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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Sir,--The Railway Bill at present before the House is perhaps one of the most important measures that has ever been presented to Parliament, and the question is one that should…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The arbitration proceedings in the case of O'Rourke and M'Sharry v. the Commissioner for Railways, in which the plaintiffs claim £100,000 for work done and damages in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Admiral Tryon, in the course of an interview with the Advertiser reporter to-day, said he had never seen anything equal to the railway from Adelaide to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. Creer and Walker, Ms.P., with the members of the Waratah Municipal Council, waited on the Minister for Works yesterday with a request that the Government, would…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A deputation from the municipality of Waratah, consisting of Mr. Scholey (the Mayor), and Aldermen Turton and Watson, accompanied by Messrs. Croer and Walker, Ms.L.A., waited on the Minister for Works yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mr. B. Baker, one of the engineers of the Forthy Bridge, Scotland, gave a lecture on the structure recently in Edinburgh. He said that in the case of the Forth Bridge, an infinite…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →A SCHEME is now awaiting the approval of the Cabinet by which it is expected that some £30,000 per annum will be saved to the revenue in the expenditure on the Bail way Department alone…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →THE Government have already had under consideration the appointments to the board of management for the railways and Tramways to be appointed under the new bill introduced by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In connection with the tampering of the railway line near Gundagai last week, when four stones were found on the rails, and the distance signal and cattle-yards signal were disconnected, and the copper wire which binds the…
Continued on Trove, page 878 →On Saturday night a public meeting was held in the School of Arts to hear Mr. Schey, M.L.A., in opening a branch of the Bail way Association. Over 100 railway employees were present. Mr. Jno. Brown, president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 878 →BRISBANE, Friday.--A meeting was held yesterday by the tram drivers and conductors for protesting against the long hours of employment. Great numbers of employes attended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Travers Jones, M.P., Mr. Garvan, M.P. and Mr. O'Sullivan, M.P., waited yesterday at 11 o'clock upon the Colonial Secretary to urge that the railway which at present terminates at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Last evening in the Assembly Mr. Burns, is answer to Mr. Schey, said that he failed to he how works or supplies required for railways or tramways could be tendered for by the forces…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A deputation consisting of Messrs. C. J. Cullen (Mayor of Central Illawarra), M'Phail, W. W. Jenkins, J. Lindsay, and E. R. Evans, Js.P., waited on the Minister for Works yesterday, respecting the erection of a station at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Yesterday morning a deputation, consisting of Mr. Travers Jones, M.L.A., member for the district, and Messrs. Garvan and O'Sullivan, Ms.L.A., waited on the Colonial Secretary with reference to the continuation…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The attention of the Railway Commissioners has been directed to the explanation made regarding the reasons which influonced the Government of New South Wales in introducing a provision in the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Railways Bill, introduced by Sir Henry Parkes, though undoubtedly a step in the right direction, cannot be regarded as wholly satisfactory. As far as the question of traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →It has been announced that work on the underground railway will be begun as soon as a permit is granted by the Commissioner for Works to…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.-- The new railway line from Camperdown to Terang, being the latest section of the direct line to Warrnambool, was formally opened on Saturday with much…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—For the past two or threo yours I have gone occasionally into the Central Booking-office, George-street, to obtain a railway time book. Frequently none "are obtainable, and I am asked to call in two or three days. I then…
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