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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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About 7 o'clock on Saturday evening an accident by which a man named James Hamblet lost his life, occurred on the Botany tram line. It appears that the 6.45 tram had just left Gardner's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A picnic in commemoration of the opening of the Botany Tramway took place at Correy's Gardens on Saturday afternoon. A special tram, which left Hunter-street early in the afternoon, conveyed a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, June 4.—The station of the Grand Trunk Railway Company at Quebec has been totally destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An accident, attended by fetal Consequences, happened at the Petersham railway station yesterday evening. Shortly after 6 o'clock, when the train came in from Sydney, one of the passengers, a Mrs. Poole,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following Correspondence with regard to the Riverina traffic had taken place between the Secretary for Railways, Victoria, and the New South Wales Commissioner for Railway:—"Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following correspondence between the Secretary for Railways of Victoria and the New South Wales Commissioner for Railways, with regard to the Riverina traffic, has been handed to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An accident, by which Mrs. T.E. Poole, a well-known and highly respected resident of Petersham, lost her life, occurred at the Petersham railway- station at 6,30'last evening. It appears that Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The inhabitant of St. Peters and Cook's River are not to have a tramway after all, the Government considering that the new Illawarra Railway when completed will give not only the necessary but fuller…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A public meeting was held at Edmington on Wednesday evening last, for the purpose of taking into consideration the question of a tramway from Sydney, over the bridge Ryde, and thence on to North…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE following gentlemen waited upon the Minister of Public Works this morning as a deputation to urge upon the Government the desirability of an extension of the proposed railway line from Cooma to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another tramway accident happened yesterday afternoon near Boundary-street, Botany-road, and it was caused like the last, which resulted fatally, through imprudence in leaving the carriages whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The City Coroner held on inquest yesterday at the Half-Way House, Botany Road, on the body of James Hamblett, aged 52, who was killed on the tramway on the 3rd instant. Mr. wallace attended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—It is highly gratifying to learn that the intentions of the Government are to provide forthwith for the goods traffic of this long-neglected city of ours, by means of some form of railway extension…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of James Hamblet, who was run over by a tramcar on the Botany-road, on Saturday last, was held at Gorman's Halfway House Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The railway returns for the past year 1881 have just been completed, and story a net profit of 5 30 per cent. on the expenditure This satisfactory state of things in the N.S.W. Railway Department is not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The south-western railway line is to be extended from Carrathool to Hay, 34 miles, on the 4th July, and great preparations are being made to celebrate the event with becoming dignity. It is understood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—As there is at the present time considerable dissatisfaction expressed by the City Council regarding the monopoly of our streets by the Government for tramway purposes, I would like to call the attention of the council to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deputation consisting of Mr. Tooth, M.L.A., Mr. Badgery, M.L.A., Messrs. Jonas, Edwards, and D. M. Myers, of Bombala, and some other residents of the Monaro district, waited upon the Minister for Works…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—When the mountain would not go to Mahomet, Mahomet went to the mountain. If in consequence of the anticipated outlay necessary for the purpose the powers that be cannot be induced to bring the railway to the shipping,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The City Coroner held an inquest at the Commercial Hotel, Elizabeth-street south, yesterday morning, on the body of Tabitha Elizabeth Poole, wife of Thomas Poole, draper, residing at Petersham, who…
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