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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The following is an abstract of the report and finding of the board appointed by the Commissioner for Railways to inquire into the circumstances connected with the railway accident at Bowral:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,--In your report of a meeting held at Ryde to protest against the construction of a swing in Iron Cove Bridge, it is stated that a Mr. Terry pointed out that £70,000 were placed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the members of the New South Wales Amalgamated Association of Railway and Tramway Employees was held at the Protestant Hall last evening, under the presidency of Mr. Henry Hoyle. There was a fair…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—Among the many important roads leading from the city, that of the Abat-oir-road, in continuation from Harris-street, figures as a thoroughfare which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The City Coroner held an inquest on Tuesday afternoon, at the South Sydney Morgue, relative to the death of Mrs. Alice Parkinson, who was killed on Monday on the railway line near the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,--In your issue of Saturday last Mr. Arthur Josling, secretary of the Civil Servants' Association, makes a severe and altogether unwarrantable attack upon me, because, in answer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A general meeting of all members enrolled and those who intended to enrol in the new Amalgamated Society of Railway and Tramway Employes was held in the Protestant-hall,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →My clothing's ragged yon declare? Well, then it can't be spoiled. My wardrobe is of linen bare? My linen can't be soiled…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In St. Paul's schoolroom, Redf[?], last evening, a meeting of employees of the Department of Railways was held for the purpose of forming a Railway Ambulance Corps. A preliminary meeting in reference to the matter was h[?]ld…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In view of the depressed state of the traffic on the various [?] and the consequent falling-off in the railway receipts, the officers of the department have for some time past been engaged in considering whether substantial reductions in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →[?]—In a suggestive sub-leader in your issue of the 18th instant you referred to the proposal of the Brewarrina residents to bear locally the risk of loss in the working of a branch line of railway which they desired from Byrock to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following return, showing the estimated cost of the preliminary work, permanent surveys, &c., in connection with all railway extensions sanctioned by Parliament under the Public Works Loan Act of 1884, and amount already…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,--I crave space through the columns of your paper to say a little re the election of officers at a meeting of the above, which took place in the Protestant-hall on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Last evening a meeting of railway employes was held in St. Paul's Schoolroom, Redfern, to form an ambulance corps and to witness the presentation of certificates of competency to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Begone! we'll have no vagrants here!" and then the door was shut, And the poor beggar was thrust into the night where neither hut…
Continued on Trove, page 1100 →A very enjoyable evening evening was spent in the above Church on Friday, 21st inst., the occasion being the rendering by the Church choir of the Service of Song…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WITH regard to the important question, swing or no swing? for the bridge across Iron Cove, the position of affairs at the present time…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At a quarter to 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon a special train left Newcastle for Narrabri, with the intention of conveying four boats to that place in consequence of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir.—Would you kindly find space in your paper of to-day to allow me make an explanation re my vote of censure on Messrs. Hoyle, White, and Sehey, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—I beg to be allowed space in your columns to give vent to the thought which has lately engaged my mind— the construction of a line of tramway from the railway station to the vicinity of Moore Park. Under the present…
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