Botany Road Toll
A final meeting of the league for the abolition of the toll on the Botany-road was held on the 8th instant. It was agreed to present on address to Mr. T. M. Williamson. M.L.A., thanking him for his…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1886
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Hours of Railway Servants
A conference of railway servants, under the auspices of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants for Scotland, as to petitioning railway companies for a general ten hours' working day, was held…
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In the police court, to-day, before Messrs. S. A. Browne and Dulhunty, Js.P., a respectable-looking young man, named Walter Whiteside, of Victoria, was charged by Mr. Willis, stationmaster, under…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.--The tender of Messrs. H. Robinson and Haig. of South Australia, for the ninth section of the Western Railway extend on to Charleville has been…
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When yon accept the cable-road system: of conveyance (said a 'Frisco correspondent) yon must do so with the contingency of a few accidents now and then, each as the parting of a cable or the breaking…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steel Railway Sleepers. To the Editor
Sir,—Having read your leader of the 6th, on steel railway sleepers, which you seem to think will be of great benefit to this colony, I fail to see that they will. Being an old railway employe on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Tram Danger. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--It must be apparent that the shunting of the trams and engines at the crossing of Bridge-street is an extremely fruitful source of danger, one particularly narrow escape having…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence. Church-street Railway Bridge. to Tbs Editor of the Mercury
SIR,—I have written these few lines to bring under the notice of the authorities the dangerous work being carried on at the railway bridge in Church-street. People’s lives are in danger…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Washaway on the Railway Near Cootamundra. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In reviewing the circumstances of the late washaway on the main southern line at Wallendbeen we wish to call your attention to the facts of the case, as the many garbled statement, circulated by some of the newspapers…
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QUIRINDI. Tuesday.--A violent storm fell last night near Werris Creek, and washed away a portion of the railway line. Fortunately the vigilance of the railway…
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Shortly after 6 o'clock last evening the tramway sheds at Randwick were discovered to be on fire. Information was immediately sent to tin Metropolitan Fire Brigade, and in the meantime…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Several important changes have been made in the Railway Department, and the drafting staff of the locomotive engineer has been practically…
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About 6 o'clock last evening a fire broke out in the Government tram work, Randwick. An alarm was given to the Metropolitan Fire Brigade from General Post-office, which had…
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To-day Mr. John Davies, M.L.A., introduced a deputation to Mr. Garrard, Minister of Works, to complain of insufficient and inconvenient train accammodation Campbelltown. Not only were there…
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To-day a deputation -consisting of Mr. Curley (secretary), and members of the executive committee of the Hunter River Miners Association; and Mr. Turton, of the Waratah Council, was introduced to…
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The tramway drivers and firemen's annual picnic took place at the Sir Joseph Banks Hotel, Botany, yesterday, and was numerously attended, there being from five to six hundred persons on the ground. A…
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Mr. Meeks, M.L.A. has received the following letter from Mr. Goodchap:—"Referring to your letter addressed to the Secretary of Public Works, complaining of the 6.8 p.m. Forest Lodge train having…
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A large number of drivers, firemen and cleaners of the tramway department spent a most pleasant day with their families and friends yesterday at Sir Joseph Banks' Gardens,…
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The annual picnic of the Government tramway drivers and firemen took place yesterday, at Sir Joseph Banks Hotel grounds, Botany. A special tram left during the morning, and altogether about 700 persons were on the…
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THIS very handsome structure has just been completed, and has enabled a considerable section of the Illawarra Railway, as far as the National Park, in fact, to the National Park, to be thrown open to the public. The…
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