Railway Free Passes for Schools
Mr. Daniel O'Connor seems to have put Hibernian Blarney to such excellent service, that he succeeded in inducing many members of the Assembly…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1887
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Free Railway Passes for All School Children
The Roman Catholic Church has won a victory. It has gained, after many attacks and repulses, an important outpost of the National System of Education, and has now…
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Messrs. Henson an Carruthers yesterday introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works, whom they asked to reduce the fares on the Illawarra line from Hurstville to the…
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A deputation, representing the Crookwell Progress Committee and others, were yesterday introduced to the Minister for Works by Colonel Holborow, M.P., and asked that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suburban Railway Rates
A few day's ago we explained that the determination of the Minister for Works to reduce the passenger rates on the suburban railway lines had not been given effect to because the…
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At the South Sydney Morgue yesterday the City Coroner hold an inquest touching the death of a man named George Sherar, who was found upon the rails at the end of the upline platform of the Eveleigh Railway Station on…
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A deputation, consisting of Mr. J. H. Carruthers, M.L.A., Mr. W. Henson, M.L.A., Mr. Judd (Mayor of West Botany), Mr. Hogben (Mayor of Kogarah), and Alderman M'Crae waited upon the Hon. John Sutherland…
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A melancholy occurrence, resulting in the mutilation and death of an old man named William Duke, took place at the Granville railway station on Saturday night. The victim, who was over 70…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Northern Railway Schemes
A deputation waited on the Minister of Works on Friday, April 29, to support the proposal to construct the line of railway from Grafton to the Tweed River, and also the Inverell…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Sydney Tramways
An article which appeared in the EVENING NEWS of April 14 attracted the attention of some capitalists in South Australia, with the result that Messrs. W. C. Buik, M.L.C., and R. T…
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The Minister for Works, having had reason to doubt a statement made by the board of inquiry, to the effect that the cost of carrying permanent way material was from 10 to 11 per…
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BRISBANE, Sunday. -- The traffic receipts from all the railway lines for the past week show business to be increasing substantially and, compared with same period last year, the total…
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London, Sunday. -- Mr. Justice Kay in delivering judgment on a case in which the South Eastern Railway Company was involved, held that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mudgee Night Train
It will be remembered that we published some days ago a very sensational report of the district engineer of the Mudgee line (Mr. A. Watson) against the running of night trains on…
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The proposal to construct a city railway, connecting the present terminus with Circualr Quay, has recently been revived by Mr. Norman Selfe, M.I.C.E., who has submitted to the Government a scheme for a city extension…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Railway From Nyngan to Cobar. [By Telegraph.] (Frp Our Own Correspondent.) Cobar
A large and enthusiastic meeting of the Railway League and Cobar residents was held to-night at the Councilchambers, the Mayor (Mr. Fred. Toy) presiding, to consider the railway question. In opening the proceedings the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Management of the Camden Tramway. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Camden
At a large meeting held on Saturday evening it was unanimously decided that Government should be asked to incorporate the Camden tramway with the railway. A large and influential committee was farmed to draw up a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Grafton-tweed Railway. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Lismore
A large and enthusiastic meeting was held in the new School of Arts here on Saturday evening, for the purpose of urging upon the Government the necessity of proceeding with the construction of the railway from Grafton to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Tram Vale Estate
At last night's meeting of the Marrickville Council the much vexed question of the Tram Vale Estate was again broached. Alderman C[?]LM moved an amended…
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CAMDEN, Monday.--A large and representative meeting was held here on Saturday evening, when it was decided to take steps to have the CampbelitownCamden tramway…
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