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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The report of the Commissioner of Railways on the general working of the Railway Department for the year 1885 has just been published. The total railway capital authorised by Parliament now stands at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It appears that the accusations of frauds which are said to have been perpetrated on the Railway Department come in the very nick of time, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Events are rather tarrying themselves up in connection with the alleged extensive frauds on the Bail way Department. Now that the authorities find' that the public know as much neatly as they do, no…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LET us hope that with the inauguration of the cable trams at North Shore we have entered upon the advent of a holier system of street locomotion. It is a matter in which we have had to pay for experience, and, after all,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →In the Legislative Assembly, yesterday afternoon, immediately after the Speaker had taken the chair, Sir Patrick Jennings stated that certain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is now certain that great frauds have been committed on the public revenue, and although the extent of those frauds cannot be estimated, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir Patrick Jennings, in the Legislative Assembly last night, said that he desired to make an explanation with regard to rumours which were current relative to alleged frauds on the Railway Department, and the hon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The statements which were made yesterday by the Premier, Mr. ABIGAIL and the Attorney-General gave a certain amount of substantiality to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,--We are told that there (is to be some alteration made in the railway time-table by which a large reduction will be made in the expense of running them. But I think that all…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A prima-facie case of the existence of a system by which carrying firms have defrauded the New South Wale Railway Department has been made out. The first sensational bombshell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The frauds alleged to have taken place in connection with the Railway Department were again referred to in the House last night, Mr. Abigail introducing the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We are informed by the Minister for Public Works that he has been for some time engaged in framing an amended Railway Bill, which he hopes to be able to introduce to Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon Mr. Abigull made another statement with reference to the alleged railway frauds, and a further explanation was given by the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The better maintenance of tho roads in the Newcastle district was again brought under the notice of the Minister for Public Works yesterday by a deputation. It was introduced by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PENRITH, Thursday.--A serious railway smash occurred at Hazelbrook, near Lawson, this afternoon about 3 o'clock. A pick-up train, loaded chiefly with coal, had just left…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A deputation consisting of thirty-four members of Parliament and several delegates of the North Coast districts, waited upon the Minister for Works this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Sawers, M.P., introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works this morning to ask for the construction of line of railway from Byerock to Brewarrina. The…
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