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Railways, roads & transport, 1888

4,078 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 204

Sydney Railway Station

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 8

For the convenience of the public there has been placed on the Sydney Railway Station, near the ticket offices, a box for letters, advertisements, and business announcements in connection with the Sydney Morning Herald…

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Railway Travelling in New South Wales

The Australian Star · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 6

A COMPLAINT has been made to us by Mr. Thomas Rose, a manager of a mine at Vegetable Creek, which requires thoroughly investigating on the part of the…

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A Tramway to Waratah

The Australian Star · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, This Day.--At a meeting held at Islington last night, it was decided to petition the Minister for Works to commence the…

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Another Phase of the "Tram Horror." a Dastardly Hoax

The Australian Star · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 4

The officials and passengers by the t[?] that left Bondi junction at about quarter past 9 o'clock last night, were the victim of a cruel and Idiotic practical joke. As…

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A Tramway Mishap. Nothing Dreadful

The Australian Star · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 5

A MOTOR on a tram from Waverley left the rails last night as it was ascending the incline which [?]nds round Hunter-street into Bridge-street. The carriages had a…

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The Erratic Trams

The Australian Star · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 5

ON Saturday the trams were run under a new and improved time-table, and there is no reason to suppose that it will not work as satisfactorily as any of its…

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The Melbourne Tramway Employes

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 4

Melbourne, Sunday. -- A meeting of tramway employes was held yesterday at Cliftonhill to consider the new rules of the proposed friendly society. After a few rules had been…

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South Australian Border Railway Terminus

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1888 · page 4

Adelaide, Sunday. -- The Commissioner for Public Works has returned from a visit to the border, undertaken for the purpose of inspecting the rival sites for the terminus of the narrow…

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Train Mishap

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day,--Through the sudden stoppage of action on the part of the Westinghouse brake, the train from Kew to Melbourne was brought to a…

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Jumping From a Train. Another Foolhardy Act

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 5

THEterrible warnings which are frequently given of the accidents which occur through foolish attempts to jump from trains while they are in motion, seem to have no effect…

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The Railway Works Management. to the Editor of "The Australian Star."

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 3

Sir,--Under this heading some person, signing himself "A Subscriber," report a conversation he heard on the night of the 17th, after the meeting at the Redfern…

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The Railway Stationmasters' Centenary

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 4

"All railway stationmasters must attend night trains during this week,and take charge."This is a true copy of a notice that has just been issued from the…

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Nobbling the Trams

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 4

THE trams have been nobbled. The DAILY TELEGRAPH states that the Government have decided to lease the trams for 20 or 30 years. The HERALD has nothing…

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A Tramway Rumour

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.--The tramway employees have, to the number of 100, decided but night to form a Tramway and Omnibus Union in place of the Company's…

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The Railway Arrangements

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 5

A good deal of misconception exists as to the train and ticket arrangements, made by the Railway Department in connection with the Centennial celebrations. An impression seems…

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Extension of Victorian Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The tender or Messrs. Parker Bros and Ryan for £55,631, for the construction of the Kyneton to Redesdale railway, has been accepted…

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A Tramway Employes' Union

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A meeting of the tram employes was held to-night, about 100 being present. It was resolved to form a Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company's Union in…

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The Tramways

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 4

The Cabinet yesterday decided to lease the tramway service for a long period, about 20 or 30 years, one of the stipulations of the lease being that the lessee or lessees shall introduce a…

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Railway and Tram Arrangements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1888 · page 5

The number of persons who availed themselves of the tram service as a means of transit yesterday was very large, although not the largest that has been registered. In the forenoon the traffic inwards to the city was very great,…

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The Battle of Protection. Air: "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp." I.

The Australian Star · Wednesday 25 January 1888 · page 7

There are men who loudly prate in the places of the great; Men with richly laden vessels on the set, And the burden of their cry…

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