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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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New York, Jan. 5.—A disastrous railway collision, involving great loss of life, occurred yesterday near the town of Tiffin, Ohio. A passenger train and a goods train collided, killing 22 persons on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sir,—I wish to ask your permission to make a few remarks with regard to the carriage of live-stock by rail. 1 paid 11s. 6d. for four cows from Sydney to Blacktown, distance 22 miles, and having a mare sent from Windsor, a…
Continued on Trove, page 73 →A disastrous railway collision, involving great loss of life, occurred yesterday near the town of Tiffin, Ohio. A passenger train and a goods train collided, killing 22…
Continued on Trove, page 66 →The full returns of the traffic on the different lines of Government railways have now been received. The statement shows the number of passengers, inclusive of season ticket-holders,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A New York telegram, dated November 20, says ;--" in the trial to-day, of M'Quade, the second of the 15 aldermen indicted for bribery in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MOSS VALE, Friday.--A very large and influential meeting of the milk suppliers of Moss Vale and district was held here to-day to protest against the proposed discontinuance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The match between the Australian Eleven and Shaw's English team commenced on the Association Ground yesterdayatnoon. The attendance at the beginning was very sparse, but after luncheon there ware between 3000 and 4000 people…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →As a means of preventing frauds on the part of tram ticket collectora, the system employed on the tramway from Byculla to the Port, Bombay, has been recommended. The first company was, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →So little attention has been given by British statesmon and the British press to Russia's silent but rapid advance through Central Asia to the gates of India, that most British journalists will probably be…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A good many reasons can be given to account for the fact that the New South Wales railways do not pay the interest on the capital cost of their construction. The undue extension of railways in directions whioh…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--A meeting of the Mayors of the suburban municipalities took place at the Newcastle Council-chambers yesterday, when there were present:--…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--William Ellwoed, a young man, when driving a waggon over the Creswick to Daylesford line, was run into by a contractor's train, which cut the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Sunday.--The chief engineer s department of the Southern and Western railway is arranging with Mr. Bashford, the contractor for the railway to Wollongarra,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--Under the above heading a paragraph has appeared in the Lithgok Mercury, in which it is raid that, owing to complaints which have appeared in the press and representations made…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TENDERS will be received at this Office up to 11 a.m. on the dates mentioned bereunder for the public works, &c., specified in the following schedule:— Nature of Works and Supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—The tram officials, seem in a difficulty as to the best means to check the number of passengers carried, and at the same time to prevent their guards acting dishonestly. The last idea just adopted of fearing the tickets in halves…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The public demand for this valuable publication, and the desire of the Government to supply the latest information about the opening of new lines and, sections, have already, necessitated a third edition. The compiler has made the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Remembering the country's financial difficulty, would the Government be justified in expending upwards of £250,000 in the construction of some 12 miles of railway ? That…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--Allow me through the medium of your paper to ask the Minister for Works the reason of the increase of fares, and the doing away with the excursion rates on Wednesdays and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Public are hereby informed that on SUNDAY NEXT, and every subsequent Sunday until further notice, the Train which at present leaves Sydney for Penrith at 8.45 a.m. will run on to Mount Victoria, arriving there at 1.35 p.m., and leaving that…
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