Accident on a Suburban Railway
About 7.46 o'clock yesterday morning a railway engine, with carriages attached, whilst proceeding from Sydney to Petersham, met with an accident in passing the Newtown station by…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1887
2,820 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 141
The Nyngan-cobar Railway. (By Telegraph.)
COBAR, Friday.--An influential and largely attended meeting was held last night in the Council-chambers. Mr. Fred. Toy (Mayor) in the chair, at which it was unanimously resolved…
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Calcutta, Friday.--The extension of the Pishen Valley railway through the Khojak Pass is to be commenced forthwith…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence. Railway Irregularites at Parramatta
EDITOR CUMBEROLAND MERCURY.—I desire, with your permission, to direct public attention to certain grave irregularities which are of almost daily occurrence at the Parramatta…
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According to a well known Belgian journal, a strong syndicate has heen formed of Belgian and English capitalists for the construction of 1500 miles of railway in China. The proposal, which…
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A very enthusiastic meeting was held in the Protestant Hall, Luddenham, on Saturday evening. The meeting was to have been presided over by Mr. G. H. Cox, but as he was one of the…
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH. Sir,--A few weeks back, at a deputation to the Minister for Public Works of which myself formed one of the number, calling attention to…
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Sir,--I wish through the columns of your paper to call attention to the disgraceful and pathways state of the roadway and from Waterloo to Beach[?]erd Estate. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tramway Fares. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--I trust you will permit me through the columns of your valuable paper to enter a protest against the new system of cash fares initiated by the Government. The omnibus…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Punctuality. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--In the interests of science. I wish to cai[?] your attention to one of the must extraordinary instances of natural phenomena with which modern scientists will have to deal. Not being…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Mr. H. N. L. Browne, Government Geologist of South Australia and Mr. Cosmo Newbery, Director of the Technological Museum, who were among the most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Central Criminal Court.—monday, June 6. (Before his Honor Mr. Justice Stephen.) Alleged) Railway Frauds
Lionel William Lee, Duncan M'Alister, and Ernest Jeffries Buckland were arraigned upon an indictment charging them with having, at Bourke, amongst themselves and with divers other persons unknown, conspired together…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Arbitration Case. O'rourke and M'sharry v. Commissioner for Railways
The arbitration proceedings in the case of O'Rourke and M'Shorry v. the Commissioner for Railways, in which the plaintiffs claim £100,000 for work done and damages in connection with their construction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Contents of This Day's Paper. News by the English Mail, Our London Letter. Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Meeting. Opening of the Sydney Stock Exchange. the Alleged Railway Frauds. Leaders: the Frivolousness of Parliament. the Motion on the Appraisement of Rents. the Queen's Fund. the Nyngan-cobar Railway. Death of Mr. J. J. Teece. Telegraphic Intelligence. Gaudaur and Hanlan. the Russians in Central Asia. Lord Randolph Churchill on the Defences of England. Anticipated Dynamite Outrages at the Jubilee. the Grand Prix Paris. Cold Weather and Snow in the Country. Index to Advertisements
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Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Windsor Railway Accident. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
At the resumed inquest on the victims of the Windsor railway accident to-day, Phillips, the driver of the 5.25 ordinary down train, was recalled for the purpose of ascertaining whether the 5.30 up…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Alleged Railway Frauds. the Case of Lee, M'alister and Buckland
At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, before his Honor Mr. Justice Stephen, Lionel William Lee, Duncau M'Alister and Ernest Jefries Backland were charged that a Bourke…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →City Railway Extension. Mk. Norman Selfes Scheme
Yesterday afternoon at the Town-hall a number gentleman assembled to examine the scheme propounded by Mr. Norman Selfe for the extension of the railway to the Circular…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accidents. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--Twice within the past week passenger engines have run off the rails, impeding traffic and inconveniencing the public at a time when trains are fullest. Nobody minds much…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opening of the Illawarra Railway. (By Telegraph.)
WOLLONGONG, Monday.--Definite and final arrangements have been made between the Railway Department and tho contractors for the third section of the Illawarra railway to…
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Considerable dissatisfaction is felt by the residents along the southern line at the irregularity of the goods express train which carries the Sydney morning papers. It leaves Sydney…
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