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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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On Tuesday, Mr. R. B. Smith and Mr. O. O. Dangar waited as a deputation upon the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, having been appointed, by a recent public meeting held at Kempsey, to urge upon the Government the necessity…
Continued on Trove, page 304 →It is proposed by the Railway Department to erect a platform on the Mudgee Railway at Camp Cove, but the local inhabitants are of opinion that the platform should he placed on Crown Ridge,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The people of Warren have felt much aggrieved that the Great Western Railway does not pass through their township, which they consider to be the natural centre and depot of the produce of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another fatal tramway accident has to be recorded, the victim being a man named Samuel Schumacher, n native of Switzerland. Deceased, who was employed by Mr. S. Smith, landlord of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir.--Now that the novelty of tramways and tramtravelling is wearing off, people are beginning to look into the real comforts (or otherwise) of trams, and to compare them with those of the 'buses; and I…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London has been startled by a dreadful murder committed on one of tho most frequented Hues. Brighton has long been regarded as a sort of marine suburb, and the railway which carries…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →IT is several weeks ago since a promise was made by the Government to appoint a commission to inquire into the question of railway management as relates to the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →OUR Parramatta correspondent informed us by wire last Friday of a collision which occurred at the Parramatta railway station Thursday night. As the 9.40 p.m. train left the station,and before it had crossed…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →A deputation, consisting of Mr. R. B. Smith, M.P., and Mr. O. Dangar, waited on the Secretary for Works last Tuesday, to urgo the necessity of a trial line of railway being surveyed from Trial Bay to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →ACCIDENTS and hospitals are generally pretty closely related, and farther proof of Messrs. A mos Brothers care for the physical wants of their men is found in the hospital erected by them…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →CONSIDERABLE gloom was cast over Parliamentary circles on Wednesday evening by the announcement that the Hon. George Oakes had been killed on the tramway line shortly after…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →SIR,—It is [?] ratifying to learn that the western farmers hold a few evenings ago a highly satisfa [?]tory meeting, for the purpose of impressing the powers that be with the necessity for at once…
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Continued on Trove, page 3 →The inquest as to the cause of death of Samuel Schumacaer, who died in the infirmary from injuries received by being knocked down by a tremway motor on Waverley road on Friday, was held at the Coroner's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—In the commercial article in your issue of the 8th instant, you give a reture of wheat and flour received by rail from West and South during last and this year. But the railway returns on which your estimate is based, as well…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The City Coroner commenced an inquiry at his chambers on Saturday afternoon on the body of the unfortunate man Samuel Schumacher, who died at the Infirmary on Friday afternoon, from injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Please accept my sincere thanks for inserting my letter on the above subject, and also for the able. support given the cause in your leading columns. As our representatives will be asked this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An action was tried, yesterday, in the Jury Court, [?] his Honor Sir W. Manning, brought by Mr. Benson, illusionist and ventriloquist, against the Commissioner for Railways, for injuries received…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This morning the work in connection with the doubling of the tramway line in Oxford-street was suspended, owing to a [?] the workmen employed these. The men,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I shall feel obliged by your inserting the following suggestions, which is acted upon may in the future prevent some of the fatal results that have attended past [?] way accidents:—…
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