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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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An inquest was held, Saturday, in Assembly Hotel, by the City Coroner, into the circumstances connected with the death of the boy John Osborne, who was run over by a tram in Elizabeth-street on Friday,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—I was surprised to read that Mr. Walker, while delivering a public address, stated that all railway employes had been called upon to subscribe largely (considering their wages) to the Patriotic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday afternoon an accident occurred to a train, with a number of damp cars, which was going from Penrith to Sydney. When near Blacktown the driver, on looking back, saw that he had lost the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday morning the City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell, J.P.) held an inquest at the Assembly Hotel, Hunter and Phillip streets, on the body of John Osborne, 14 years of age, who was run over by a tram in Elizabeth-street, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The great aim of colonial land legislation is to send forth industrious settlers to annually enrich the country from the inexhaustible wealth of its soil. Whether the earth should…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr Shiell, the City Coroner, held an inquest on Saturday morning at the Assembly Hotel, Hunter and Phillip Streets, on the body of John Osborne age 14 years, who met his death through being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A well equipped party of residents has started to inspect a route for the proposed railway between here and Tumberumba…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—The melancholy accident which has just occurred in Elizabeth-street to a poor young boy in all the freshness of youth impels one to ask if such occurrences cannot be guarded against to a far greater degree than they are at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An accident which terminated fatally happened to a railway shunter named Charles Viner this afternoon. He was knocked down while engaged in coupling some trucks, and the wheels of an empty truck passed over his leg and lower…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. C. E. Fuller presided over a large meeting of residents of the Pennant Hills district interested in the proposed site for their railway station on the Northern line. Mr. A. H. M'Culloch was present by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A dreadful accident happened last evening in the railway yards Here. A shunter named Charles Viner was employed coupling some trucks, when he was knocked down. An empty truck passed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,--On behalf of masters and owners of vessels having to discharge at the Government Railway Wharf, Darling Harbour, we beg to protest against the tyrannical management and manifest…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir,--Now that the Minister for Works must have got over the excitement of battle, and that "African glories" are for the time things of the future, I want to trouble him about a domestic matter, which must…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The repairs to this bridge, which have been going on for some time are rapidly approaching completion. The western end as far as the "swing," and the swing itself are finished, and on Friday the widest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →As a Woollahra, tram, en route for Sydney, was starting from the Victoria Barracks gate (the new stopping place), a lady, who had been apparently undecided as to whether she would get out there or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH. Sir,--However strong the letter in this day's issue from Messrs Jennings, Pickering and Co. on the above wharf may appear to the officials of our…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE. Wednesday.--A deputation representing the late Wesleyan Methodist Conference waited on the Premier to-day and presented petitions bearing 18,311 signatures against Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,— In the multiplicity of questions recently engaging public attention, I am afraid there is some danger of the one at the head of this letter being somewhat, overlooked, or at any rate, not receiving that amount of attention which its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The device for road vehicles, illusttrated in this issue, is recommended by the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN as likely to add materially to the comfort and safety…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Yesterday a deputation, consisting of some of the residents of the residents of the George [?]ver district, was introduced to the Minister for Works (Hon F. d. Wright) by [?] H Moses, M.L.A., to present a…
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