of a spoon, or a pencil into the throat of a patient, the latter experiences an extremely disagreeable, sensation. Any touch…
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On Friday afternoon (says the Evening News) ar. accidEnt of a most shocking nature occurred at the Redfern railway station. A suburban train leaves parramatta at 3.40 p m., and is due…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. [We do not identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by correspondents.] a Road Complaint. (To the Editor of the Bega Standard.)
DEAR SIR,—I notice that you are always willing to assist, and hold your columns open for the pointing out of any public wrong or neglect, and as the roads in…
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The London Telegraph says:—Considerable progress is now being made upon the great bridge across the Firth of Forth, which includes two spans of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Science. A One-Rail Railway
HE American inventor, Mr. E. S. Watson, exhibiting a model of a new railway and locomotive constructed in Denver. The cylinder in the model is only 1¼ inch by 1½…
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A party of merchants travelling in a passenger train were talking over their traveling experience and the danger of accidents, and finally the question arose as to the safest…
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A TEMPORARY bridge of a novel kind has been erected across the river Spey, at its widest part, near Garmouth, to accommodate the workman engaged on a new railway on the…
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