The Wagga Wagga Bridge. [By Telegraph.]
WAGGA, Monday,--The Wagga Bridge Company's charter, granted by the Government for 21 years, has nearly expired. Negotiations have been going on for some time past between the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1884
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Iron Bridge Girders. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Two tank engines if placed back to back could imp[?] a weight of 60 tons on [?] uni[?] wheel base of not mor[?] than 27 feet: and it would also happen that a load of 30 tons would fall on a single wheel b[?] of 7 feet 4 inches;…
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An accident occurred on the Leichhardt tram line, yesterday, which was, unfortunately, attended with fatal results. The accident took place about half-past 2 in the afternoon. The tram, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Differential Railway Rates. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Mr. Wright, in his reply to Mr. Day on the 22nd January, said that the motion against differential railway rates was an Albury question, pure and simple. In this he was very much mistaken, as it is a question deeply affecting…
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Later Mr Shiell held an inquiry at the coroner's court into the circumstances surrounding the death of John Orr, who on Friday met with an accident while shunting some trucks…
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In the Assembly-yesterday Mr. Wright said, in reply to Mr. Lyne, that a large quantity of wheat had accumulated at Gerogery railway station, owing to the inability of the owners to take delivery, but it…
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An inquest was this morning held by the City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, on the body of John Vize, who was knocked down by a Leichhardt tram on Monday, and who in his fall received injuries from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Dynamite Explosion at a Railway Station. London, Feb. 26
An explosion of dynamite took place at midnight in the cloakroom of the Victoria station, torminus of the London, Chatham, and Dover railway. Seven persons who were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Smoking in Railway Carriages. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir.--About every month I have observed posted in conspicuous positions on railway stations, lists of convictions generally with very heavy penalties, for various breaches of railway by-laws. but only once have…
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In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, upon a motion for adjournment, Mr Sydney Smith again brought up the question of tin increased railway rates which had recently com into force. Many…
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On Tuesday evening, on the motion of adjournment, the Minister of Works stated that he did not consider he would be justified ia reverting to the old minimum weight charged for A and B class traffic unless the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murrumburrah-blayney Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I trust that you will allow me space to controvert some very erroneous statements contained in a letter upon the subject of the Murrumburra[?]-Blayney railway [?] which appeared in your issue of the 21st instant, and signed…
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Mr Shiell, the city coroner, held an inquiry at his court yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the death of John Vize, who, on Monday afternoon, was knocked down by a tram…
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A man named Joseph Adams, an employee of the Government, working at Homebush, was taken to the Sydney Hospital yesterday morning at 11.45 o'clock. He was in a very low and exhausted…
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On Thursday, in the Legislative Assembly, the Minister of Public Works stated that he had not yet appointed the commission to inquire into the construction and condition of the iron railway bridges of…
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The trial survey of a railway from Muswellbrook to Merriwa has been temporarily abandoned on account of the absence of water on the route of survey. It can be proceeded with again after the…
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The Colonial Secretary stated in the Assembly yesterday that the work of the new branch applies only to the returns of traffic receipts as audited by the railway traffic auditor, together with an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Presentation to a Railway Official
A number of employees in the Tramway Department met at the railway station, Redfern, yesterday morning (27th instant), to present Mr A. C. Hobart, late traffic foreman, with a gold watch…
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The Minister for Public Works stated in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that he had not yet appointed the commission to inquire into the constructed and condition of the iron railway bridges…
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