Enthusiastic Railway Demonstration
COWRA, Tuesday.--A most enthusiastic demonstration in honour of the passing of the plans of the Murrumburrah-Blayney railway, was held to-day. All the Friendly Societies, the Railway…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1884
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For the Guidance of Others. Glenmore-road, Paddington, 14th January, 1884
Messrs Elliott Brothers. Gentlemen, -- Some few weeks ago, I was so severely affected with indisposition as to reader my rising each morning a matter of difficulty and pain, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway to Girilambone. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In your issue of Wednesday last I notice a paragraph concerning the opening of the railway to thi[?] place, in which there are statements calculated to mislead all who are not perfectly acquainted with the facts. In the first…
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The following is a list of the subordinate roads under trustees, showing the proposed distribution of the vote on the Estimates for 1834:— NORTHERN ROADS…
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At about 10 o'clock last night a truck, which contained a large cylinder, was being shunted into the tramway yard at Christ Church, Redfern, when it ran off the rails and blocked the line. The tram way…
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At the Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday afternoon tho coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, held an inquest on the body of Robert Boyd, a potter, 27 years of age, residing at Camperdown, who met his death by…
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Mr. Darley, Q.C., and Mr. H. F. Barton, instructed by Messrs. Way and Way, for the plaintiff; Mr. M. H. Stephen, Q.C., and Mr. A. H. Simpson, instructed by the Crown Solicitor, for the defendant…
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Mr Hugh Taylor, for Mr A. G. Taylor, asked the Minister for Public Works yesterday, in the Legislative Assembly, " Is it a fact that tramway employees, disabled through accidents arising in…
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With reference to the gentlemen appointed a Royal Commision to inquire into the stability of railway bridges in the colony, we may state that the names of the gentlemen originally appointed,…
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On Friday, 21st, Mesars, Garrard and Hutohin son, Ms.L.A., introduced a deputation from Leichhardt, consisting of Messrs. E. Lewis, Scott, Taylor, and Hearn. The deputation urged the necessity of…
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A deputation, consisting of Aldermen Scott, Taylor, and Hearn, was introduced by Messrs. Garrard and Hutchinson, Ms.L.A.., to ask for a swing to be placed in the bridge at Five Dock…
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SIR.—In travelling through the outlying suburbs of Parramatta and Ryde I notice many proclaimed roads blocked by fences, and others by slip-rails, It occasionally happens also that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rule of the Road. To the Editor
SIR,—In the United Kingdom, and all the cities and towns I have been in, is the same for foot passengers as for vehicle traffic, and, to quote some lines I remember is a paradox quite:—…
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A painful accident occurred yesterday in connection with the Waverley tram. It appears that a Mr. Lancelot Iredale, while the tram was at College-street, was standing with one foot on the footboard of the car…
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Mr. F. A. Wright. Minister of Works, accompanied by Messrs. Cowedery, Inglison, Harris, Richardson, and others, made a strict examination yesterday of the railway waiting rooms and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Official Inspection of Railway Lines. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Lithgow
The Ministerial party arrived at Eskbank shortly before 6 p.m., having stopped at all the stations and platforms en route. Their attention was confined to the railway premises, which they inspected somewhat minutely. The…
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Messrs. T. L. Nicholson, Duffy (2). Melloday, and Edwards were introduced to Mr. Wright by Messrs. Abigail and See, M's.L.A., to ask that a railway station might be made at 18 miles 15 chains on the Homebush to…
Continued on Trove, page 617 →Marrickville Tram Fares
A deputation, consisting of Aldermen Shaw. Farr, and Graham, of Marrickville, was introduced to the Minister for Works by Mr. Gibbes, M.L.A., to ask for a reduction in the tram fares to and from Marrickville from 4d. to 3d., the…
Continued on Trove, page 617 →The Melbourne Tramway Trust. Melbourne, March 21
A dilemma has occurred on the Tramway Trust, owing to the resignation of the Mayor of Melbourne as a member, because another member of the City Council had been elected over him as chairman…
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