The Train and Tram Traffic
From an early hour crowds poured into the Redfern Railway Station from all parts of the suburbs as well as from the more distant country districts, and thanks to the careful…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1888
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The Railway and Tram Traffic
The traffic on the railways and tramways was very large indeed, both of those methods of transit boing extensively patronised. The numbor of passengers travelling on the Nortern, Southern, and Western lines was larger than has…
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If the North Metropolitan Tramway Company has a good deal to put up with from its employees and their enthusiastic thick and thin supporters on the hours of labour question, it has also cause for congratulation in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Excursionsby Railway
A large numbor of people left town by railway yesterday intent upon sponding their holiday at one or other of the charming suburban resorts or the more distant townships in the country. Excursion trains at cheap fares were run to…
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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 4 →Re Sydney Tramways. to the Editor of "The Australian Star."
Sir,—Report very often lies, is admittedly true, but the report that a syndicate, that a clique, who for years held possession of the streets of Melbourne,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Non-paying Railways. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--I wish to craw the attention of the people to the large sums of money which are being daily wasted on our railways, compared to which the money to build the State House…
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A man, believed to be named Pickering, some 40 years of age, was last night admitted to the Prince Alfred Hospital suffering from wounds which it is feared will prove fatal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Management. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—If the "managers" of our railways have read all that has appeared in your columns within the last few days re "mismanagement," I should think they will find "humble pic" to be a very toothsome dish at the present…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →South Australia. The Silverton Tramway Company
ADELAIDE, This Day.—An agreement has been entered into between the Government and the Silverton Tramway Company to extend the term for working the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Travelling in N.s.w. in 1888. to the Editor of ''The Australian Star.''
Sir,—I have just returned to Sydney this morning, after soma hundreds of miles travelling along our railways. I must admit that It is coming to be beyond…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Creswick-daylesford Railway Collision. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--In connection with the recent collision between a passenger and goods train on the Creswick to Daylesford railway, by which several persons were injured,…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.—To-day Mr. Neild, acting traffic manager, will visit Bamilton in response to a request from the local council to inquire into the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Strike in America. Chicago
The operative employed on all the great railway lines centreing at Chicago have combined in refusing, to touch [?] have anything to do with the rolling…
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The Colonial Secretary was interviewed yesterday morning by a deputation from the St. Leonards Municipal Council with reference to the opening up of a prolongation of the…
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The members of the Municipal Council of St. Leonards waited on the Premier this morning respecting the Avenue-road. Mossman's Bay, which they wished opened…
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A deputation from the St., Leonards Municipal Council waited upon the Premier yesterday with reference to the opening up of a prolongation of the Avenue-road for public and military purposes, by a lower level, to Mossman's Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed by a Train. Fatal Accident at Summerhill
MR. SHIKLL held an inquest to-day at the Prince Alfred Hospital on the body of George Petric, aged 28 years, who died in the institution on Tuesday last from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coroner's Inquests. Fatal Accident on the Railway
The City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., held an inquest yesterday at the Prince Alfred Hospital, concerning the death of a man named George Petrie, an ironturner, who, on Monday night last, was found injured on the railway-line near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Conductors. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Every now and again I notice in your correspondence column a growl at the expense of the tram con[?]votors. Any one who has during the holidays waited at the corner of Bent-street, and watched the conduct of the…
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