A Bad Road
This morning Messrs. Mitchell and Gibbes, Ms.L.A., introduced to the Minister of Works a deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Darlington (Mr. Hawkins) and Alderman Pepper, Elwey, and Warren…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1884
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Railway Extensions in Queensland. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane
A deputation waited on the Minister for Works to-day to urge the necessity of the extension of the Logan railway to the Tweed River. Mr. Miles said there was no doubt whatever that this railway would…
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Messrs Mitchell and Gibbes, M's.L.A'., accompanied a deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Darlington. Mr N. Hawkins, and Aldermen Warren, Pepper, and Elvy, who requested that the…
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A deputation, consisting of the Mayor (Mr. Hawkins), and aldermen of Darlington, and accompanied by Messrs. Mitchell and Gibb[?] Ms.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday, in order to draw attention to the state…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mail Coaches and Bush Roads. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I wish to make a few remarks with regard to the late coach accident. Mr. Edmonds remarks the coachman depends all upon the brake. I drovs some of the fastest coaches that over run in Scotland or England before there…
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With reference to the proposed alteration in the tramway arrangements of the city by running the eastern trams along College-street, we understand that one of the objects the Minister for Works has in view in this scheme is to avoid…
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Sir,—Having noticed in your issue of this morning that it is the intention of the Hon. Minister for Works to make the eastern tram formin[?]s at the rear of St. James' Church, in order to relieve the traffic from Elizabeth-street, north of…
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The local papers having published as telegrams the substance of a paragraph appearing in the Herald, to the effect that it was believed the railway policy of the present Government when disclosed would not be nearly so…
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It is reported that one day last week the cattle express train took 3½ hours travelling from Cootamundra to Harden, a distance of only 25 miles; and that in order to obtain a greater speed the men in charge of the engine went into the…
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A deputation, consisting of Mr. Du Faur (Croydon), Messrs. P. R. Holdsworth and H. Palmer (Rookwood), Mr. M. J. Hammond (Mayor of Ashfield), Mr. M. Myles (Burwood), Mr. H. C. Fraser (Redmyre), and Mr. J. F. Jackson…
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During the past year a short line of railway has been opened in Switzerland, which is much more alarming in appearance than that which ascends the Righi. The new line starts from the shore of Lake Leman, near the little…
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Travellers by the suburban line will have noticed at Eveleigh the embankment branching off in a curve from the Great Southern line toward St. Peters, and probably will be…
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It has been ascertained that on Christmas Day a train which left Mount Barker at 4,30 in the afternoon miraculously escaped a terrible accident, After leaving Mount Lofty with 500 excursionists aboard, the brakes…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--The constitution of the new Railway Management Board has been decided upon by the Government Mr Speight, who occupies the position of chairman, will be assisted by…
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A deputation introduced by Mr. Pigott, M.L.A., and consisting of Messrs. Aldermen M'Mahon, S. A. Stephen, Holland, Dont, Doust, Tracey, and Fox, waited upon the Minister of Works on Friday for…
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LAST. Friday a deputation consisting of Messrs. Du Faur, Croydon; P. R. Holdsworth and H. Palmer, Bookwood; M. J. Hammond, Mayor of Ashfield, and T. F. Jackson of the…
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THE member for East Macquarie, Mr. S. Smith, formerly a railway officer, in which capacity he had opportunities of judering of the capabilities of our Zig Zag line, has repeatedly directed attention both…
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THE member for East Macquarie, Mr. S. Smith, formerly a railway officer, in which capacity he had opportunities of judging of the capabilities of our Zig Zag line, has repeatedly directed attention both…
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On New Year's Day the total number of fares collected on the tramways was 151,975. Of these 12,014 were collected from persons travelling in the railway trams. 21,392 from travellers in the Coogee trams;…
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The railway authorities of this colony, with a view of shortening the time occupied by the overland express train between Sydney and Melbourne, have asked the Victorian authorities to concur in the…
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