Starving Stock and the Railways
An application recently made to the Railway Department, and assented to, is of a some what doubtful character. It is, unfortunately, a too notorious fact that during the present…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1882
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Deputations. the Canterbury Tramway
A deputation, consisting of Mr. W. H. Pigott, M.L.A., the Mayors of Marrickville and Canterbury, Alderman Graham, and the secretary for the Canterbury Tramway Extension Committee, was introduced by Mr. W. Henson, M.L.A., to the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 515 →An Improved Railway Car
The relative merits of the English and American patterns of railway car have been discussed of late on both sides of the Atlantic, and it has been clearly brought oat that, while the American system gains in safety to the traveller from…
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A deputation, consisting of the Hon. S. H, Terry, M.L.C., Messrs. Pigott. M.L.A., Henson, M.L.A., A. Cameron, M.L.A., J. Bowmer (Mayor of West Botany), and Dr. Tucker, waited upon the Minister for Works, on March 24, to urge upon him the…
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Mr. POOLE, M.L.A., and Mr. MAZE, attended as a deputation from South Sydney, to ask the Secretary for Works, that the tram line, as it passed Victoria Park or University paddocks,…
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A deputation, consisting of the Hon. George Thornton, M.L.C., and Messrs. Abigail, T. R. Smith, and Roseby, Ms.L.A., with other gentle men, interviewed the Minister for Works with the…
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M. Pigott, M.L.A., introduced a deputation to the Minister of Works to urge upon the Government the necessity of a further extension of the tramway line from Cook's Elver to Sana Souci. He spoke at length…
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A deputation, consisting of Messrs. W. H. Pigott; M.L.A., Wm. Henson, M.L.A., Mr. Chisholm (Mayors of Marrickville); Mr. Sharpe (Mayor of Canterbury); Mr. Graham,…
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LONDON, March 23.—News has just been received of a terrible railway, accident in the United States. A train on the Northern Pacific line, which runs through…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New England Railway League. [By Electric Telegraph.] Glen Innes
THE Railway League conference met yesterday, Mr. Edward Jones, Mayor of Glen Innes, presiding. There were 15 delegates present, including Messrs. D. M'Rae, T. Bawden, J.P., S…
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An entirely reliable correspondent suplies the following : - Tram travelling during the exceptionally fine weather we have had lately was comparatively safe, if not exactly pleasant; but directly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Arrangements for the Easter Holidays
Appended will be found information in reference to the arrangements made by the Railway Department to meet the Easter-tide holiday traffic on the New South Wales railway. Should a sufficient…
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On Tuesday afternoon a cabman drove a fare on to the train line in Moore Park. It seems he had been imbibing rather freely ; probably, to fortify himself against the weather. The passenger becoming…
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CENTRAL KEMPSEY, Wednesday. Delegates from the Macleay Railway League are to visit Armidale on May 1, and hold public meetings for the purpose of making known the…
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Sir,—This morning I had occasion to travel by the tram that leaves Hunter-street at 11. It was raining. I wanted to get out of the rain, but I got into it—first by the water which poured from the roof over the side doors by which I…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Bankstown Tramway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Having read in the Herald of 29th ultimo of a public meeting held at the Waterl[?] Stores for the purpose of appointing n deputation to wait on the Minister for Works, to petition for a proposed tram or railway from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Reckless Tram Driving. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph
Sir,--I wish through your valuable columns to draw attention to the reckless way the trams are started without giving passengers time to night. This is the third time I have nearly met with an accident by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The High-level Bridge V. Steam Ferries. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph
Sir,--In your issue of March 25, the Chairman of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, in his able address, is reported to have said the proposed extension of the Great Northern railway from Newcastle will be a…
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IF anything can convince the Government and the Tramway authorities of the absurdity of the so-called system of tramways, with which the people of Sydney nave been unjustly punished…
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LAST evening, shortly after 6 o'clock, an accident occurred to one of the Randwick trams, which was attended with one of the most narrow escapes from loss of life it has ever been our lot to record; and the…
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