The Narrabri-walgett Railway Extension
WALGETT, Monday.-- A monster meeting of the Narrabri-Walgett Railway League was held to- day at the Imperial Hotel. The proceedings were moat enthusiastic, aud it was agreed…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1888
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Sudden Death on the Railway
DURBO, Monday.-- A man named William George, employed on the Western Railway line, dropped down dead to day at Myall Mundi siding, between Trangie and Nevertire…
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PEAT'S FERRY, Tuesday.--A painful accident occurred to a man named Archie M'Murtrie, employed by Ryland and Morse, at the Hawkesbury Bridge yesterday afternoon. While…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempt to Wreck a Mail Train. a Serious Calamity Narrowly Averted. Glen Innes, This Day
Two youngsters, named Carroll, very nearly succeeded in wrecking the mail train yesterday, by placing stones on the line. One of the fettlers, fortunately,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Line of Railway to Forbes. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Forbes
In answer to the Mayor's advertisement in reference to the railway to Forbes, a very large meeting gathered in Ward's Hall last night. The object for which the meeting had been called was to urge upon the Government the…
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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 8 →The Late Tramway Strike in Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The Tramway Employees Union held a meeting to-day. It was decided to dissolve the union and divide the funds in hand, amounting to about £60, amongst those members who did not return to work…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Trucking Yards at Carcoar. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Carcoar
A public meeting was held this afternoon, the Mayor in the chair. The following resolutions were carried:—Proposed by Mr. T. Fitzpatrick, J.P., and seconded by Mr. H. Glasson, J.P.,—"That in view of the undeniable…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Australian. Victoria. The Late Tramway Strike. The Sydney Recruits
MELBOURNE, This Day.--The forty-two men from Sydney, to whom the agent of the Melbourne Tramways Co. gave free passages, arrived by the steamer Barrabool…
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A CONTEMPORARY has a paragraph with regard to a proposal that it alleges has been made to the Cabinet by the Minuter for Works to the effect that the tramway…
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FORBES, Tuesday.--A public meeting was held last night, when a lengthy resolution was carried, strongly urging the Government to include a line to Forbes in the first railway…
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The information which we published yesterday regarding the composition of the Board of Railway Commissioners was not given as final but as the latest…
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GLEN INNES, This Day.--Mr. John Martin, of Kent Park, met with a severe accident last Sunday on the Newton-Boyd read. His horse shied, throwing him over…
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Sir,—The majority of the public will, I feel sure, gladly welcome the intelligence that there is a probability of the chairmanship of the new Railway Board being conferred on the present Commissioner Certainly, no man has a greater…
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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…
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THE newspaper express goods train (5.15) at Granville ran into the ordinary goods train at the Woodville-road crossing, which was shunting on to the loop line…
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FORBES, Tuesday.--A meeting called by the Mayor was held last night, at Ward's Hall, to urge upon the Government the desirability of constructing a line of…
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THE Government are never slow to create an opportunity for reflecting on the administration of a department by their predecessors in office. In the Assembly last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A. Crippled Railway Employe. From Bad to Worse. Two Crutches and No Boots. a Great Remedy
Henry Coates, of 11 (Cheathain-place, Adelaide-street, in the borough of Kingeton-upon- Hull, railway employe, appeared before Mr. E. Singleton, a Commissioner to Administer…
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The question of increases to tho railway workmen has been prominently before the Minister for Works for some little time past, and within the last week it has been brought…
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