Reuter's Messages. a New Railway Company
London, Saturday.--The New Zealand East and West Coast Railway Company has been launched on the London market…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1886
2,680 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 134
The Border Town Railway. Opening Ceremony. (By Telegraph.)
ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The ceremony of declaring the railway to Border Town open to the public was performed by the Chief Secretary yesterday. Border Town was…
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ORANGE, Monday.--On the requisition of a large number of leading citizens, the Mayor (Mr, C. J. Smith) convened a meeting. which was held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Grumblers. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,—I think it is high time that such men as your correspondent" Waverley" should be taught that the whole railway or tramway traffic is not carried on for the special…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Civil Service V. Railway Employes. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--One cannot help contrasting the difference in the treatment of these two large bodies of State servants in their initial efforts to combine for the advancement of their several…
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In our last edition we published a telegram from our Albury correspondent, stating that the mail train was one hour and ten minutes late. At 5 p.m. the…
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The mail train is one hour and ten minutes overdue. No word has been received at the station as to its whereabouts…
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At about 1.30 a.m. today, an assistant guard in the employment of the Railway Department was killed at the Ashfield Station, in the following circumstances. He was engaged in shunting some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gundagai Railway. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Gundagai
Mr. Dean, from the office of the Engineer-in-Chief for Railways, made a final inspection of the Gundugai branch of the Southern Railway on Friday last, prior to the line being handed over to the Government. To-day the…
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By a return laid on the table of The Assembly the amounts of money expended in connection with the tramway system are shown. For the permanent ways, including those in course of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway M[?]ement on Easter Monday. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--I would wish to fully [?] the remarks in your issue of this day's date re the train management to the National Park on Easter Monday, and had only wished that they had…
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GUNDAGAI, Tuesday.--Mr. Dean, from the office of the Engineer-in-Chief of Railways, made a final inspection of the Gundagai branch of the Southern railway on Friday…
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BALRANALD, Tuesday.--The Victorian Railway Commissioners are to visit Swan-hill on Wednesday in regard to the proposed ex- tension of railway communication to that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gladstone's Irish Policy. the Greek Question. the Unemployed. Insolvency Court. Wreck of the Upolu. Windsor Coursing. Ourke Racing Club Acceptances. the Rifle Teams. England and Germany in the Pacific. Stock and Share Report. Where Is the Mail Train ? Where the Mail Train Is. Typhoid in Melbourne. "Gazette" Notices. Sunny Corner Silver-mining Company. Parliament. the R.m.s. Cuzoo. More News From Kimberlely British and German Intresets in the Pacific. Anglo-german Convention. Berlin, May 3
An important Convention has been signed here by Sir Edward B. Malet, the British Ambassador, and Prince Bismarck, the German Chancellor, delimiting the…
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An inquest was held at the South Sydney morgue this morning before Mr. Shiell, City Coroner, into the death of John Spencer, who was accidentally killed…
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The City Coroner held an inquest in the South Sydney Morgue this morning on the body of John Spencer assistant guard in the employment of the Railway Department, who was run over on the line…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Marrickville Tram and the Pumping Engine. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—If tho Marrickville tram was continued a little more than one-fourth of a mile further, making the terminus near the pumping-enginc, it would, no doubt, draw to itself a large passenger traffic from the neighbourhood of Dulwich…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Law Report. Supreme Court.—wednesday, May 5. In Banco.—{Before their Honors the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice WINDEYER, and Mr. Justice Innrs.) New Trial Motions. Pletcher V. the Commissioner for Railways (Part Heard)
This was a motion for a now trial of an action against the Commissioner for Railways for injuries sustained by the plaintiff, a schoolboy, by a train, in which ho was a passenger, running at too great a pace…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Terminus Cloak-room. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—May I be permitted through your journal to invite the attention of the head of that branch of the Railway Department under whose control and administration the luggage and parcel office is placed to tho exceeding…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Accident Near Brisbane. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane
A serious accident occurred on the Southern and Western Railway this afternoon. It appears that the men engaged in duplicating the line were working on the approach to the bridge near Goodna. The…
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