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The trial of Patrick and Elizabeth M'Grae for the Hamley Bridge murder was continued to-day. The Chief Justice occupied nearly the whoeo morning in summing up. His Honor strongly urged that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The fan on our railways is becoming fast and furious. Bathurst, Douglas, and Katoomba can tell tales of gross neglect against the railway officials; and now we have got another collision to chronicle—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following report of the Engineer-in-Chief for Railways was published as an appendix to the Treasurer's Ways and Means last session:- "Engineer-in-Chief's Office, Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The taking of evidence in connection with the inquest on the body of the man Thomas, who was killed in the Hawthorn railway accident, was concluded to-day. The evidence was mostly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A largely-attended meeting of railway and tramway employes was held last evening at the Temperance Hall, for the purpose of ventilating the grievances under which they labour in the matter of pay. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A mass meeting of employes engaged in connection with the Government railways and tramways was held last evening at the Temperance Hall in reference to the wages and overtime question. The hall was crowded, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The inquest on the body of Thomas, who died from injuries received in the Hawthorn railway collision, was concluded to-day. Mr. C. A. Smythe, addressing the jury on behalf of the Crown, referred at great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We mentioned yesterday that an accident had occurred on Wednesday, on the railway line at the Zigzag, Immediately on the news being received by the department, Mr. Green, traffic manager,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →After lasting seven days the Coronial inquiry into the death of W.C. Thomas, who was killed in the Hawthorn railway accident, was concluded today. The jury returned the following verdict--…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of about 700 employees of the Railway Department was held in the Temperance Hall last evening, for the purpose of considering the wages question, and taking steps to induce the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DID I tell you how the first train was captured upon our arrival at Zagazig after the celebrated march? I think not, and it is worth recording. Colonel MacNaughton, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Claim for £100. It appeared that a christening of fire engines took place at Woollahra, and the defendant, by the negligence of his servants, had on the 22nd September, in Queen-street, Woollahra,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE town of Ipswich, formerly known by the name of Limestone, is the second largest in Queensland, and at one time threatened to become the great commercial rival of Brisbane, but with the opening of the railway…
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Continued on Trove, page 20 →Shortly after 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon a young man named William Wright, who was crossing over Devonshire-street towards the Redfern railway station, was knocked down by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—May I ask the favour of a few lines in your paper to correct a slight mistake in the report of my speech at the mass meeting of railway and tramway employes in the Temperance Hall, on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DURING the past two or three days the enjoyment of the holidays has been in some cases sadly marred by very serious accidents, which have caused sorrow and grief in more than one household. On Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The W11 to make provision for the belter management of State railways was (says the Melbourue Age) circulated in the Assembly on Tuesday. The first section describes the Act as the Victorian Railways Board Act, 1883, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is notified that a special train will leave Sydney to-day for Bathurst and all intermediate stations, at 7.25 p.m. Special trains will also leave Sydney for Paramatta to-day at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Never perhaps have the resources of the railway and tramway departments been so severely tested as yesterday. Trains were leaving and arriving at the Redfern station nearly every minute throughout the day, and the platform…
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