The Railway Time-table Alterations
In the list of proposed alterations in the Railway time-tables to come into force on the 28th inst., which we published in our issue of Saturday last, one or two slight corrections…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1886
2,680 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 134
The Tower Bridge
LONDON, June 22.—The Prince of Wales laid the first stone of the high level bridge which is to cross the river Thames between the Tower of London and the principal docks. A large number…
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Sir,—I notice that the Hon. W. J. Lyne, Minister [?] Works, proposes to run a day train from Sydney [?] Albury. This should be a great boon to every section[?] the travelling public. For one thing, it will enable per[?]…
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Mrs. Warwick, an old gatekeeper at Cheltenham, noticed her husband, who for many yean has been in a weak state of imbecility, rub out of the house just as a train ws due. She called to him, but he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →North Shore Tram Smash. Farther Details
Farther inquiry into tho circumstances connected with the accident on Monday, shows that the guard of the car which caused all the trouble was assisting the gripper of the dummy in placing the latter on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The ACCIDENT on the North Shore Cable Tramway. Further Particulars
Two hours after the accident on the North Shore cable tramway on Monday night traffic was once more resumed, and a number of the residents of the district availed themselves of the use of the trams as a means of locomotio[?]…
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H.R.H. the Prince of Wales yesterday performed the ceremony of laying the founfation-stone of the bridge which is to cross the Thames from the Tower of…
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In the din of financial war, these alleged frauds are slipping out of sight. The Government, doubtless, is working, and Mr. ABIGAIL is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Proposed Railway Changes. (By Telegraph.)
GUNDAGAI, Wednesday.--A public, meeting was held in Archer's Assembly-hall last night, at which Mr. J. W. Benson, J.P., presided, to consider the proposed alteration in connection…
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GLEN INNES, Wednesday.--A public meeting has been called to urge the Government to erect a railway workshop here. Eighty acres have been reserved for railway purposes, and it is believed…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A deputation from the Warragul Shire Council waited on the Minister for Railways asking him to authorise a survey to be made of the proposed line of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Officers and the Civil Service Act. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--Mr. Dibbs, in answer to Mr. Harold Stephen on Friday night last, stated that all officers in the service who paid the 4 per cent. contribution towards the superannuation…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A fire broke out at the refreshment rooms. Flinders-street station, early this morning, and at one time threatened the whole station. Fortunately the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Arrangements Between Gundagai and Cootamundra. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Gundagai
A public meeting was held in Archer's Assembly Hall last night, Mr. J. W. Benson, J.P., presiding to consider the proposed alteration's in connection with the running of the trains between Gundagai and Cootamundra,…
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It is stated by the legal authorities that over one hundred witnesses will he summoned in connection with the railway frauds, which will come before the Police…
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Messrs. S. Stephen, Hammond, Henseon, and Judd, M.P.'s, waited upon the Minister for Works this morning, with a deputation from Croydon, asking him to provide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Workshops on the Northern Line. (By Telegraph.)
QUIRINDI, Thursday.--At a large and representative meeting held here last night, Mr. E. Underwood, J.P., in the chair, it was decided to petition the Government in order to point…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Flooded
BRISBANE, Thursday.--The Railway Department received a telegram this morning that the water in the Comet River had risen Over the rails and the Central Railway has thus been…
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LONDON, June 22.—The Prince of Wales laid the first stone of the high level bridge which is to cross the friver Thames between the Tower of London and the principal docks. A large number…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Department of Railways, Sydney, June 15, 1886
Sir,—With reference to the letter addressed by you to the Honorable, the Minister for Public Works, asking that the train, now leaving Penrith at 7.15 a.m. may run a through from Blacktown to…
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