Fatal Tram Accident
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--An inquest was held to-day on the body of Mr. James William Vance, barrister, who was knocked off the dummy of a tramcar in…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1888
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Burglary at a Railway Station
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The man Frederick Hill, recently arrested in Sydney by Detective-sergeant O'Donnell, of the Melbourne detective force on a…
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THE action of the STAR in calling attention to the excessive fine inflicted upon the man Payne, or Piano, charged with selling tram tickets to a traveller on the cars, has…
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A deputation from Wentworth Falls, consisting of Messrs. J. L. Hordern, Thes. Cale and J. C. Glue, introduced by Mr. Lees, M.L.A., waited upon the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The North Shore Railway Terminus. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir, -- The paragraph in your to-day's issue re the future terminus of the North Shore railway is very opportune and opens the eyes of the public to an amount of button-holing that…
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In the Legislative Council yesterday, Mr. Cox asked the Attorney-General whether he had taken any steps to either prove or disprove the statement made in a Sydney newspaper,…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- A verdict of accidental death was given at the inquest on the body of James Wm. Vance, barrister, who was knocked off a tramcar in Flinders-street by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Proposed Colo Valley Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—What is to be gained by this route? Can it be made to pay interest on the cost? It is to commence at Emu Plains, and to junction with the Mudgee line near Rylstone, a distance of about 163 miles. To construct this…
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The ceremony of opening the Paterson Bridge was performed on the 24th ultimo by Mrs. H. H. Brown, who named the new structure in the time-honoured fashion by breaking a bottle of…
Continued on Trove, page 485 →Department of Public Works. Office of Commis, and Engineer for Roads, Sydney, 20th February, 1888
Sir,—With reference to your letter of the 11th instant, drawing attention to the state of the Great Western Road through St. Marys, all the Windsor Road leading from Western Road [?] the railway…
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Sir,—Your correspondents who advocate the rotention of the services of the present Commissioner of Railways can have very little idea of the gross mismanagement of the railways under the present regime…
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The adoption of steam as a motive power in tramways is only a reversion to the principles animating the minds of those who led the revolution which the steam-engine has effected during the past 50 years…
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Since 1884 Highgate Hill, a well-known steep incline, rising from the junctions of Archway-road, Junction-road, and Holloway-road, in the parish of.St. Mary's, Islington, and finishing in two other parishes,…
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Sir.—Permit me, through your columns, to draw the attention of the Commissioner for Railways or Traffic Manager of the following facts. On the 27th of last month, at a first-class ticket office at…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Railway Accident Near Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
A railway accident occurred on the Boxhill line tonight by which four goods trueles and the engine were thrown off the line. One passenger, a lady, was much shaken. There is, a single line from Camberwell to…
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A deputation, consisting of Mr. S. Lees, M.L.A. for the N.pean, and several residents of Wentworth Falls, waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday with reference to the necessity for providing better…
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Demonstrations took place at Carcoar on Tuesday in celebration of the opening of the third section of the Blayney and Murrumburrah line. The proceedings were held on the Racecourse, near…
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CASINO, This Day.-- Nows has been received here that Mr. Whitton has condemned the present survey of the Grafton and Tweed railway, on the ground that…
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MELBOURNE, This Day.-- Another collision occurred last night on the line between Foxhall and Camber well. The train was proceeding from Camber well and…
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TELEGRAPH. Sir, -- Your correspondent "Justice" ia to-day's issue of The Daily Telegraph is apparently much exercised about the injustice…
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