Our Tramways
Yesterday an influential deputation, consisting of the leading shopkeepers of Oxford- street, waited upon the Colonial Secretary for the purpose of bringing under his notice the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1888
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The Tramways. Deputation to the Premier
Yesterday afternoon a large and influential deputation from the Oxford-street Progress Association waited upon Sir Henry Parkes with reference to the tramway service through…
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In the Legislative Assembly last night, when Sir Henry Parkes moved that the House should further consider in committee an important amendment made by the Council in the…
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A deputation from the Oxford-street Progress Association, introduced by Mr. A. J. Riley, M.L.A., waited upon, the Premier (Sir Henry Parkes) yesterday, to urge upon the Government, in view of the proposed alteration of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Proposed Railway From Nyngan to Cobar. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Cobar
A large and influential meeting was held lost night. Mr. Hogan (the Mayor') presiding, to consider the railway question relative" to a line' between Cobar and Nyngan. After discussion it was resolved to invite the hon. the…
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GOULBURN, Wednesday.--A fatal railway accident happened this morning. The 7.30 goods train, No. 44, which left Goulburn an hour earlier, ran over a fettier named William…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The tender of Messrs. M'Kenzie and Sutherland, at £54,706, has been accepted for a 80-mile section of the Bowen railway…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The new Victorian Railways General Library was opened to-night in the Sailors' Home in the presence of a large number of employes. Commissioner Ford…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident on the Railway Near Goulburn. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Goulburn
At about 7.30 this morning a fettler named W. Thompson was run over at a spot about two miles on the Goulburn side of Towrang, by the goods train which leaves here at 7 o'clock. The body was picked up by deceased's mate and…
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MELBOURNE, This Day.--Another attempt has been made to wreck the Gippsland train with stones on the line…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--After almost endless negotiations and delay, extending over a period of 10 years, the Governments of New South Wales and Victoria have at length agreed…
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Sir,—I beg you will use your iufluence to obtain a strict inquiry before the country is committed to the expense of a cable tramway. The annoyance and danger to vehicles by the present motor is nothing compared with the rails…
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MELBOURNE, This Day.--The Victoria Railway Service Mutual Association resolved to send a delegate to the annual banquet of the New South Wales and…
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ACCORDING to a promise made last night, the Premier will on Tuesday next explain the Railway policy of the Government. A number of members on both…
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The following resolution was passed unanimously at the meeting of the St. Leonards council on Tuesday, the decision as to the best mode of giving it tangible expression being left…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway-- Balmain-petersham. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--The other night a member pointed out in the House how the Balmain electorate was, totally neglected by the Government, and it appeared to him that North Shore received…
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GOULBURN, Thursday.--The inquest on the body of Wm. Thompson, killed on the railway yesterday morning, resulted in a verdict of accidental death. No blame is attached to any…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A lad named Roff, aged nine, ran in front of a goods train at Morwell station to-day and was almost cut to pieces…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Traffic on the Railway From Blayney to Cowra. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Cowra
Since the opening of the railway line to Blaynoy, [?]n November 24, up to March 24, the traffic to and from Co[?] amounted to about £24,000, and the tonnage to about £11,000. On the second of this month 20 trucks of cattlo,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Fatal Accident on the Railway Near Goulburn. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Goulburn
An inquest on the body of William Thompson, the fottler who was killed yesterday, was held this morning. The jury returned [?] verdict of accidental death. They attached no blame to any person, but added a rider that old men…
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