Railway Charges
IN order to promote the extension of the fruit industry in the country districts, the commissioners for railways have provided for a reduction in the carriage of fruit of about 50 per cent. off the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1889
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Bridge over Shepherd-street
At the council meeting on Thursday night the tender of I. Warburton, £73, for the crection of a bridge over the rivulet at the Shephered street crossing was accepted. With the increase of population on…
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MR. BLOMFIELD, district roads superintendent, met the Mayor yesterday morning at the site of the proposed Merrigang-street bridge, and discussed the question of levels, &c. Aldermen Farrow, Fleming,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thel Condition of the Railways
In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday last, Mr. Dibbs moved the adjournment of the House, in order to bring under the notice of the Government the condition of the railway lines, as illustrated in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tremendous Floods in America. Eight Towns wiped out of Exist ence. Miles of Railways and Telegraphs destroyed. Twenty-five Thousand Persons. Drowned. London, June 1
TERRIBLE floods have taken place in the United States, extending over a vast area of country, and resulting in enormous loss of life. Heavy and continuous rains occurred in…
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THE Minister for Works has authorised the issue of an amount of money for the minor roads in the colony under trustees, to be taken from the sum voted on account of roads and bridges in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Disaster in Ireland. One Hundred Sunday-School Children killed. London, June 12
Two excursion trains, laden with 1200 Sunday-school children came into collision at Armagh, in Ireland. The effects of the collision were terrible. One hundred of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Kiama to Shoalhaven Railway
As stated in the metropolitan press some weeks back the Hon. Mr. Bruce Smith seems to have carried out his promise to refer the subject of the proposed, entension of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Melviixe and the Railway Commissioners: Fifteen Questions
MR MELVILLE has given notice of his intention to ask the following 15 questions of Mr. M'Millan on July 12:—1. On what date did Messrs. Edly, Fehon,.,…
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AN information Cabinet meeting was held after the meeting of the Executive Committee on Wednesday, when the Government decided to submit to Parliament to be sent on to the Parlimentry Committee…
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A DEPUTATION or residents of southern districts, accompanied by the Hon. S. Charles, M.L.C., and Messrs. Fuller, Kidd, and McCourl, Ms.L.A., waited upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sketches by Le Haun. Some Notes in a Sydney Tram
TRAVELLING in a tram, an observer has ample opportunity for exercising bis thoughts by taking notice of many peculiar things which around him occur; and, in fact, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bowral free Press. Do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but eat and drink, as friends. Wednesday, July 24, 1889. Bowral Railway Station. Plans Have Been Prepared. Tenders to Be Called
THE Mayor has confe[?]ely handed us the following letter for publication:- "Government Railways of N. S. Wales, "Secretary's Office…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to the Editor. The Bowral Railway Station
SIR,—I have the honor to forward you copies of a communication which I have received from the Acting Secretary for Railways, respecting the intentions of the Railway Commissioners with regard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bowral free Press. Do as adversaries do in law, Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. Wednesday, July 31, 1889. the Berrima Road
BETWEEN Bowral and Berrima there is,—well, not a grest gulf fixed, it is something worse a tremen[?]us hill. It is an effectual barrier between the two townships, and if…
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IN the Assembly last Friday, during the discussion on the Temporary Supply Bill, Mr. Kidd said he thought the meaning given to, the Railway Act by the Premier war very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Berrima-Bowral Road
A CONTRIBUTOR to the Serutineer says:—A petition is on foot to open a road from Berrima to Bowral via Burradoo. The proposed road would skirt the river all the way…
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THE advertisement calling for tenders for new railway station premises at Bowral appears in another column of our present issne. Tenders returnable not later than 12 o'clock Monday, the 19th instant, are to…
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The plan of the new railway station, buildings to be erected at Bowral is on view with Mr. C. Bennett, station-master. On paper, the proposed building is modest to a degree, but it has…
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A DEPUTATATION from the Railway and Tramway Employees' Association, consisting of Messrs. H. C. Hoyle, president, W. H. Manuel and James Raid, vice-presidents,…
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