Reduction in Tram Fares
AT a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday Last a minute of Mr. Wright recommending the following reductions in tram fares was adopted. The first section on each line will be 2th, sections beyond being 1d…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1885
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Dr. Moran's Leavetaking at the Railway Station
THE Melbourne express, which went puffing and screeching from the Redfern terminus on Monday afternoon at five o'clock, had amongst its large load of passengers his Grace the Most Rev. Dr…
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Sir,—There can be no doubt but that the traffic on all lines is increasing every day, but the Department does not seem to be alive to the importance of providing increased accommodation for the public. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Government Railways. Liverpool Races, June 13, 1885
In consequence of the inclemency of the weather, the Liverpool Races have been POSTPONED until SATURDAY, the 20th instant, and the special train advertised to leave Sydney at 11.20 a.m., and to return from Liverpool at 5.5 p.m., will not run…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Public Works Office, Hobart, 20th April, 1885. Tasmanian Government Railways. Launceston and Scottsdale Line
TENDERS are invited for the construction of 47 MILES 4 CHAINS of RAILWAY,…
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At a meeting of the Cabinet Council held on Tuesday, the question of the tram fares was brought under notice by the Minister for Works, who submitted the following minute to his colleagues:—…
Continued on Trove, page 1233 →Blayney-Murrumburrah Railway Works. Carcoar
The contractors for the works in connection with the third section of the Blayney-Murrumburrah line are at present making vast progress. 260,000 cubic yards of stuff have been shifted. Nearly one-fourth of the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 1230 →The Grafton-Tweed Railway. Grafton
A public meeting was held this evening, in the School of Arts, to urge on the Government to have a permanent survey of the Grafton-Tweed Railway carried on with all possible despatch. The meeting was presided over by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1230 →Reduction of Tram Fares
At a meeting of the Cabinet on Tuesday the Minister for Works, submitted the following minute: "Department of Public Works,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Parramatta Railways. to the Editor of the Mercury
SIR,—There has been standing for many days past in the most prominent part of the railway line which overlooks Harris Park a most unsightly funeral [?]ar. Surely the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Improved Railway Stock Truck
Our reporter at the Dubbo Show wrote on the 5th: This morning fourteen of the Australian combination railway trucks were loaded for the first time with live stock. The large amount of public…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Alleged Railway Mismanagement. (By Telegraph, From Our Correspondent.) Murrumburrah
Great inconvenience and loss are sustained by storekeepers, millers, and consignees here by the inadequacy of the trucking accommodation at the Murrumburrah siding. Loaded trucks are…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Improved Mine Railway
The object of the invention herewith illustrated is to lesson the cost of transportation of ore, coal, &c., by utilising part of the power of the hoisting car for operating a surface car. On a shaft journaled in the…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Tamberumba Railway. ADELONG
A well-attended meeting of the progress committee was held last night, when, resolutions, to the discussed at a public meeting to be held on the 16th instant with reference to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Cable Tramway. a Brief History
The exigencies of modern civilisation, which [?]ibly tends to centralise business in as small limits as possible, and demands that the homes of the people shall be elsewhere than in the city…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway "Smash" at Wallerawang
A telegrams received by the Government on Sunday from Wallerawang notified that a collision had taken place there on Saturday evening. A good train from Lithgow, it seems, had run into Wallerswang at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Fares. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In this matter the authorities appear to have the idea that the matter of having tickets is essential, in order to prevent fraud on the part of the conductors; but is appears to me, in issuing them at all, the department is only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Railway Collision at Wallerawang. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wallerawang
A serious railway collision occurred in the Wallerawang station yard on Saturday evening, between 9 and 10 o'clock, by which two trains were badly damaged, though, fortunately, there is no loss of life to chronicle. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Suburban Railways
The just claims of the people of Sydney to railway communication have been systematically ignored by all Governments, if we except the present. They are entitled to the credit of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident at Wallerawang
We are indebted to the courtesy of the Attorney-General for a copy of a telegram wich [?]received yesterday morning, informing him of collision between two trams at W s wang[?], If…
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