The Railway GauGe. TENTERFIELD
Great agitation took place between the aldermen and the public, at the Municipal Council meeting held last night, in favor of the break of the railway gauge being fixed at Tenterfield…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1885
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The Railway Gauge. TENTERFIELD
Levels and plans are being prepared by the townspeople for the conservation of water within half a mile of the town and a railway station, to assist in the decision as to the break of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Soudan Campaign. the Railway to Handoub. Everything Quiet. Advance of the New South Wales Troops. the Guards Camelry Corps. [By Cable.] (From Our Special Correspondent with the N.s.w. Contingent.) Suakim, April 15
Rapid progress has been made during the past few days with the construction of the railway to Handoub, and the line is now close to that place…
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A young man named John Egan died in the Sydney train yesterday, between Culcairn and Albury. A magisterial inquiry was held before Mr. Keightiey, P.M., who, after he had taken the evidence of Dr…
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An action was brought by Henry Brown, a carter, employed by Mr. Mulroney, grocer, of Oxford-street, against the Commissioner for Railways, to recover compensation for alleged carelessness in having…
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A meeting of the residents of Randwick was held in the Town-hall on Thursday night for the purpose of taking steps to urge upon the Minister of Works the injustice and inconvenience suffered by them…
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An exparte motion for an injunction was heard in the Equity Court, before the Primary Judge, against F. A. Broughton, to restrain him from constructing a reservoir to collect water at a point on the…
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A public meeting was held in the Town Hall, Randwick, yesterday evening, for the purpose of reconsidering the ma[?]er of excessive fares charged by Government for tram convenance to and from Randwick. The Mayor (Mr. G…
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A deputation from the muncipal councils of Burwood, Concord, and Five Dock, waited upon the Minister of Works on Friday in reference to the handing over to local control of those portions of the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Soudan Campaign. Further British Advance. the Arabs Submitting. Extension of the Railway. the Power of the Mahdi Declining
London, April 16.—A telegram has been received from Suakim that the Scots Guards advanced to Otao to-day. The New South Wales Contingent will move forward from Handoub on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Gauge. Important Meeting. Tenterfield
A monster meeting was held in the School of Arts last evening, to take into consideration the question of the break of the railway gauge. The Mavor. Mr. Thos. Lewis, presided. The…
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WHEN the hands of the little clock in Margaret's sitting-reom pointed to five minutes before threo, James Wentworth rose from his lounging attitude in the easy-chair, and took his hat…
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We learn from Engineering of March 6 that, in order to accelerate the work of construction of the Suakim-Berber railway, the practical route for which will be from 260 to 280 miles, Messrs. Lucas and Aird, the contractors, are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Soudan Campaign. Further British Advance. the Arabs Tendering Their Submission. Extension of the Railway. the Power of the Mahdi Declining. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, April 16
A telegram has been received from Suakim stating that the Scots Guards advanced to Otao to-day. The New South Wales Contingent will move forward from Handoub on…
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A numerously attended public meeting was held on Thursday at the Randwick-Town-hall for the purpose of again considering how the grievance of excessive farmer might be removed. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strike of Railway Navvies. (Bt Telegraph. From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane
The strike Which took place on the western railway works near Mitchell continues. The men demand 9s per day of eight hours, but the contractor, Mr. Gargot, refuses to concede this. One…
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This was an exparte motion for an injunction against the dofendant to reetrain him from constracting a reservoir to collect water at a point on the railway extension between Coot[?]mundra and…
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Said a London paper of March 6.—And now we are going to make a railway from Suakim to Berber, nearly three hundred miles in length, through an enemy's country, crowded with hostile troops, and we…
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SUAKIM, April 19, 5.25 p.m.—By command of General Graham, a general reconnaissance has been made in the direction of Hasheen, where the enemp were believed to be posted in force. From…
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Sir,—The people of Randwick have got their books up very determinedly in respect of the tramfere question; in fact, if the statements made at the meeting held at Randwick the other night are to be…
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