St. B[?]ee's Cook's River-road
At the Parser meeting on Tuesday at St Peter's Coa[?]'s River road, the incumbent nominate 1 [?].Reilly as clergyman's warder and Messrs. J. W. Allpas and Daniel Peter…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1887
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Electric Tramways
Several proposals have been male to the Government's with regard to introducing in his city a system of electric tramways. Nothing definite has trnaspired, but it is stated that [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Management Reform
We publish this morning the principal portions of the anxiously looked-for Railway Bill, which was read for the first, time in the Assembly last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Bill. Proposed Changes in Railway Management. Appointment of Three Commissioners. Their Powers and Duties
" A bill to make better provision for the management of the Government railways and tramways of New South Wales" was introduced in the Legislative Assembly last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Arbitration Case. O'rourke and M'sharry V. Commissioner for Railways
The Arbitration proceedings in the case of O'Rourike and M'Sharry v. the Commissioner for Railways, in which the plaintiffs claim £109,000 for work done and damages in connection with '…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Roads in the Ballina District
BALLINA, Thursday.--In correspondence of the continuous wet weather, the roads are so hadly cut up that all wheel traffic on the Ballina and Brunswick roads has ceased for weeks. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Time Table. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The working men of Rookwood and its immediate vicinities will be thankful if you will allow them, through the columns of vour paper, to complain of the grievance they suffer from in not being able to reach their respective…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Elevated Railways of New York
Referring to the system of fares on the elevated railways of New York. Mr. G. W. Smalley, in his article in the February number of The Nineteenth Century, writes as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Tramways. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--In your Saturday's issue you publish a letter over the signature "Cable" in which I am taken very severely to task on the above subject…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Chairman of the Proposed Railway Board. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--I have heard with surprise that the Government may advertise in England for a railway expert to fill the position of chairman on the new Railway Board…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deputations. the Tottenham-road
Mr. Lees, M.L.A., introduced a deputation of one—Mr. John Brisbane—to the Minister for Works yesterday. The object was to complain of the bad condition of the Tottenham-road, St. Marya. It was pointed out that about…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The State of the Tottenham-road
Mr. Lees, M.P., with Mr. Brisbane, yesterday waited upon the Minister for Works with reference to the Tottenham-road, which leads to St. Mary's railway station. The deputation…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Alleged Railway Frauds
IT will be remembered that the case against certain persons connected with the firm of Wright, Heaton and Co. took precedence at Darlinghurst, where the trial collapsed on account of the death…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Exposure of the Works Department. the Colonial Architect's Muddles. the Railway Disorganization
SOME sensation was caused last week by the appearance in the press of the "final" report of the Works Inquiry Board, the publication of which has been persistently delayed by the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tampering with the Railway Line at Gundagai. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Gundagai
In connection with the tampering of the railway line near Gundagai last week, when four stones were found on the rails, and the distance signals and cattle-yards signal were disconnected, and the copper wire which binds the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Resumption of Land for Railways. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The Hon. Edward Flood deserves the thanks of the people for his able letter to the Commissioner of Railways for Queensland published in your columns last week…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Railway to Forbes. CARCOAR, April 7
The Coombing-Forbes Railway League are much elated at the improved prospect of the adoption of their route, consequent on the Minister for Works' estimate of the cost of the Woods Flat routs turning out over £60,000 more…
Continued on Trove, page 825 →Landowners and Railways
A very wholesome change of sentiment seems to be gaining ground as to the advantages conferred on property by the opening up of railway communication in its vicinity. Heretofore the fortunate proprietor of…
Continued on Trove, page 792 →Notes of the Week. Railway Management
The Government has kept faith by introducing a bill to reorganise the railway management, the measure having this week been submitted to the Assembly. The three proposed commissioners are…
Continued on Trove, page 791 →Free Railway Passes to Schools
We suppose the Papal phalanx in the Assembly will continue to bring forward the resolution in favour of pupils of denomination schools, from parliament to…
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