The St. Peters-liverpool Railway. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--I feel it incumbent upon me as an elector of Central Cumberland to lay before the public the treatment we have been and are being subjected to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1886
2,680 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 134
The Derwent Valley Railway Dispute
HOBART, Tuesday.--The outcome of the dipute between the engineers and the contractors of the Derwent Valley railway is the appointment of Mr. Stanley, of…
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WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.--The residents of East Maitland were roused from their slumbers at about 2 o'clock this morning by an alarm of fire. On making…
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James Ernest Warren, aged 19, a clerk, living in West Kensington, was admitted to the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's Inn-road, suffering from injuries received on the Metropolitan Railway underthe following circumstances:—…
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The destruction of the East Maitland railway station-house by fire should imgress upon the Government the necessity of adopting some measures to prevent fires…
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A short time ago Messrs. S. Smith, J. Hawthorne, and F. Abigail, Ms.L.A., urged the Minister of Works to extend the Id section to Johnstone-street, Annandale, where a waiting-room has been erected. The…
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When the 4.6 up goods train from Penrith arrived at Parramatta at 8 o'clock on Wednesday night the break and two damp cars were missing. The engine was taken back, and the missing cars found near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Porters and the Eight-hours System. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--As a letter appeared in your Saturday's issue in which it is stated that porters only worked nine hours per day, and as this statement might mislead the public as to the number…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A deputation interviewed the Mayor this morning to lay beforehim a new proposition for the construction of the Fortitude Valley railway. It…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--It is expected the South Australian portion of the intercolonial railway will he completed in about two months. Two new engines for the line…
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Mr. J. C. Neild, M.P., introduced Mr. Walter Bradley and other gentleman representing the four municipals councils in the electorate of Paddington, asking for…
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Mr. Neild, M.L.A., introduced a deputation representing the four boroughs which constitute the Paddington electorate to Mr. Garrard, Minister of Works, to-day, and earnestly urged him to consider…
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH. Sir,--At the present moment, with a big deficit staring our Treasury in the face, it is anything but " comfort and joy " to find our trams…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident to Penrith Up-goods Train. Parramatta
Last night, on the arrival of the Penrith up-goode train, which arrived at Parramatta about 8 o'clock, it was found that the breakvan and two dumpcars were missing. The engine, No. 46, was immediately disconnected and sent along…
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It is notified by the Commissioner for Railways in our advertising columns, that on and after the 10th instant, "certain reductions will be made on the freight charges for wool and general merchandise…
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A deputation of gentlemen interested in extending the railway from the present terminus through Fortitude Valley, to the river side of Bulimba, waited upon the Mayor on Thursday, to lay before him a scheme…
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SOME startling facts have already been published as to the extraordinary claims which have been put forward for narrow strips of land Resumed for railway purposes along the route of the Illawarra…
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Yesterday a deputation, consisting of Messrs. W. W. Walker, C. J. Duffy, W. M. Duffy, and W. Leck, was introduced by Mr. A. H. M'Culloch, M.L.A., to the Minister for Works, to ask that a railway platform should…
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Yesterday morning a deputation wns introduced by Mr. Lysaght, M.L.A., to the Minister for Works, to ask for a curved line to be made from a point on the Illawarra railway line where it passes Wollongong to connect…
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Yesterday morning a deputation representing the northern distnets waited on the Minister for Works to ask him to take into consideration the question of reduction of rates of railway carriage on grain and other farm produce…
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