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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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AN alarming "smash" occurred at the Wellington railway station this morning. The 2 a.m. down train was late, and two engines were moved up to the tanks for water; the official in charge…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →On the 18th instant a deputation from the eastern suburbs, consisting of Sir Alfred Stephen, Colonel Ray mond, Captain Charles, and Messrs. J. C. Neild, Walter Bradley, W. H. Simpson (mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →About 6000 persons travelled by train, the traffic being rather small as compared with some previous holidays. The suburban traffic, that is between Prramatta mid Sidney, formed by far the largest bulk, there being 4698 passengers,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →There is gross railway mismanagement somewhere. The stationmaster at Cootamundra has been ordered not to receive any wheat for dispatch by rail to Goulburn, the reason assigned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—Your correspondent "Colonial," in to-day's issue, says: "If the colonial industries are ever to get a fair chance of a friendly start, it can only be by a slight preference, such as [?] have indicated, being given until the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Amongst the many serious objections there are to the trams going along College-street is the very great inconvenience that the inhabitants of eastern suburbs will be put to who have business or friends to visit south of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—I read with exceeding great surprise your report of [?] deputation who waited on the Minister for Works on Friday last with reference to the above, and I cannot refrain from at once giving an emphatic denial to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir,--Will you please allow me space for a few remarks on a paragraph that has appeared in the daily papers concerning railway employees, their hoars, duties and pay. Shunters have the eight-hour…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yesterday morning a deputation consisting of Messrs Barbour and Wilson, members of N.S.W. Legislative Assembly, and the Hons. B. Burrowes and A. Mackay, of Victoria, waited upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ALBURY, Tuesday.--An accident happened at the railway bridge works to-day to a lad acting as assistant to the rivetters. He fell from one of the transverse girders into the Murray, a height…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—In your issue of the 23rd ultimo, I noticed a short article re railway employes, in which the traffic manager (Mr. Reid) states that night officers, although having to work 12 hours, have little or no…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—Having occasion on Saturday night to travel to Newtown, and being tied to time, I wended my way up King-street, in company with a lady friend, with the intention of catching the 8.55 tram from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A deputation consisting of residents of Kangaroo Valley, Shoalhaven, and Wild's Meadow, accompanied by Messrs. Garrett, M'Court, Humphreys, M.sL.A., waited upon the Minister of Works on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Tuesday a deputation, consisting of Messrs. Barbour and Wilson, members of the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly, and Messrs. Angus Mackay and Burrowes, of the Victorian Parliament, waited upon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—After all that has been said, written, and done, with the object of convincing our Railway Department of the urgent necessity of providing a crossing by subway or bridge at Stanmore Station, it remains an unexplained and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Minister for Public Works, referring to the North' Shore tramway, stated in the Legislative Assembly, yesterday, that the plans and specifications are not yet completed. They will be,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr Proctor took advantage of a motion for adjournment in the Legislative Assembly last evening to make a number of vagus charges against the Minister for Works, of permitting the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The time tables issued by the tramway authorities are handy enough for travellers who commence their journey at the terminus, but to those who are picked upon the way they are about as much use as a Letts's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Stephen, M.P., and Mr. Cormack waited On the Minister of Works this morning, to represent the necessity for the construction of a bridge over Spring Creek, Bay-street. BexLey, in order to provide for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is the intention of the Railway Department to bring into operation next Monday, the 4th instant, a new railway time table. The alterations in the running of the trains will be found explained in the following:—…
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