Railway Book-keeping
FIGURES may be made to prove anything. Seldom Has this famous proverb been better illustrated than in the recently published minute of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1888
4,078 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 204
A Tramp at Night. the Soup Kitchen. Starving Mechanics
THE Soup Kitchen and Night Refuge in Kent-street is far and away ahead of the majority of charitable institutions in the greater cities of the world as regards…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Conference
MELBOURNE, This day.--In reply to the objections of Sir Henry Parkes, it is urged that the Victorin railways being free from political control, the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Year Amusements and Railway Arrangements
With every prospect of fair weather for the New Year's holiday, excursions by land and water are likely to be largely patronised to-day. To-day's principal rail way arrangements…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Strike in America. Arbitration Failed
London, Sunday.--The strike has been resumed among the employes of the Reading and Philadelphia Railway Company owing to the employment of non-union men,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Accommodation. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I beg to be allowed, through the medium of your influential paper, to protest aguinst the overcrowding of our trams, to the utter discomfort of those passengers who have paid their fare, and are entitled thereby to some…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Intercolonial Railway Tariffs. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
Regret is expressed by the railway authorities that the New South Wales Government has seen fit to rejcet the overtures for the determination of the present border war tariffs. Objection is offered te the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Strike Is America. London, Jan. 1
The Knights of Labour at Beading, in the United States, have ordered the strike amongst the railway employees on the Reading and Philadelphia line to be resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Automatic Railway Signals.—"tap Shut." to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—About two months ago a report appeared in your columns of a trial made by the railway authorities of an appliance for the prevention of accidents through the shutting of brake-taps, such as is alleged to have caused the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Train and Tramway Traffic
It is safe to say that on no occasion have the resources of the railway and trainway officials undergone a severer test than was the experience of yesterday. The weather, necessarily, had a good deal to account for in this connection. The…
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Though the official returns have not yet been made up, it is believed that the railway and tramway traffic yesterday was among the heaviest ever known here. This in a great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Parramatta Steamers and Tramway
The various suburbs on the Parramatta River were visited by large numbers of excursionists. About 1300 were conveyed to Corroy's Gardens, and about 1000 went to Fo[?] Bay. The steamers from King-street wharf were…
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A NASTY accident occurred at the Redfern Coal Stage to-day. A man named Patrick Macguire was engaged at his work, when he get between two trucks, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Policy of the Government
A paragraph in our Saturday's issue reported the probability of the House being asked shortly after it reassembles in. February to sanction a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Suburban Railway Traffic. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--The public were all along under the impression that the best paying portion of out railways was that along which the suburban passenger traffic is conducted, and it I mistake…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Madman in a Train. A Surprise for a Ticket Collector
MELBOURNE, This Day.--A madman in a train when asked for his ticket at Glenrowan, drew a revolver and presented it at the head of the ticket collector and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Tramp at Night. the Model Lodging-house
IN company with a friend, I visited the Model Lodging-house, and spent a night with a few dozen people, who, like ourselves, had ninepence and very little more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident
PATRICK MACGUIRE, 60, labourer, working on the railway, met with a severe accident this morning at about 11 O'clock. He got caught in the upper part of the abdomen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railways in Australasia. Length of Lines in the Various Colonies
AT the end of 1886 there were 8891 mites of railways open in the Australasian colonies, with 1992 miles in course of construction. Of these New South Wales had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Injustice to Railway Fettlers. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--May I solicit the favor of apace in your paper for a word on behalf of railway fettlers. This class of workmen are essential to the success and safety of our railway system, and…
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