Accident at the Railway Station
A SAD accident, by which a boy under nine years old lost his life, happened at the Parramatta Railway Station on Saturday last. The child, whose name was Harold Claude…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1884
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Railway Collision at Rookwood
YESTERDAY (Tuesday) morning, between midnight and one o’clock a serious collision between two goods trains took place at Rookwood station. The one train had shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tre Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Deniliquin
The nineteenth half-yearly meeting of the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company was held to-day. Mr. Simmie occupied the chair. The report showed that the traffic receipts for the last half-year amounted £14,016 5s. 7d.;…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--A daring attempt was made to-day to wreck the Nairn train, A ganger employed in the engineers' department while traversing the line, found near the entrance of the…
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In answer to a question put by Mr. Pigott in the Assembly yesterday evening, Mr. Wright said it was the intention of the Government during the present session to ask the sanction of the House for the…
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Mr. Wright in the Legislatives Assembly last night in answer to Mr. Huge Taylor said he was advised that he discretionary power could given to justices as to the amount of the to be inflicted for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The DENILIQUIN and Moama Railway Company. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir.—Mr. Wright cannot be congratulated on his proposal to impose a tent of £800 annully on the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company for the use of the bridgs across the Murray between Moama and Echuca. His…
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At a meeting of the Municipal Council of Hunter's Hill, held on the 11th ultimo; the following resolutions were proposed by Aldermen Jeanueret and carried:—"1. That, in the opinion of this Council, the best and nearest…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Deputations. Burwood Road
This morning Aldermen Brown, Wedderburn, and Broughton, with the town clerk of Burwood, waited upon the Minister of Works, asking him to take over and maintain the main road running through…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Attempt to Upset a Train Near Adelaide. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide
Detective Dunlevi, who was sent by the Commissioner of Poblic to report respecting the alleged attempt to wreck the Nairne train, has visited the spot where tho piece of iron was discovered. He states that the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleged Attempted Rape. Charge Against a Railway Conductor. Prosecutrix Cross-examined
The adjourned case of Thomas Goff, charged with assaulting Elizabeth Hooper, with intent, was called on at the Central police court this morning, before Mr. Dillon, S.M., the court being cleared while the…
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This morning a deputation, consisting of Messrs. H. Clarke, Garvan, and See, M's.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Works to ask that a line of railway might be constructed from Bega to Eden, but…
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A densely crowded, and rather noisy meeting was held in the Temperance Hall, Wollongong, last night, for the purpose of asking the Government to reconsider its decision with regard to the…
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One of the largest and, at the same time, most disorderly meetings hold here for a long time took place in the Temperance Hall last night. It was called in response to a lequisition to the Mayor, with a view to induce the Govern…
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No one will venture to deny that the tramways are a great public convenience. We have indeed only to watch the thousands using this made of conveyance to wonder how it was ever…
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Mr M'Elhone asked the Minister for Public Works in the Assembly, yesterday:--" (1.) Has the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the alleged instability of the bridges on the…
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WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--A large but highly disorderly meeting was held in the Temperance Hall last night, for the purpose of inducing the Government to change the route of the railway to…
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In the Legislative Assembly yesterday Mr M'Rlhone asked the Secretary for Public Works--"Have the Government taken any steps by strictly defining the duties of the Engineer-in-chief for Railways and the…
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In response to numerous requests from the residents of Lismore, there has been erected across Wilson's Creek a handsome, useful bridge, which forms the subject of our illustration…
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Yesterday a deputation consisting of Aldermen Brough-ton, Wedderburn, and Saunders, and the council clerk of Burwood, waited upon the Minister for Works to urge upon the hon. gentleman the desirableness of the…
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