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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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A general meeting of the men employed in all branches of the railway and tramway service was held in the Carrington Hall, Custlereagh-street, last evening, for the purpose of forming an "Association of Railway and…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"Dear Sir,—I am happy to inform you that the sale of your Syrup and Pills increases here continually. Several of my customers speak of having derived more benefit from the use of these than from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →I had been devil in the Bugler office, in a town of Iowa, about four months, when the editor was called away. The man who was acting as compositor, pressman, job printer,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Now that the railway men have duly formed their Association, and have expressed their opinion of the dealings of the Minister of Works with their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The second reading of thin bill was passed by the Legislative Council after a considerable amount of discussion by members opposed to tramways generally, as by those in support…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hon. W. J. Lyne, Minister for Works, has declined, to order the withdrawal of the circular issued by the Commissioner for Railways objecting to the formation of a Railway Employees' Amalgamated Association. He states…
Continued on Trove, page 973 →Mr. Dean, from the office of the Engineer-in-Chief for Railways, made a final inspection of the Gundagai branch of the Southern Railway on Friday last, prior to the line being handed over to the Government. To-day the…
Continued on Trove, page 982 →A SHOCKING accident occurred at Ashfield railway station on Wednesday. Shortly after 1 a.m. on assistant-guard named John Spencer was engaged in the work of shunting some trucks which were attached to a…
Continued on Trove, page 953 →The South Australian portion of the intercolonial railway to Bordertown was formally opened for local traffic on Saturday. The Parliamentary party, numbering about 50 gentlemen,…
Continued on Trove, page 953 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 953 →BRISBANE, Friday.--The board of inquiry into the circumstances of the railway accident which took place on Wednesday near Good[?] submitted their report to-day to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GUNDAGAI, Friday.--Some time ago an application was made to the Railway Department to have the goods-shed, which is now in course of construction, enlarged so as to meet the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Carrington-hall in Castlereagh-street was crowded with railway and tramway employe's last night to receive the decision of the Minister for Works in reference to an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A deputation from Braidwood, including M[?] Ryrie, Hyam and O'Sullivan, Ms.P., [?] upon the Minister for Works, yesterday, when they brought under his notice the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The New South Wales Amalgamated Association of Railway and Tramway Employes was inaugurated last evening. With the object considering the reply of the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday afternoon a deputation, accompanied by Messrs. Hammond, Henson and Judd, Ms.P., waited upon the Minister for Works, and renewed an application that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A deputation from Lyndhurst accompanied by Messrs. Garland and Baker, Ms.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday, and presented a petition in favour of the construction of the railway station at Lyndhurst, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A deputation from Braidwood, accompanied by Messrs. A. Ryrie, Solomon H. Hyam, and O'Sullivan, Ms.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday to urge that the plans, specifications, &c., for the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A deputation from the municipality of Prospect and Sherwood, accompanied by Messrs. Varney Parkes and N. G. Bull, Ms.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday, and asked that a sum of £200…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir,—It must seem strange to visitors travelling on the Randwick tram that, in a journey under four miles, it should be deemed necessary to change motors half-way, and thus add over five minutes to the time of transit. How…
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