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Railways, roads & transport, 1884

2,361 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 119

Tramway From Castle Hill to Parramatta

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 April 1884 · page 5

Mr Hugh Taylor asked tho Minister for Public Works in the Assembly yesterday : "With regard to my question of the 19th March last and the answer thereto, wherein it was promised that an…

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The Management of the Railway Department. Debate in the Legislative Assembly

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 April 1884 · page 5

The long-pending motion of Mr Combes, for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into the management of the Railway Department, came on in the Legislative Assembly last evening…

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For the Guidance of Others. Glenmore-road, Paddington, 14th January, 1884

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 April 1884 · page 1

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…

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District Court. Wednesday. (Before Mr District Court Judge Forbes). Hales V. Commissioner for Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 April 1884 · page 6

Mr Want. instructed by Mr J. H. Clayton, for plaintiff; Mr Nash, instructed by the Crown Solicitor, for defendant. This was an action to recover £200 for damage done to a 'bus and fatal…

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Reported Railway Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 April 1884 · page 8

In the Legislative Assembly last night, Mr Wright was questioned by Mr A. G. Taylor as to whether it was a fact that No. 225 passenger train collided on March 22nd with another train. Mr…

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Narrow Escape From Another Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 April 1884 · page 4

The Melbourne " Herald" has received information to the effect that another accident similar to the frightful one which occurred between the Weribee and Little River stations on Wednesday was…

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Narrow Tires on Roads

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 13

THE Mayor of Wickham hit upon a real grievance last week, at a meeting of the Municipal Association, when he moved his resolution with reference to narrow tires and heavy…

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Killed by a Train

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 32

THE city coroner (Mr. H. Shiell) on Tuesday held an inquest ut the South Sydney morgue on the body of Charles Hare Atkinson, aged 54, who was killed under somewhat mysterious circumstances. It is…

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The Rule of the Road. To the Editor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 36

SIR,—" F." has a momo, anent the above in your issue of March 29. I reckon he is wrang, whilst trying to put others right. In Loudon vehioular traffic is conducted on tho principles contained in the following lines:—…

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Tramway and Railway Earnings

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 17

IN the Legislative Council on the 2nd instant, Mr. Dalley, in answer to Mr. Piddington, stated that the expenditure in connection with tramways in 1883 was £220,057. The total expenditure on tramway…

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Victorian Railways

Evening News · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 4

In the Assembly on Wednesday Mr. Sydney Smith. M.P., when discussing the railway estimates, pointed out that the strict enforcement of the staff regulations on Victorian railways would probably…

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Horrible Death of a Railway Porter

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 18

The city coroner (Mr. H. Shiell) on Monday morning held an inquest at the South Sydney morgue on the body of Charles Hare Atkinson, aged 54, who was killed under somewhat…

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Parliament. Tuesday, April 8. the Railway Department Accounts

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 9

IN the Legislative Assembly, Mr. COMBES moved the appointment of a select committee, with power to send for persons and papers, to inquire into and report upon the…

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Railway to Deniliquin

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 693

A deputation consisting of Mr. John D. Hatch, Mayor of Deniliquin, and Alderman A. Jamieson, representatives of the Deniliquin Railway League, and Mr. J. Lewie, accompanied by Mr. J. Olliffe, M.L.A., was introduced to the…

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Approach to the Campbelltown Railway Station

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 693

Mr. C. Bull, Mayor of Campbelltown, and Aldermen J. Knight and A. Munro, waited on the Secretary for Public Works with a request that he would cause a fence on the street leading to the Campbelltown railway station to be…

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The Railway Accident at the Little River. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 707

The inquest respecting the deaths of Thomas Kitchen and Ellen Johnson, the two persons killed by the Little River collision, was resumed and concluded at Geelong to-day, before Mr. Heron, P.M. Mr. Chomley, Crown…

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The Railway Disaster in Victoria. Melbourne, April 4

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 686

There is to-day not a great deal to report about the Little River catastrophe, which, up to the present has resulted in three deathe—the engine-drivers of the two colliding trains, and a Mrs. Johnson, a none, of South…

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Tramway from Castle Hill to Parramatta

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 3

IN the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday last, Mr. Hugh Taylor asked the Minister for Public Works: “ With regard to my question of the 19th March last and the answer thereto,…

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Campbelltown Railway Station

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 17

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. C. Bull (mayor), and Alderman J. Knight ana A. Munro, of Campbelltown, waited upon the Minister of Works to ask that "Station-street," the approach to the…

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Deputations. Railway Extension

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 April 1884 · page 17

UN Friday, the 4th, Messrs. Barbour, Olliffe, and Wilson, Ms. L.A., introduced a deputation to the Minister of Works, in order to urge the extension of the branch line from Jerilderie to Deniliquin…

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