The Tram-grab
THERE is something exceedingly sinister about the preliminaries of the tramway grab. The affair was concocted in secret. The Free-trade…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1888
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The Melbourne Tramway Employees. The Union Started
MELBOURNE, This Day.--The Tramway Employees Union has now been definitely formed, and at a meeting in the Trades' Hall on Saturday night the principal office…
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MELBOURNE, This Day.--John Larkins, a labourer, was run over on Saturday near the Punt-road crossing on the Richmond line, and killed. An inquest is being held…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A largely attended meeting of the Tramway Employes' Union was held at the Trades-hall last night, when the rules were read and adopted. The officebearers…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A laborer named John Larkins was run over and killed on the Richmond railway line, near Punt-road, on Saturday…
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WILCANNIA, Saturday.—a meeting of the Wilcannia Railway League was held on Thursday evening, .when a sub-committee was appointed to collect statistics showing how far…
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MANY thousands of pounds have been most judiciously expended daring the past year in extending the Bondi tram terminus to its present position, but it seems very…
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Sir,—The Railway Department really ought to be congratulated on the admirable manner in which it is inaugurating the morning train service of our bi-Centenary. Amongst other…
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Sir,—As a regular passenger by the southern train which leaves Campbelltown at 7.10 a. m., I desire through the medium of your paper to express my thanks and gratitude to the…
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Sir,—I wish to draw the attention of the railway authorities to the disgraceful way in which the trains are running in the north. The mail train from Sydney, which is timed to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gable Tramways in Sydney. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
Information has reached here from Sydney, through a private source, that a wealthy and important syndicate of Sydney and Melbourne capitalists is in treaty with the Government of New South Wa'es for laying…
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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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Chairman of the S. A. Railway Commissioners. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide
To-day the Government appointed Mr. Joseph Smith, of the Great Western Railway, England, as Chairman of the South Australian Railway Commissioners. Mr. Smith was selected from over 50 applicants, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Action Against the Victorian Railway Commissioners. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The action which was brought by Frank Baker, a passenger who was injured in the Windsor railway collision, against the Victorian Railway Commissioners, to recover £10,000 damages, was concluded to-day. It…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--In the Supreme Court to-day an action Prank Raker v. the Railway Commissioners, in which the plaintiff sought to recover £10,000 damages…
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THE Minister of Works has decided to open the line of railway between Cowra and Blayney on the 13th instant. This will complete the line that joins the Great…
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THE Government have decided, at the meeting of the Cabinet to-day, to do away with the present system of tramways, and to introduce a cable service at an early…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Mr. Joseph £ Smith, of the Great Western Railway system, England, has been appointed chairman of the South Australian Railway…
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A SER[?] accident almost happened this morning at the corner of Hunter and Elizabeth streets. Motor No. 21 ran clean of the line at the beginning of the sharp…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The South Australian Railway Board. (By Telegraph)
ADRLAIDE, Tuesday.—The Government have decided to appoint Mr. Joseph S. Smith as chairman of the South Australian Railway Board. He is engaged on the Great Western…
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