The Assault in a Railway Train. (By Telegraph.)
ADELAIDE, Sunday.--Respecting the assault case in the overland train, it appears that whilst the express was proceeding between Windemere and Burrumbeet, one of the male…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1887
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The Road-metal Bunch
The paramount duty now devolving upon the Northumberland electors is the vindication of their own manhood. The stigma of as foul a deed as ever…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Government Notices. Department of Railways, Sydney, February 14, 1887. Government Railways
TENDERS will be received at this Office up to 11 a.m. on the dates mentioned herennder for the public works, &c., specifled in the following schedulo:— Nature of Works and Supplies…
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J. D. Milne, professional accountant, was charged at the Redfern Court yesterday with attempting to enter a railway carriage whilst it was in motion and also with assaulting a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Melbourne- Ballarat Railway. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The third section of the direct line from Melbourne to Ballarat-- viz., from Parwan to Bacchus Marsh, was opened to-day with great ceremony by the…
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The rock excavations on the railway extonsion from Tenterfield to Wallangra on the Queensland border, where the proposed junction of the New South Wales railway with the Queensland line is to be, are…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Department of Railways, Sydney, February 14, 1887. Government Railways
TENDERS will be received at this Office up to 11 a.m. on the dates mentioned hereunder for the public works, &c., specified in the following schedule:— Nature of Works and Supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Notices. Department of Railways, Sydney, 17th February, 1887. Government Railways. Canterbury Park Races. Saturday, 19th February, 1887
On the above date a SPECIAL TRAIN will leave Sydney for Ashfield at 12.45 p.m. The 5 p.m. Down Western and the 5.17 p.m. Down Southern Trains will stop at Ashfield, if required, to pick up passengers for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deputations. the Hawkesbury Bridge
Messrs. George Smith and William Nore, delegates from the Operative Mason's Society, had an interview yesterday morning with the Hon. John Sutherland (Minister for Works), in reference to the stonework of the Hawkesbury…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Official Correspondence. Department of Public Works, Office of Commissioner & Engineer for Roads, Sydney, 12th February, 1887
Sir,—With reference to your letter of the 21st ultimo, calling attention to the state of Main West Road, at 49th mile post, I have the honor to inform you that the local officer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Department of Railways, Sydney, 17th February, 1887. Government Railways. Canterbury Park Races. Saturday, 19th February, 1887
On the above date a SPECIAL TRAIN will leave Sydney for Ashfield at 12.45 p.m. The 5 p.m. Down Western and the 5.17 p.m. Down Southern trains will stop at Ashfield, if required, to pick up passengers for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fares on the Illawarra Railway Line
A deputation consisting of representatives of the Boroughs of West Botany, St. Peters, Kogarah and Hurstville, was introduced to the Minister for Works yesterday by Messrs. Carruthers, Hutchison, Henson, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Intercolonial Railway Traffic
A time-table has been issued from the General Post Office, showing the time occupied for the through trips, Adelaide to Melbourne, Adelaide to Albury, Adelaide to Sydney, and Adelaide to Brisbane, and…
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A public meeting, convened by the Mayor of Macdonaldtown in compliance with the request of ratepayers for the purpose of "considering what steps should be taken to get the present…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canadian Railways
The railway mileage of Canada has more than doubled in the last ten years. increasing from 4826 miles in 1875 to 10,150 miles at the close of 1885. In the decade the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The Kogarah Tramway
We understand that, in consequence of various reports which have been circulated with reference to the circumstances surrounding the construction of the Kogarah and Sandringham…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News by Telegraph. the Wallsend Tramway
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Dissatisfaction exists here at the delay in the completion of the Wallsend tramway. It appears that owing to the non apply of rails by the Government the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Overland Morning Train
The Minister for Works (Mr. John Sutherland) has not lost sight of the project of running a morning train from Sydney, or rather of altering the starting time of the express to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Government Notices. Department of Railways, Sydney, February 14, 1887. Government Railways
TENDERS will be received at this Office up to 11 a.m. on the dates mentioned herounder for the public works, &c., specified in the following schedule:— Nature of Works and Supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sandringham Tramway
The construction of the tramway from Kogarah to Sans Souci and Sandringham is progressing with satisfactory rapidity, considering that a number of the unemployed, many of whom are unaccustomed to the work, are engaged…
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