Only a Railway Ticket
AT the Mittagong Police Court on Friday last, before H. Childs, and A. Girard Js.P., one John Lee was fined £5 for refusing to show his ticket at the Mittagong Railway Station. Accused not being in…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1887
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Increased Railway Fares
THE increased railway fares came into operation on Saturday morning last, the 1st of the new year. A slight increase has been made upon all the previous rates, while at the same time an additional…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Timetable Alterations
THE following are the among the alterations to be made in the running of the trains on the southern line:—Down:—The 9 p.m. down mail train from Sydney to Albury will be discontinued, and a train…
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THE Evening News, says the Goulburn Penny Post, gives expression to a report that the post office officials have stated that the new arrangements with respect to the Southern rail will not merely cause…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Retrenchment in the Railway Department
THE efforts of the Hon. W. J. Lyne to do what can and ought to be done in the way of retrenchment in the Works Department are producing important results. Under his direction an investigation has…
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THE new train arrangements will come into force on the 31st instant. The express train will start at 5 p.m.; the morning train at 7; and the evening train at 11.15 instead at 9 o'clock as at the present…
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THE following official letter respecting road via Col. Roberts' property has been handed us by the Mayor, Mr. J. L. Campbell, for publication:—Department of Publie Works…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Overland Railway Travelling
MR. RICHARDSON, Assistant Secretary in the Railway department, returned to Sydney on Tuesday last from a visit to Melbourne and Adelaide, whither he was depatched by the Hon. John Sutherland,…
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I HAD been a devil in the Bugler office in a town of Iowa, about four months, when the editor was called away. The man who was acting as compositor, pressman,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The New South Wales Railways
SHOULD Parliament be disposed to approve of it, the railways of New South Wales will before long be under the control of a board consisting of three gentlemen invested with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Macquarie Pass Road
MESSRS. A. Cameron, W. McCourt, and A. Kothel, Ms.P., introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works on Friday, to request that a sum of money might be placed on the estimates for the repairs of…
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MESSRS. A. Cameron, W. McCourt, and A. K[?]thel, Ms.P., introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works on Friday, to request that a sum of money might be placed on the estimates for the repairs of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Iron Bridge over Argyle-Street, Moss Vale
THE old timber bridge, which consisted of two spans of 26 feet 6 inchesand a centre span of 30 feet, was very awkwardly placed as far as the street traffic is concerned. The railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Railways Bill
IN the Assembly on Wednesday night Sir Henry Parkes brought up the bill to moke better provision for the management of the Government railways and tramways of the colony. In the preamble it is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Forth Bridge
MR. B. Baker one of the engineers of the Forth Bridge, Scotland, recently gave a lecture on the great structure. He said that in the case of the Forth Bridge, an infinite…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Railway Smash
ONE of the most shocking disasters that has over occurred on the Victorian railways took place in a deep cutting nearly midway between Prahran and Windsor stations, on the Brighton line, shortly…
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THE railway department have made arrangements for the running of an express goods train on the southern line from Sydney to Albury daily, Sundays excepted,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Accident on the Queensland Railway
A TERRIBLE accident happened on the unopen section of the Fassifern railway between 7 and 8 o'clock on Thursday morning. A ballast train consisting of an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Melboubne Railway Disaster. a Startling Statement
IT is rumoured that the late railway disaster near Melbourne narrowly escaped being made very much worse than it really was. According to a statement made, although the ordinary down train, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Failure of a Railway Contractor
MR. W. R. MERRY, railway contractor, whose action against the goverment for £500,000 in connection with the construction of the Geelong to Ballarat railway has been prominently before the…
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